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Playing Tetris can help in dealing with cravings Playing the popular block-stacking game Tetris can ease the cravings for drugs, food, sleep and even sex, according to a new study conducted by research teams from Plymouth University and Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
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Playing Tetris Can Help Curb Cravings: Study A new study has suggested that playing the video game Tetris which involves stacking blocks can help in easing drug and food cravings by around one-fifth.
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SF's Chinese Hospital, doctors clash in contracting dispute Doctors who work at San Francisco's Chinese Hospital in Chinatown have sued the hospital's health plan, claiming that a power play between the plan's administrators and the physicians threatens to tear apart a more than 30-year alliance.
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Hospitals Test Paying Doctors for Performance, But Get Mixed Results It seems like a good idea to pay physicians better when their patients do better, but that may not be the case. Doctor with money.
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Science Briefs: Playing Tetris cuts cravings, study shows Playing Tetris on a smartphone: A new study says this can reduce cravings. Lloyd Russell plymouth.ac.uk. i. Playing Tetris on a smartphone: A new study says this can reduce cravings.
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SF Chinese Community Health Plan Sued by its Own Physicians for Endangering ... The physicians association representing the medical staff at the Chinese Hospital in Chinatown has filed suit against the for-profit Chinese Community Health Plan (CCHP), claiming that recent actions by CCHP management to siphon doctors from the ...
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Strong evidence that Omega-3 prevents onset of Schizophrenia Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna in Austria recently found that Omega-3 fatty acids are known to improve health. Their findings show that the substances may prevent the development of full-blown schizophrenia in those who are likely to ...
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Scientists use bioengineered yeast instead of poppies to make opioids Scientists have invented a speedy method to make potent painkilling opioids using bioengineered baker's yeast instead of poppies, but need to fine-tune the process to make it commercially viable, according to a study published on Thursday.
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Engineers Make Narcotics With Yeast. Is Home-Brewed Heroin Next? When bioengineer Christina Smolke started her own research lab, she was only 29-years-old. But that didn't stop her from setting colossal goals.
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Low-fat diet leads to more fat loss than carb restriction Contrary to popular claims, restricting dietary fat can lead to greater body fat loss than carbohydrate restriction, even though a low-carb diet reduces insulin and increases fat burning, new researcher has found.
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Carb foes slammed in NIH research BETHESDA, MD. - Restricting dietary fat proved much more effective at lowering body fat than restricting carbohydrates in a well-controlled study conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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Scientists (sort of) settle debate on low-carb vs. low-fat diets Decisions, decisions. If you're looking to lose weight, should you go for the mango smoothie or the artisan cheese plate? The poppy-seed bagel or the cashew snack?
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Study estimates cost of care for transgender troops (CNN) The cost of transition-related care for transgender personnel would be "negligible," according to a newly published study, which comes on the heels of talk that the Pentagon may lift its ban on transgender people openly serving in the military.
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Florida eye doctor, a Bob Menendez ally, booted from Medicaid A south Florida ophthalmologist charged with political corruption alongside Sen. Bob Menendez has been suspended from the state's Medicaid program over the dozens of unrelated Medicare fraud charges against him, the Agency for Health Care ...
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Team makes Vicodin component in yeast, says 'home brew' opiates still not feasible Earlier this summer, a flurry of scientific papers and news reports warned of the likely arrival, sometime soon, of "home brew heroin" -- opiate drugs that might be brewed using yeast, just like beer or wine are, possibly in the privacy of your own home.
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Study Says Parenthood May Make You Unhappy A new study in the journal 'Demography' found that the first year of parenthood can be so damaging that new parents rank it as worse than divorce, unemployment and the death of a partner.
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West Nile Virus confirmed in mosquitoes collected from Burlington From the Burlington Board of Health: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has announced that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from Burlington on August 6, 2015.
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Scientists Say The Original Paleo Diet Had A Large Dose Of Carbs Author of "Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat," on the science of taste, culinary history, and the future of food.
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FDA Approves OxyContin For Extremely Sick Kids Some experts expressed concern that the approval might lead to drug misuse among children or their family members, who may have access to the drugs.
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FDA Approves OxyContin for Kids as Young as 11 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved the use of the painkiller OxyContin in children as young as 11, for severe pain that can't be adequately treated with other medications.
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Officials Confirm Ebola's Return to Liberia Well being staff wash their arms, after taking a blood specimen from a kid to check for the Ebola virus, in a space the place a 17-year previous boy died from the virus at the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia on June 30, 2015.
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US military's transgender care costs 'negligible,' study says LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Transition care for transgender members of the U.S. military would cost around $5.6 million a year, "little more than a rounding error" as a share of total expenditure, according to new research published amid ...
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New York becomes most populous state to ban powdered alcohol NEW YORK Aug 14 New York on Friday became the most populous U.S. state to ban the sale of powdered alcohol, a controversial just-add-water beverage that opponents say will lead to a rise in underage drinking and abuses.
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Gov. signs bill banning powdered alcohol in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed legislation that will prohibit the sale of any powdered or crystalline alcohol product. Palcohol's website refers to the powder mix as "safer than liquid alcohol", and all consumers have to do is mix the 1 ounce ...
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This Is How Ebola Is Being Kept Out Of Classrooms In West Africa As the global health community works toward a "game-changing" Ebola vaccine, advocates are pushing the most basic preventative measures to keep children safe.
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Pierce County slaughterhouse recalls hogs tied to salmonella Kapowsin Meats of Pierce County is recalling more than 116,000 pounds of whole hogs used for barbecues that may be contaminated with salmonella.
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California Regulator Proposes $566600 Fine Against Exxon A California regulatory agency has proposed a $566,600 fine against Exxon XOM -0.06 % Mobil Corp., saying the company knew about and ignored hazardous conditions at a refinery in Torrance that exploded and injured four workers earlier this year.
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Location, extent of Carter's cancer will govern his options ATLANTA - Surgery, drugs, radiation, comfort care. What's next for Jimmy Carter depends on how widely his cancer has spread and where, and how aggressively the 90-year-old former president wants to fight it.
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Jimmy Carter has cancer US ex-president and Nobel peace laureate Jimmy Carter, 90, has cancer that has already spread, he said Wednesday. The liver is one of the most common places for cancers to spread.
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Combat Diabetes with Google's new device Google is now all set to enter the world of health with its partnership with Dexcom, a prominent manufacturer of glucose monitors.
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Extra vitamin D pills can increase cholesterol in teens New York: Giving obese teenagers extra vitamin D pills can elevate their cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides levels, an Indian American researcher has discovered.
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How Jimmy Carter changed the world Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Former President Jimmy Carter announced Wednesday that he has cancer.
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Carter and Clinton: A Tale of Two Presidents With the sad news that Jimmy Carter has cancer, it is time to take a look at what Carter, and another former president, chose to do with their lives after leaving the White House.
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Behind the bite: CSU runs West Nile virus tests It used to be that Colorado State University scientists checking for West Nile virus relied on sticking needles into the brains of baby mice and waiting four to five days to see if the tiny mammals died from the viral infection.
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Our ancestors used carbs as brain food FILE-- Potatoes that were cooked directly in hot coals, in New York, June 20, 2015. In the September issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, researchers argue that in addition to meat, carbohydrates -- the bane of todayOs paleo diet enthusiasts ...
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Heartbroken? Gender may play role in recovering from breakups Men and women have a long history of differences when it comes to handling relationships. And after a relationship ends, the emotional and physical grief -- and how long the pain persists -- may be different too, according to research published in the ...
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Opera singer performs Schubert while undergoing brain surgery Ambroz Bajec-Lapajne, a tenor in the Dutch National Opera, performed the song from Winterreise while surgeons removed a tumour from his brain.
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Can Pig Organs Be Transplated To Humans? This Biotech Firm Thinks It's Possible In the future, human beings may benefit from organ transplants from pigs. A genetically modified pig may provide people with a liver, kidney or heart.
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Long wait for Blue Bell almost over "We're very excited Blue Bell is coming back," said Marilyn Vasquez. "Because I have these two little boys and we love ice cream.
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Testosterone Supplements Don't Help With Sex But Not Bad For Heart: Study The use of testosterone supplements and their many benefits are matters of intense debate, which one new study may have settled. A massive double-blind study found that testosterone does not help men aged over 60 years to improve sexual function but it ...
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Survey: America is a Nation in Pain A new analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey has revealed some startling information about how American adults live day-to-day.
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315 dead, 20000 infected in Congo measles outbreak - UN A girl with measles sits under a tent at Tomping camp in Juba, where some 17,000 displaced people who fled their homes are sheltered by the United Nations, January 10, 2014.
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Beauty Queen Arrested for Alleged Cancer Scheme Gonna turn out a string affect your money to beauty queen arrested for allegedly pretending to have cancer was all part of an elaborate scheme authorities say to raise tens of thousands of dollars.
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