Numerous studies in recent years have suggested that vitamins and supplements have no beneficial effect on your health. Some researchers…
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Treadmill performance predicts risk of death, researchers say
Cardiologists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have devised a formula that estimates an individual’s risk of dying based…
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The government is taking steps to help ensure that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests don’t get…
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Study: Childhood cancer survivors face new risks
Women treated with chest radiation for cancer when they were girls have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than…
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People who challenge their brains throughout their lifetimes — through reading, writing and playing games — are less likely to…
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Daylight savings tied to bump in heart attack rates
Setting the clock ahead for daylight savings time may set the scene for a small increase in heart attacks the…
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3 UC Santa Barbara students sick from meningitis
A bacterial meningitis outbreak has sickened three students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, health officials said Thursday. Over…
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Pneumonia vaccine said to reduce US hospitalizations
The seven-strain pneumonia vaccine used in the U.S. beginning in 2000 has prevented 168,000 hospitalizations for the disease each year…
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Patients going to a hospital for surgery care about many things, from how kind the nurses are to how good…
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Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss
Scientists have found a compelling clue in the quest to learn what causes age-related memory problems, and to one day…
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