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This is what happens to your brain when you don't get enough sleep A new study from UCLA said to be the first of its kind reveals that "sleep deprivation disrupts brain cells" and their ability to communicate.
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Sleepless Night Leaves Some Brain Cells As Sluggish As You Feel When people don't get enough sleep, certain brain cells literally slow down. A study that recorded directly from neurons in the brains of 12 people found that sleep deprivation causes the bursts of electrical activity that brain cells use to ...
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9-year-old with cancer wants cards for his last Christmas PORTLAND, Maine (WCMH) - Doctors say a 9-year-old boy from Maine only has a month to live, so his family wants to help him have one last Christmas.
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"As a Young Asian-American Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, I Want to Change the Status Quo: Patricia Wu "When I was initially diagnosed. I was enjoying each day without a true understanding of limits or barriers." - Patricia Wu. An educator and administrator, Patricia oversees education programs serving over 10,000 students in Los Angeles, California ...
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Action legend Chuck Norris issues health warning after routine scan 'nearly killed wife' MARTIAL arts star Chuck Norris has given up his film career to look after his ailing wife, after he claims she was poisoned by an MRI scan.
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Straight People Living In Major Cities Can't Stop Giving Each Other Gonorrhoea "Urban heterosexuals" have driven a 63% rise in gonorrhoea diagnoses, the latest figures on Australians' sexual health show.
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Take these preventative steps to lower your breast cancer risk While one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, making lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of the disease. (choja/Getty Images/iStockphoto).
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Vaccinated or not, the mumps are on the rise again — What you need to know Last year, there were more than 6,000 cases of the contagious disease mumps reported in the United States - the highest number in 10 years.
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Work continues toward medical marijuana implementation in PA Governor Tom Wolf signs Senate Bill 3, legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of PA Internet News Service). (Harrisburg) -- State Health officials have taken a major step toward fully implementing Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program.
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9-year-old with terminal cancer asks for cards to celebrate last Christmas (ABC News) -- A boy and his family are wishing for cards from people around the world in honor of his favorite holiday of Christmas.
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Malaria breath test shows promise People with malaria give off a distinctive "breath-print" that could be used as a test for the disease, according to American scientists.
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Concordia College Works to End the Mental Health Stigma MOORHEAD, Minn - Students at Concordia College are serving up a week of ways to end the stigma of mental health. Their intramural volleyball teams kicked off the schools series of events for Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Here's what we think Alzheimer's does to the brain Around 50 million people worldwide are thought to have Alzheimer's disease. And with rapidly ageing populations in many countries, the number of sufferers is steadily rising.
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Kentucky sues maker of controversial opioid (CNN) The attorney general of Kentucky is suing the maker of the opioid painkiller Opana ER, accusing Endo Pharmaceuticals of fraud and deception that resulted in a sudden spike of overdose deaths.
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9-Year-Old boy dying of cancer celebrating Christmas early, asks for cards (CNN)- Nine-year-old Jacob Thompson is your average kid. His obsessions include Minecraft and Legos, and he's a huge "Star Wars" fan.
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Gonorrhea and syphilis cases rise in Australia The Annual Surveillance Report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in Australia was released and it revealed that there is a rise in diagnosis of gonorrhea and syphilis but the number of people being affected by HIV has ...
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The state of Australia's sexual health MOST COMMON SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. CHLAMYDIA. * Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Australia.
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NJ panel wants expanded medical marijuana, but which governor will decide? Suzanne O'Mullan, leads her son Danny, who has autism to the podium to testify before the marijuana review panel in Trenton on Feb. 20.
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Sexually-transmitted Zika case confirmed in Miami-Dade County The Florida Department of Health on Friday confirmed the state's first case of the Zika virus being sexually transmitted. An unidentified person in Miami-Dade County, who had recently visited several countries, including Cuba,.
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Australia gonorrhoea cases surge 63% The number of cases of gonorrhoea in Australia has soared by 63% in the past five years, a new study has found. Australian researchers say the rise in gonorrhoea diagnoses was led by an increase in infection in young heterosexual city dwellers.
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Vital Signs: Many patients could benefit from lung cancer screening with low-dose CT In December 2013, the United States Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation for annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT) for high-risk smokers.
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British woman held in Egypt for carrying painkillers 'made mistake' Laura Plummer was arrested after 290 tramadol tablets and some naproxen for her Egyptian husband's sore back were found in her suitcase.
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Surrogate mom delivers two babies, one her own (CNN) - The lives of Jessica Allen and her husband, Wardell Jasper, were changed permanently and for the better by a rare medical phenomenon.
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Movember for men's health in Yass Valley Movember is an important reminder about being proactive when it comes to one's health. Photo: Movember Foundation Australia. November is Movember - a month dedicated to raising awareness of men's health - and Yass Valley is playing its part.
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Universal vaccine could target flu virus 'stalk' Scientists are working to make annual flu shots a thing of the past with a universal flu vaccine that would protect against most or all seasonal and pandemic strains.
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Exercise linked to lower risk of premature death in older women (Reuters Health) - Older women who get more moderate to vigorous physical activity may be less likely to die prematurely than their counterparts who don't get much exercise, a U.S.
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Kentucky accuses Endo of contributing to opioid epidemic (Reuters) - Kentucky accused units of Endo International Plc on Monday of contributing to drug overdoses and an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its painkiller Opana ER, the latest lawsuit by state or local governments against the drugmaker.
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Here's One Reason Flu Vaccines Are So Lousy: They're Grown in Eggs Researchers have identified one more important reason flu shots don't usually work very well - it's because they are grown in chicken eggs.
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Flu Vaccine "Factories" Create Errors That Reduce Protection Flu vaccines saved an estimated 40,000 American lives between 2005 and 2014, but they are not good enough.The vaccine used during the 2016–17 flu season, for example, was only 43 percent effective against the predominant influenza A H3N2 strain, ...
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Trans Women Could Get A Uterus Transplant: Fertility Expert A fertility expert believes that trans women may soon be able to carry their own babies by way of a uterus transplant. Although plausible, the procedure will likely be very complicated and risky.
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FDA approves first treatment for certain patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare blood cancer FDA expands approval of Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to treat certain adult patients with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare cancer of the blood.
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FDA Approves Zelboraf to Treat Rare Blood Cancer Zelboraf (vemurafenib) was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat patients with Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD).
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The overall death rate in America increased due to violence and drugs The number of deaths in America rose this year because of a significant increase in the deaths produced by drug overdoses and guns, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Report: Millions either malnourished or obese in global nutrition crisis Researchers behind the Global Nutrition Report, which looked at 140 countries, said the problems were 'putting the brakes on human development as a whole'.
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Prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related lesions through vaccination CERVICAL cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and is the leading cause of death in developing countries. Five hundred thousand women are diagnosed annually, and every two minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer ...
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Having Type 2 diabetes 'can cut five years off your life' PEOPLE with type two diabetes are more likely to have a shorter life expectancy, no matter their age or socioeconomic status, a new study has suggested.
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Dementia care creates new costs for families Dementia is a disease that is becoming increasingly prevalent among our senior population. The Alzheimer's Association said approximately 1 in 9 older than 65 have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
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How Our Brain Helps Us Silence Unwanted Thoughts An important chemical in the brain's memory region that enables us to censor unwanted thoughts has been pinpointed by a University of Cambridge study.
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