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Modern Hunter-Gatherers Probably Get Less Sleep Than You Do Although it might seem that the glowing lights from smartphones and other trappings of modern life reduce people's ability to get a decent amount of shut-eye, scientists now suggest that people do not get any less sleep today than they did in ...
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Can't sleep? Don't be too quick to blame modern life A new study is challenging the notion that artificial light and the hectic pace of modern life are disrupting natural sleep patterns.
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Our ancestors were sleep deprived as us, scientists say A study of three preindustrial societies reveals our early ancestors probably got the same amount of sleep as we do. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Modern Life Isn't Responsible For Sleep Deprivation Many people these days aren't getting enough sleep and it's tempting to blame this on well-lit houses with TVs blaring, cell phones buzzing, and a well-used coffee maker in every kitchen.
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Maybe You Don't Need 8 Hours of A Sleep After All For years, public health authorities have warned that smartphones, television screens and the hectic pace of modern life are disrupting natural sleep patterns, fueling an epidemic of sleep deprivation.
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Primitive peoples did not sleep more than modern humans A team of researchers have learned that primitive humans may have slept less on average than those living in today's modern world.
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Can't Blame Modern Life for Lack of Sleep – Our Ancestors Slept Less as well ... For decades, public-health authorities have went on warning how the 'modern' technologies coupled with our hectic lifestyles will create generations of people who will be sleep deprived.
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More than half of America believes in the paranormal Isha Aran is a staff reporter for Fusion's Sex & Life section and is worth her weight in salt. Really, she is. She's salty as all hell.
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Here's What Americans Are Most Afraid Of Corruption of government officials is currently Americans' number one fear, according to a recent survey by researchers at Chapman University.
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FDA declines approval of AstraZeneca diabetes drug combination LONDON U.S. health regulators declined to approve AstraZeneca's fixed-dose combination of the diabetes drugs saxagliptin and dapagliflozin, dealing a blow to an important plank of the drugmaker's business.
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Antibiotic Resistance Could Threaten Surgery, Chemo Patients THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- More people will die from common surgical procedures and cancer treatments if dangerous bacteria continue to develop resistance to widely used antibiotics, a new study warns.
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AstraZeneca Says FDA Requires More Data on New Diabetes Treatment LONDON--AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) said Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for more clinical data in relation to a new diabetes treatment.
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FDA declines approval of AstraZeneca diabetes drug combination LONDON Oct 16 U.S. health regulators declined to approve AstraZeneca's fixed-dose combination of the diabetes drugs saxagliptin and dapagliflozin, dealing a blow to an important plank of the drugmaker's business.
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Public health experts discuss HIV problems Even as national and state efforts have continuously attempted to improve HIV health outcomes through various policy and system intervention strategies, Indiana's HIV care system remains fractured, public health professionals argued Thursday.
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New test could help personalize treatment for common childhood cancer A new gene test can identify which patients are likely to suffer more aggressive forms of the childhood cancer rhabdomyosarcoma, new research reports.
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UPDATE 1-Congo copper production to hold steady in 2015 - mines ministry (Adds chamber forecast, context). KINSHASA Oct 15 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top copper producer, will produce about 1 million tonnes of the metal for the second consecutive year in 2015, the mines ministry said on Thursday.
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What Happens When You Survive Ebola Memory loss. Irreversible skin and nerve damage. Hair thinning. Arthritis. The lingering effects of Ebola can last a lifetime. Shop ▾.
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Blood Test Can Predict Relapse Of Testicular Cancer Experts have developed a blood test that can help identify the risk of testicular cancer relapse. Through the approach, low-risk patients may be spared from having to undergo chemotherapy and suffer possible side effects.
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State eases into official start of flu season The official start to the flu season in North Carolina was milder than in 2014, according to state health officials. No deaths related to flu were in the season's initial weekly report released Thursday.
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Immune clue to preventing schizophrenia It may be possible to prevent schizophrenia by calming the brain's immune system, say scientists. Brain scans found an overactive immune system in patients as well as in those at high risk of schizophrenia.
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Do you really need an annual physical? Doctors disagree Doctors continue to debate the worth of a time-honored tradition of health care: the annual physical examination. Some want the once-a-year physical abandoned, based on a growing body of research that these exams don't reduce your overall risk of ...
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Some Legislators Think The Smoking Age Should Be 21 This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
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'Conversion therapy' endangers LGBT youth and must stop: US report (Reuters Health) - Efforts to ban parents from subjecting their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children to "conversion therapy" got a boost on Thursday from a U.S.
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Larger brains do not lead to high IQ: Study A larger brain size does not guarantee a higher intelligence quotient (IQ), according to a new study that contradicts the belief that a bigger brain means an increased IQ potential.
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Theranos Limits New Blood Technology to One in 200 Tests Theranos Inc., the startup with ambitions of disrupting the market for blood diagnostics, is currently using its proprietary technology on a single test out of the more than 200 it offers, Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes said in an interview ...
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Good Question: How Are Herbal Supplements Regulated? MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Lamar Odom was found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada on Tuesday. Investigators say the former L.A. Laker had abused cocaine and taken ten tablets of so-called "herbal Viagra" in recent days.
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'Herbal Viagra' is rarely herbal, not Viagra When employees at a Nevada brothel found former NBA star Lamar Odom unresponsive on Tuesday, they told the 911 dispatchers that he had been using cocaine on Saturday.
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Bernie Sanders rejects donation from CEO who raised drug price 5000 percent One person who won't be meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) anytime soon is Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals who made news when his company announced it was raising the price of a life-saving medication from $13.50 a pill to $750 ...
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Apple partners with hospitals for new ResearchKit studies on autism, epilepsy ... Some of the world's most renowned medical research facilities are turning to Apple's ResearchKit for iPhone and Apple Watch, it was announced on Thursday, in an effort to help cure autism, epilepsy, and melanoma.
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Poisoned Fruit: Caramel Apples Can Give You Listeria Halloween is nearly upon us, and that means spooky costumes, trick-or-treating, and caramel apples! However, it's not just unwrapped candy that vigilant parents should look out for.
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Consumer Warning: Caramel Apples and Listeria Kathleen A. Glass, Max C. Golden, Brandon J. Wanless, Wendy Bedale, Charles Czuprynski Author Affiliations Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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Fleeing Breast Cancer, I Found a Miracle I've known the month of September to be a wily foe. Perhaps her cunning is a mere protesting of the confusion that comes with bearing two seasons at once.
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Do you have dense breast tissue? Why knowing matters Radiologist Diane Anderson, DO, is the co-medical director of the Samaritan Breast Center at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, which is part of Premier Health.
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Bernie Sanders Declines Price-Gouging Pill Racketeer's Paltry Donation Everyone's favorite just-this-side-of-legal drug kingpin Martin Shkreli is very upset with Bernie Sanders after the presidential candidate declined a $2,700 donation Shkreli made in September and gave it to a Washington health clinic instead.
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Bernie Sanders rejects donation from drug company CEO This story was produced by Stat, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners that will launch online this fall with coverage of health, medicine, and life sciences.
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Research Park company gets Ebola contract An ISU Research Park company is in the unique position to manufacture a vaccine for a deadly virus. The Ebola virus was first recognized almost 40 years ago and came to the attention of the general public in spring 2014 when an epidemic struck West ...
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High Job Stress May Boost Stroke Risk Working in a highly stressful job may raise the risk for stroke, particularly for women, suggests a meta-analysis of relevant research.
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Bernie Sanders Declines Price-Gouging Pill Racketeer's Paltry Donation The Vermont senator has rejected a donation from the former hedge fund manager who raised the price of an AIDS drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill, the campaign confirmed Thursday.
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Every year, 23000 people visit hospital due to Dietary supplement side effects A research paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine has unveiled about the side-effects of taking dietary supplements.
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St. Paul student creates app to help veterans KARE 11 A Macalester College student is getting noticed for inventing something to help people suffering from night terrors. His inspiration?
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Student creates app for vets to prevent night terrors A Macalester College student is getting noticed for inventing something to help people suffering from night terrors. Loading… Post to Facebook.
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Stressful jobs tied to small increase in stroke risk Up to one in four jobs are "high strain," and people in these lines of work may be at increased risk of stroke, according to a new analysis of past research.
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National Federation of the Blind members teach driver awareness on National ... As NFL inks deal with Premier League team, could Bucs soon have 'home' game in London? Auto Racing · Golf · Rowdies · Storm · 2015 NFL Draft · Meet the Rays videos · Special topics index · Steven Stamkos ...
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National Federation of the Blind members teach driver awareness on National ... TAMPA - Waiting outside the Burger King on Waters Avenue, Janice Butler listened for the sound of whirring traffic to soften before venturing into the crosswalk, tapping her white cane first.
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Giants tight end Daniel Fells undergoes 6th surgery in his fight with MRSA Giants tight end Daniel Fells is trending in the right direction, even if he underwent a sixth surgery in his fight with a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media.
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The New War on Superbugs According to the CDC, drug-resistant bacteria affect more than 2 million people in the U.S. every year. By Beth Howard Oct. 14, 2015 | 9:37 a.m.
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Abortion Doctor Had Human Tissue, Powerful Painkiller in Trunk Michael Roth lost his clinic and was disciplined for performing abortions at a woman's home before cops made a stunning discovery in his car.
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White canes on the farm Tyler McKenzie, 11, a Louisa East Elementary fifth-grader, gets acquainted with a pony. MIKE JAMES / THE DAILY INDEPENDENT. Vision.
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How Victoria Justice Used Twerking to Help Her Cope With an Autoimmune Disorder Victoria Justice is opening up about her struggle dealing with a challenging autoimmune disorder in the November issue of Health Magazine and the ~creative~ way she's gotten through it.
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A Glass Of Wine A Day May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes If you're in the habit of drinking wine with dinner, there may be a bonus beyond the enjoyment of sipping a glass at night. A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine adds to the evidence that drinking a moderate amount of wine can be ...
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