Health News
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53AI Can Detect Early Symptoms Of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease continues to be one of the world’s biggest problems, with researchers continuously looking for treatments or ways to combat the...
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65Ex-Pharmacist Charged With Meningitis Outbreak To Go On Trial
Glenn Chin, the supervisory pharmacist at what was the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, is set to go to trial on...
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27Kids More Likely To Get Injured On Slides While Sitting On An Adult’s Lap
Having kids sit on an adult’s lap while going down a slide can easily result in injuries, doctors warn. Parents often allow...
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38Life Expectancy Has Increased Worldwide, Report On Global Health Finds
The mortality rate around the world shows that people are living longer now. But while deaths from infectious diseases and premature births...
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38New Skin Patch ‘Melts’ Fat In Obese Mice
There’s a way to make mice slimmer without letting them exercise: researchers have created a medicated skin patch that, when applied, can...
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41Bald Men Seen As More Dominant, Study Says
Baldness might not be such a bad thing for men after all, according to American researchers. A team at the University of...
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48Hospital Staff In Trouble For Photographing Patient’s Genitals
Hospital staff taking photos of patients’ genitals makes headlines again, this time at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Bedford Memorial Hospital....
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34Liquid Cats And Didgeridoos Take Center Stage At Ig Nobel Prize Awards
Scientists do a lot of thinking and researching to come up with solutions or advances to problems in the world. Sometimes, their...
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38No Reported Cases Of Infections From Puppies, Petland Says
Puppies from the national pet chain store Petland reportedly caused Campylobacter infections, according to an outbreak advisory from the Centers for Disease...
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43Tattoo Inks Can Stain Lymph Nodes
Tattoos are synonymous with risk. After all, a tattoo is an open wound, and there are the possibilities of allergic reactions, infections,...
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61Women More Likely To Lose Interest In Sex
When it comes to sex, women are more than twice as likely as men to feel a lack of interest, especially in...
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62Cape Canaveral Under Inspection For Hurricane Irma Damage
The Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, remains closed as NASA checks on the damage that Hurricane Irma may have caused...
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37Budget Cuts Would Set Back Progress In Health, Bill Gates Says
Silicon Valley magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates warned that proposed cuts to the United States’ budget could greatly set back the progress...
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54San Diego To Wash Its Streets In Fight Against Hepatitis A Outbreak
San Diego’s latest step to combat its deadly outbreak of hepatitis A is to power-wash its streets every other, among other measures...
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45‘Little Evidence’ That Light Drinking Harms Pregnancy
When it comes to pregnant women, the general, accepted recommendation is not to drink any alcohol at all. But researchers from the...
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49Man Gets Cyanide Poisoning From Apricot Kernels
A cancer patient in Australia got cyanide poisoning from ingesting an apricot kernel extract he was using to beat the disease. He...
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51One-Third Of Parasites Might Go Extinct — That’s Not A Good Thing
Climate change might cause one-third of all parasites to go extinct by the year 2070, scientists say. And while this may not...
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58Al Can Accurately Tell If A Person Is Gay Or Straight
Researchers have released a computer algorithm that can determine, to a high degree of accuracy, what a person is gay or straight,...
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52Woman Chooses To Die In Order To Give Birth
A woman in Michigan who passed on the chance to extend her life in order to give birth to her baby died...
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63Viking Warrior Found In Sweden Was A Woman
The Vikings had some fierce lady leaders, it turns out, as scientists have confirmed that the human remains found in a prominent...
