Articles tagged with: health
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Former President Bill Clinton is recovering at his suburban New York home today after leaving a Manhattan hospital where he underwent a heart procedure. Three black SUVs with tinted windows pulled through the high gates of his Chappaqua house around 7:45am. Clinton adviser Douglas Band said in a sta... read more
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Scientists have long known that stuttering runs in families, and now they may have found out why: Researchers uncovered three gene mutations linked to the disrupted flow of speech, potentially solving a centuries-old mystery and moving closer to offering hope of new treatments for the 1% of adults w... read more
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Michelle Obama wants to eliminate childhood obesity in just one generation, and she will launch her ambitious “Let’s Move” campaign today at noon.
“We want our kids to face a different and more optimistic future in terms of their lifespan,” the first lady tells G... read more
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People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.... read more
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If you have problems remembering to take your meds — or whether you’ve taken them already — some high-tech products on the horizon may be able to help you.
Companies are using wireless technology, the same mechanism by which you use a cell phone or the Internet, to develop d... read more
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A man in a deeply unconscious state for 5 years has been able to communicate with doctors using only his thoughts.
In a study one Cornell neurologist called a “game changer” for the care of patients in a vegetative state, British and Belgian researchers used a brain scanner to sho... read more
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Male breast reduction surgery is the hottest operation in plastic surgery right now, with demand for “man boob” jobs growing faster than that for any other procedure for two years running in the UK.
Last year 581 men went under the knife, according to the British Association of Aesthetic ... read more
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Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV.
British and U.S. researchers said they had grown a crystal that enabled them to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase, wh... read more
