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You Don't Need To Go Low-Carb To Burn Body Fat, Study Says If you've ever tried to lose weight, you've probably gotten drawn into the argument over whether it's better to cut carbs or fat from your diet.
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Low-fat diets 'better than cutting carbs' for weight loss Cutting fat from your diet leads to more fat loss than reducing carbohydrates, a US health study shows. Scientists intensely analysed people on controlled diets by inspecting every morsel of food, minute of exercise and breath taken.
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Scientists engineer yeast to turn sugar into hydrocodone Over the past several months, scientists from around the world have published bits and pieces of a fascinating feat: In an effort to create pain medication components like hydrocodone -- the main ingredient in the pain killer Vicodin -- without the ...
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Narcotic drugs can be coaxed from yeast, Stanford scientists find Scientists at Stanford University have created strains of yeast that can produce narcotic drugs, but some experts fear the technology will be more useful to drug traffickers than to pharmaceutical companies.
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For fat loss, low-fat diets beat low-carb diets handily, new research finds It is a central dogma of the low-carb lifestyle: that while avoiding carbohydrates will force the human body into fat-burning mode, any diet that fails to suppress insulin will trap body fat in place and thwart a dieter's hope of shifting to a leaner ...
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Google, DexCom to Make Glucose Monitoring Devices for Diabetes Patients Soon after the announcement of its new CEO Sundar Pichai and a holding company called Alphabet, the Google Life Sciences team has teamed up with a healthcare firm DexCom to build blood glucose monitoring devices for diabetes patients that are ...
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Monitor your blood sugar, courtesy of Google Google's life sciences team announced a partnership with glucose monitoring company Dexcom Tuesday to develop smaller, cheaper cloud-connected glucose sensors that hope to make finger sticks a thing of the past.
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Mobile Applications for Melanoma Detection Market Analysis And Market Forecast ... Incidence of Malignant Melanoma - the most aggressively deadly type of skin cancer - is increasing globally. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, one person dies of melanoma in the U.S.
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Google to collaborate on 'next-generation' glucose monitoring devices It has been announced that the life sciences team at Google will be joining forces with DexCom, a company specializing in glucose monitoring devices, to develop a new low-cost bandage-sized sensor for people with diabetes.
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Glaxo: Meds from plant with Legionnaires' bacteria are safe ZEBULON, N.C. - The medications produced at a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant are safe despite the decision to close the factory after the discovery of the bacteria that causes potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease, the company said Wednesday.
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Does becoming a parent make us miserable? Having a child is often referred to as the happiest period of one's life. However, new research finds many parents become unhappy following the birth of their first child, which may deter them from having any more.
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Study: Happiness of a first-time parent falls after baby arrives Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. At least that's what the movies and Target ads tell us.
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Study: Many First-Time Parents Unhappy GERMANY (CBS) - Having a baby can potentially impact the happiness of first-time parents in a bad way, according to a new study which blames social isolation.
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Fish oil can help minimize the onset of disorders like schizophrenia A new study has found helpful, encouraging information that could help young people at a very high risk of developing schizophrenia.
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What former President Carter can expect in his cancer treatment and prognosis As doctors learn more about the cancer that has spread through his body, former President Jimmy Carter will weigh treatment options that most likely will not cure his disease but could prolong and improve the quality of his life.
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Testing for more breast cancer genes offers useful information (Reuters Health) - When the results of a test wouldn't change how doctors manage a patient's care, most say it's not worth doing.
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Study: Stressed out parents unlikely to have 2nd child (CNN) —If they're being honest, most mothers will tell you that no matter how badly you want a child, the transition to parenthood is hard.
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Vaccine Sharply Curbs Chickenpox Cases in US THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Chickenpox cases in the United States have dropped sharply since a vaccine against the disease became available in 1995, a new study shows.
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No Benefit for Fetal ECG Monitoring During Childbirth savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today.
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Jessica Alba's Startup, Honest, Valued at $1.7 Billion Honest Co., the baby-products retailer co-founded by movie star Jessica Alba, has raised $100 million in a new round of funding, valuing it at about $1.7 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Don't Try This at Home: Scientists Brew Opiates With Yeast We've got a poppy problem. The only way to make morphine, oxycodone, and other opiates is with the latex that oozes from opiate poppy seed pods.
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Low-Fat Diet Better for Reducing Fat Than Low-Carb Diet, Study Concludes Researchers say that although a low-carb diet burns more fat, a low-fat diet is better for reducing overall body fat. Low-Fat Diet.
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Low-fat dieting 'beats carb-cutting' A low-fat diet beats carb-cutting as the most effective way to slim, research has shown. The dilemma over which strategy to adopt has taxed many a weight-watcher.
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Greater health risks linked to trans fats, not saturated fats A large new review of existing research suggests that, for healthy people, a reasonable amount of saturated fat in the diet poses no health risk.
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FDA Approves OxyContin for Children as Young as 11 The Food and Drug Administration has approved limited use of the powerful and frequently abused painkiller OxyContin for children as young as 11 years old, the agency announced Thursday.
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Love for Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., Where He Stands Tall PLAINS, Ga. - Here, just beyond the welcome signs with the presidential seal, people still call him "Mr. Jimmy." And so on Thursday, as this southwest Georgia city of fewer than 800 people absorbed the announcement that former President Jimmy Carter ...
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Woman killed by brain eating amoeba was, 'The light over everyone's lives' The boyfriend of the woman killed by a brain eating amoeba shares how a fun outing with her and her children ended in tragedy. Elizabeth Marie Knight, 24, swam at several locations in Lake Murray with her two children.
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City Council Passes Bill Aimed at Limiting Future Legionnaires' Outbreaks With New York City's largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires' disease apparently waning, the City Council passed a bill on Thursday intended to thwart future spread of the illness.
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Exxon seeks to use old, less-clean equipment at crippled Torrance refinery Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked air quality officials to allow it to increase refining operations at its Torrance facility - a move that comes as Los Angeles-area gasoline prices jumped nearly 6 cents because of refinery woes.
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A protective Ebola vaccine The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is still ongoing, but a new study reports that a ring vaccination strategy - in which contacts, and contacts of contacts, of an infected patient are vaccinated - using rVSV-ZEBOV was successful in preventing infection.
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Global population to reach 11.2 billion by end of century: UN India, China and Brazil with young populations but lower fertility face the prospect of substantial population ageing before the end of the century.
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FDA approves OxyContin for use by children ages 11 to 16 WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the powerful painkiller OxyContin for a new use in children 11 to 16 who are suffering from severe, long-term pain.
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Titanium Rings Tough To Crack In Emergencies When the patient showed up in the emergency department, he was hurting. He'd taken a nice long soak in a warm tub, and a few hours later his fingers swelled enough to trap his ring.
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Playing Tetris for few minutes a day can weaken cravings Playing Tetris for as little as three minutes at a time can weaken cravings for drugs, food and activities such as sex and sleeping by approximately one fifth, according to new research.
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Transgender soldiers watch closely as Pentagon reviews ban on service Military men, women wait on edge after Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered a Pentagon review of ban on transgender service members.
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Oklahoma man dies from brain-eating amoeba (CNN) A deadly brain infection caused by an amoeba killed an Oklahoma man after a recent lake swim, state health officials said. The man died Wednesday in an Oklahoma City hospital after swimming last week in Lake Murray in Ardmore, Oklahoma, CNN ...
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Neighbors Sue Seattle Family Over Bird-Feeding Operation A couple in Seattle whose young daughter gained international attention two years ago for feeding crows and receiving trinkets from the birds has now been slapped with a lawsuit by their neighbors.
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Your Body: Tips and Tricks to Beat Distractions Are you having trouble focusing? This is a problem lots of us have - not just those suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Exxon Mobil fined $566600 for Torrance refinery explosion Exxon Mobil was fined $566,600 in penalties Thursday after a large blast at the company's Torrance refinery in February injured four workers.
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GlaxoSmithKline Finds No Legionnaires' Risk at North Carolina Plant GlaxoSmithKline GSK -0.27 % PLC said it expected to reopen its manufacturing plant in Zebulon, N.C., in the next 72 hours, after concluding that Legionnaires' bacteria found in two external cooling towers posed no risk to its products.
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Kapowsin Meats Recalls Whole Hogs Linked to Salmonella Outbreak Kapowsin Meats is recalling whole hogs for barbecue because they may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. There is an outbreak associated with this recall.
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Researcher Rajat Barua: Normal Testosterone Levels Reduce Risk of Heart Attack ... NEW YORK - Restoring testosterone levels in older men to normal levels through gels, patches or injections may lower their risk of a heart attack, stroke or death from any cause, says a large study co-authored by an Indian American researcher.
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Anderson Silva's lawyer: Sex drugs led to positive PED tests Anderson Silva's lawyer claims that a sexual performance enhancing product was tainted and led to his client's two positive tests for the performance enhancing drug Drostanolone, according to Combate.
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Hospital Commission Recommends Transparency, Publishing Services Prices Governor Scott convened the health care commission this year as the federal government phases out a program that reimburses hospitals for treating uninsured and underinsured patients.
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Did cavemen eat carbs? Why the paleo diet could be wrong The paleo diet - a high-protein/low-carb regime founded on the belief we should eat like our hunter-gathering ancestors and only consume meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and nuts - has been discredited by a new study which states that humans have always ...
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Woman's Offer To Turn Stranger's Lonely Lunch Into A Weekly Date Goes Viral After holding the door open for an elderly woman who was dining alone, Brooke Ochoa, who was also eating by herself, offered to join the lady for lunch.
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Mexico Bans Free Baby Formula for Newborns at Hospitals Mexico has banned the giveaway of free baby formula at hospitals, so that new mothers will be encouraged to breastfeed instead. Baby formula will still be available at stores and if requested by a doctor, the BBC reported.
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Islands in focus: 744 people living with HIV/AIDS in The Kupang AIDS Prevention Commission (KPA) has said that 744 Kupang city residents were infected by HIV/AIDS, 65 of whom had died, as of June this year.
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Congo Measles Outbreak Infects at Least 20000 A measles outbreak in a southeast province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than 300 people and infected at least 20,000, according to a preliminary United Nations report.
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Air controller study shows chronic fatigue WASHINGTON - Air traffic controllers' work schedules often lead to chronic fatigue, making them less alert and endangering the safety of the national air traffic system, according to a study the government kept secret for years.
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