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It’s Not Too Late to Change – Lowering Cardiac Risk Later in Life

Once these people achieved 4 healthy behaviors, eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables daily, exercising at least 2.5 hours per week, maintaining their Body…

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Ultrasound: A Safe Alternative to Breast Mass Biopsies

“These findings indicate that ultrasound follow-up can spare women from unnecessary, invasive biopsies,” said Oswald Graf, M.D., from the Department of…

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Weight Management Program Reduces Diabetes Risk in Kids

Mary Savoye-Desanti, research associate in Yale’s Department of Pediatrics, will present the findings at a JAMA media briefing in New York on June 26 at 10…

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Emotions Impact Hip Surgery Recovery, New Research Reveals

Orthopaedic surgeons typically use two tests to determine if a patient has recovered from hip surgery: one is a clinical measure of hip function given by the…

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SSRI Antidepressants: Minimal Birth Defect Risk Uncovered

Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear to…

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‘Knockout’ technique tested successfully on mice

Allergies, like the common cold and asthma, have basically defied the best efforts of modern medicine to cure them. Now, a doctoral candidate at the Hebrew…

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Breakthrough Tinnitus Solutions Help 80% Find Relief

Tinnitus is understood as the perception of noise in the ears or inside the head although there is no external source of sound, without any vibratory cochlear…

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The original human (‘Old Stone Age’) diet is good for people with diabetes

During 2.5 million years of human evolution, before the advent of agriculture, our ancestors were consuming fruit, vegetables, nuts, lean meat and fish. In…

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Major Challenges in Future of Pervasive Healthcare Revealed

Sabrina Nefti, a final year student of the MEng Master of Engineering Degree within the School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) who will graduate next…

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Successful HIV Care Innovations for Thai Prisoners

HIV is more common among prisoners than among the general population of Thailand—one study, for example, in Klong Prem Central Prison, Bangkok, found that 25%…

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Fibromyalgia: Official Recognition by Medical Community

That seminal article, published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, led directly to formal recognition of this disease by the medical community. In the…

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Aerosol Cleaners at Home Linked to Asthma Risk, Study Finds

These are the main results from a multicentre, multinational study conducted by various research teams, including the Centre for Research in Environmental…

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Omega-3 Benefits: Protecting Children’s Eyesight from Retinopathy

Children who are born before their eyes have finished growing risk developing an eye disease called retinopathy. This disorder involves the loss of blood…

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Understanding Hair Loss Patterns in Chemotherapy Patients

Anagen effluvium is a common side effect of chemotherapy, but few studies have examined its clinical characteristics. It is a type of hair loss that is…

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Gender Differences in Pneumonia Recovery After Ozone Exposure

It is known that some immune functions differ in males and females, in humans as well as in rodents. Generally, scientists use male animals in their research…

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Spuds that Like you… in your Summer Salad

Spanish researchers found that growing pigs fed large quantities of raw potato starch (RPS) had a healthier bowel. Not a surprise, but they also found that RPS…

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