Friday, February 27, 2015

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Chilean 14-Year-Old With Cystic Fibrosis Asks To Be Allowed To Die




'I am tired of living with this disease'


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Thursday, February 26, 2015

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Deadly Stomach Bug Infects About Half a Million in U.S. Each Year, Study Shows




Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, was linked to 27,000 deaths last year


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Risk for Stroke is Greater in People Who Oversleep




Regularly sleeping over eight hours may be a sign of a serious health risk


Published on February 27, 2015 at 05:01AM


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8 Things You Don’t Know About Supplements




The author of a new book about vitamins shares some tips


Published on February 27, 2015 at 04:00AM


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Better Grocery Stores Alone Can’t Improve Kids’ Diets, Study Finds




Even if you build them, they won’t come, says the latest study on finding ways to get more healthy foods to young children


Published on February 27, 2015 at 01:19AM


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Facebook Will Try and Improve the Way It Offers Suicide Prevention Support




Posts appearing to be suicidal will in future trigger a series of notifications


Published on February 26, 2015 at 03:58PM


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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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How a Baby Was Born Encased in an Amniotic Sac




The physician was so surprised that he snapped a photo on his phone


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Supreme Court Says Dentists Can’t Decide Who Gets to Whiten Your Teeth




The Supreme Court has ruled that dentists can't hold a monopoly on teeth-whitening services


Published on February 26, 2015 at 05:06AM


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Here’s Which Produce Has the Most Pesticides




Nearly two-thirds of produce tested contained pesticide


Published on February 26, 2015 at 03:51AM


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Here’s What Foods Are Most Likely To Have E. Coli or Salmonella




'For more than a decade, our fragmented federal food safety system has been in need of dramatic reform'


Published on February 26, 2015 at 01:29AM


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You Asked: Why Is My Scalp So Itchy?




It’s probably dandruff. But everything you’ve heard about dandruff is wrong.


Published on February 25, 2015 at 11:48PM


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America’s Pain Killer Problem is Growing, Federal Data Shows




New data shows America's use of opioids hasn't declined


Published on February 25, 2015 at 11:16PM


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Police Arrest Four Wesleyan Students Tied to Mass ‘Molly’ Overdose




Two students remain in the hospital after ingesting a bad batch of MDMA


Published on February 25, 2015 at 04:17PM


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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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Scientists Fit Artificial Limbs Controlled by the Mind to Three ‘Bionic’ Patients




Doctors connected prostheses directly to the patients' nerves.


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A Simple Skin Test May Detect Alzheimer’s




There’s new hope that the first signs of these brain disorders may lie in the skin


Published on February 25, 2015 at 06:15AM


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This Makes Your Heart Attack Risk 8 Times Higher




A new study links high levels of anger to an increased risk for heart attack


Published on February 25, 2015 at 04:26AM


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Here’s How Drugs and Screening Can Stop HIV’s Spread




Just getting diagnosed reduced chance of transmission by 19%


Published on February 25, 2015 at 04:25AM


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Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Says




The results come amid a measles outbreak in the U.S.


Published on February 25, 2015 at 03:07AM


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Toddler Dies of Measles in Berlin, 1st Death in Outbreak




(BERLIN) — An 18-month-old boy has died of measles amid an outbreak in Berlin, a hospital in the German capital said Tuesday. An autopsy on…


Published on February 25, 2015 at 01:41AM


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7 Dizzying GIFs of Spinning Cannabis Strains




Check out these dope GIFs of marijuana


Published on February 25, 2015 at 12:25AM


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7 Dizzying GIFs of Spinning Cannabis Strains




Check out these dope GIFs of marijuana


Published on February 24, 2015 at 09:15PM


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Monday, February 23, 2015

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IUDs Are Getting More Popular With American Women




More U.S. women are using the IUD or implant


Published on February 24, 2015 at 01:11PM


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The Strange Connection Between Saunas and Longevity




A Finnish researcher wanted to get to the bottom of it


Published on February 24, 2015 at 06:29AM


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The Surprising Way to Treat Peanut Allergies




In a breakthrough study, researchers show that it’s not only possible to tamp down allergic reactions to peanuts, but by eating small amounts of them infants can avoid getting allergic in the first place


Published on February 24, 2015 at 05:47AM


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Measles Outbreak in U.S. Tops 150 Cases




Most people with the disease are not vaccinated


Published on February 24, 2015 at 03:04AM


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