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Sleep Issues Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk

“Sleep problems are very common in modern society and can have adverse health consequences,” said Lara G. Sigurdardóttir, M.D., at the University of Iceland in…

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New Research Uncovers Cause of Common Lung Edema Issue

“Usually, our lungs pump fluid out of the air space, and it was previously believed that this pump mechanism just stopped when people had lung edema,” said Dr….

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Parents’ Pacifier Habit May Shield Infants from Allergies

Allergies are very common in industrialized countries. It has been suggested that exposure to harmless bacteria during infancy may be protective against the…

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Copper IUD: Study Finds No Increase in Period Pain

Previous scientific studies have suggested that women who use a copper IUD for contraception suffer from worse period pain, but a study at the Sahlgrenska…

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Needle-Free Relief: Oral Drops for Kids’ Asthma & Allergies

The new research comes on the heels of another recent Hopkins study, which showed that oral drops provide a safe and effective alternative for adult allergy…

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New Discovery Could Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia

Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered that chemo also induces an insidious type of nerve damage inside…

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Portable Device Delivers Fast TB and Bacterial Infection Diagnosis

Two papers appearing in the journals Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology describe portable devices that combine microfluidic technology with…

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Case Western Researchers Identify New Target for Cancer Therapy

A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a novel method to disrupt this growth signaling pathway, with…

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'Oil for the joints' offers hope for osteoarthritis sufferers

According to Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering Mark W. Grinstaff, the best fluid supplement now available offers temporary symptom relief…

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Combat Sports Dehydration: Insights from New Research

A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, points to the human body’s limited ability to quickly recover following extensive short-term…

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New Brown Fat Cell Discovery Offers Hope for Obesity Treatment

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not…

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Toxic Metals Detected in Popular Lipsticks: Key Findings

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health tested 32 different lipsticks and lip glosses commonly found in drugstores and…

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Is More Vitamin D Harmful? Examining Recent Findings

In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and…

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Promising New Drug Shows Potential Against Influenza

An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to University…

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Cleveland Clinic Study: Internet-Based Program Reduces Stress

The use of Internet-based stress management programs (ISM) effectively reduce stress for a sustainable period, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published…

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Tactics of new Middle East virus suggest treating by altering lung cells' response to infection

A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell response to allow it to multiply. Scientists studying…

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