Coffee linked to 'cleaner' arteries Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - South Korean researchers believe.
Health Source: BBC News
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Good News! Kids Aren’t Dying as Much as They Used To On a blog post at PLOS, the tropical disease expert Peter Hotez and postdoctoral fellow Jennifer Herricks take a run through the data on the biggest killers of children around the world in 2013, part of a new dataset from Global Burden of Disease study published in the January Lancet.
Health Source: Wired
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Friday, Feb 27, 2015, 8:19am Rating: | Views: 1203 | Comments: 0
Infections With Dangerous Gut Microbe Still On The Rise Clostridium difficile sickens nearly half a million Americans annually, killing about 29,000, say federal health officials. They warn hospitals and nursing homes to tighten hygiene protocols.
Health Source: NPR
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Thursday, Feb 26, 2015, 7:56am Rating: | Views: 1147 | Comments: 0
Psychology Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015, 5:56am Rating: | Views: 1270 | Comments: 0
Feeding Babies Foods With Peanuts Appears To Prevent Allergies Babies who ate the equivalent of about 4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter weekly were about 80 percent less likely to develop a peanut allergy by their fifth birthday. So finds a landmark new study.
Health Source: NPR
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Health Source: TIME Magazine
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UV rays damage skin hours after exposure to sun Sunlight triggers cancer-causing DNA damage in the skin hours after you've gone inside. An "evening-after" sunscreen might combat the effect
Health Source: New Scientist
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Friday, Feb 20, 2015, 7:51am Rating: | Views: 1174 | Comments: 0
No need to starve to get fasting's immune benefits Fasting and exercise suppress the immune system's inflammatory response. A drug may replicate the effect now we've identified the chemical responsible
Health Source: New Scientist
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A Pill That Boosts a Woman’s Sex Drive Is Almost Here. But Do We Need It? In its latest attempt to kick-start lady libidos with a pill, Sprout Pharmaceuticals announced this week that it will resubmit its female sex drug, flibanserin, for FDA approval. If it gets the okay, the drug would be the first prescription of its kind for women in the United States: a treatment for female hypoactive sexual disorder, or a low sex drive.
Health Source: Wired
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Health Source: Smithsonian
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Smoking's Death Toll May Be Higher Than Anyone Knew Tobacco's link to lung cancer, stroke and heart attack is well known. But smokers are also more likely to die from kidney failure, infections, and breast cancer, a revised tally suggests.
Health Source: NPR
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Thursday, Feb 12, 2015, 8:00am Rating: | Views: 1279 | Comments: 0
A Pancreas in a Capsule Stem-cell advocates pin their hopes on an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes.Fourteen years ago, during the darkest moments of the “stem-cell wars” pitting American scientists against the White House of George W. Bush, one group of advocates could be counted on to urge research using cells from human embryos: parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
Health Source: Technology Review
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Thursday, Feb 12, 2015, 8:00am Rating: | Views: 1234 | Comments: 0
The Sickeningly Low Vaccination Rates at Silicon Valley Day Cares A WIRED investigation shows that some children attending day care facilities affiliated with prominent Silicon Valley companies have not been completely vaccinated against preventable infectious diseases.
Health Source: Wired
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Thursday, Feb 12, 2015, 8:00am Rating: | Views: 1181 | Comments: 0
Know Your Exposure: A Cancer Quiz Throughout life we are subjected to many things that can affect our risk for developing cancer. Take our quiz to learn more.
Health Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015, 7:56am Rating: | Views: 1180 | Comments: 0
Health Source: Science
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Thursday, Feb 05, 2015, 1:02pm Rating: | Views: 1252 | Comments: 0
Pediatricians Pressured To Drop Parents Who Won't Vaccinate The pressure, doctors say, is mostly coming from other parents who don't want their infants exposed to measles, whooping cough or other serious illnesses in the pediatric waiting room.
Health Source: NPR
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Health Source: TheGuardian
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Beyond Rash And Fever: How Measles Can Kill It happened to Roald Dahl's daughter in 1962. It still happens today, in the U.S. and around the world. In rare cases, measles becomes an incurable disease.
Health Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Feb 04, 2015, 10:22am Rating: | Views: 1142 | Comments: 0