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Quitting Smoking Improves Memory
Former smokers have a better-functioning memory than those who still light up, a new study finds. On a practical test…
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How to work out like James Bond
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Read MoreEating Less Salt Doesn’t Cut Heart Risks, Study Finds
People who ate lots of salt were not more likely to get high blood pressure, and were less likely to…
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Second-hand smoke tied to memory problems, study suggests
Smokers and people who regularly breathe others’ cigarette fumes are worse at remembering things on their to-do lists than are…
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Police Raid Homes to Stop Smokers
Bhutan police can raid homes of smokers in a search for contraband tobacco and are training a special tobacco sniffer…
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CDC: US illness outbreaks from imported food have risen
Outbreaks of illness linked to imported food have risen since the late 1990s, casting a spotlight on federal inspection standards…
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Medical Prize Honors Discoverer of Malarial Drug
A scientist who discovered a powerful malaria drug and two others who illuminated how proteins fold within cells have won…
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