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Even Mild Concussion Can Cause Thinking, Memory Problems: Study WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A mild or moderate concussion may have longer-lasting consequences than previously realized, a new study suggests. By comparing brain imaging studies and thinking tests between healthy people and ...
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Trying Gene Therapy to Create Biological Pacemaker No batteries required: Scientists are creating a biological pacemaker by injecting a gene into the hearts of sick pigs that changed ordinary cardiac cells into a special kind that induces a steady heartbeat. The study, published Wednesday, is one step toward ...
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Studies See New Risks for Cholesterol Drug Niacin New details from two studies reveal more side effects from niacin, a drug that hundreds of thousands of Americans take for cholesterol problems and general heart health. Some prominent doctors say the drug now seems too risky for routine use. Niacin is a ...
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Saratoga: Relay for Life is back on track in Saratoga One unique aspect of Relay for Life is that it draws people from all walks of life, because who can say they haven't been touched by cancer in one way or another? The event offers a once-a-year opportunity for survivors, caregivers and their families to come ...
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Chilling new details on cold-storage smallpox Just hours after members of Congress grilled the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about his agency's mistakes with anthrax and bird flu, another federal health agency provided an update on its mistakes with vials of deadly smallpox ...
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Asthma inhalers make children half a centimetre shorter Common asthma inhalers which are used by hundreds of thousands of children stunt growth by around half a centimetre, a major review has found. Adults who were prescribed common corticosteroids while growing up are likely to be shorter than they might ...
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Company limits bathroom breaks to 6 minutes a day (CNN) -- Spend more than 6 minutes a day in the bathroom at Chicago's WaterSaver Faucet company and you'll face disciplinary measures. That's what a union contends the manufacturer is pulling: timing bathroom breaks and warning employees when they ...
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Former FDA commissioner says proposed food labeling changes don't go far ... Former US Food and Drugs Administration commissioner David Kessler likes what he sees in the proposed changes to food information labels announced by the FDA in February, but he'd also like to see the agency take additional steps. In “Toward more ...
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| Cytokinetics to Announce Second Quarter Results on July 30, 2014 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- South San Francisco, CA., July 16, 2014, - Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:CYTK) announced today that it is scheduled to report second quarter results on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time.
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Soon, single jab will be enough to regulate diabetes London: A new animal study has revealed that a single injection of the protein FGF1 would be sufficient to balance the blood sugar levels to a healthy range for more than two days. The Salk scientists discovered that sustained treatment with the protein ...
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| The Question of Healthy Obesity Continues In a new review published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers looked at 36 studies and found that among people with coronary artery disease, those with a high BMI had the lowest cardiovascular mortality risk compared to people with a ...
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Smoking may increase suicide risk, study says A new study argues that restrictions on smoking may reduce suicide risk. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images). By Monte Morin contact the reporter · Medical ResearchMental Health ResearchScientific ResearchSuicide. Cigarette smokers are more likely ...
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Norovirus suspected in series of illnesses in Washington state Health and park officials from the state of Washington have decided to close down Horseshoe Lake County Park temporarily after a series of stomach related illnesses were reported by people who had swam in a lake within the park. Located southwest of ...
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Patients With Low-Cost Insurance Struggle To Find Specialists Dr. Charu Sawhney examines patient Mang Caan. Sawhney supports the Affordable Care Act, but has been frustrated by how difficult it is to find specialists who accept some of the plans her patients bought. Carrie Feibel for NPR. The Hope Clinic in ...
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Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Weed Makes You Paranoid It used to be that possession of marijuana was, in itself, cause for anxiety. Now, thanks to the widespread decriminalization of the drug, cannabis enthusiasts are free to focus on dealing with a different sort of pot-induced paranoia — what many have deemed ...
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Lurks in Warm Summer Water The death of a 9-year-old Kansas girl from a brain-eating amoeba infection is a jolting reminder of a rare danger of swimming in fresh water heated by the summer sun — a risk that experts say could get worse in summers to come. The bug loves toasty, ...
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Veterans crisis center comes to St. Louis Verna Jones, director of the American Legion's Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, talks to small crowd about the issues the Veterans Administration is having providing medical care to vets during a meeting at the War Memorial in St. Louis on Monday, July 14, ...
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Ohio Teenager Accuses Instagram Of Size Discrimination A 19-year-old Ohio girl whose photo of herself in a bra and underwear was removed from Instagram's site is accusing the company of discriminating against overweight individuals. Samm Newman is a college student and wears a size 24 in the U.S., ...
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The worm that can NEVER get drunk: Mutant animal created by scientists in bid ... They inserted a molecule that can completely block the effects on alcohol into the Caenorhabditis elegans. The tiny worm was chosen because it loses the ability to wiggle when drunk. Enlarge. The worms used in the study, Caenorhabditis elegans slow their ...
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Science, Community, and Policy for Key Vulnerable Populations While rates of new HIV infections and AIDS-related disease decline globally, key populations are being left behind. Among men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender people, sex workers (SW), and people who inject drugs (PWID), the burden of HIV is ...
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