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Heavy Screen Time May Cause Premature Changes In Brain Structure Among Kids: Study Children who spend more than seven hours a day of screen time may experience premature thinning of the part of the brain that processes sensory information.
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Groundbreaking study examines effects of screen time on kids If you have kids and wonder if all that time they spend on their smartphones endlessly scrolling, snapping and texting is affecting their brains, you might want to put down your own phone and pay attention.
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Patient coughs up blood clot in shape of lung passage: report A patient dying from heart failure last month coughed up a blood clot in the shape of his right lung's bronchial tree, which measured nearly 6-inches in length, according to a photo from the New England Journal of Medicine.
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CDC Warns Why You Should Say No To Raw Cookie Dough Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it to get done baking before you eat cookie dough. That's what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding everyone during this Holiday Season when many cookies and other treats are a-baking.
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My Call To African American Seniors: Get Your Flu Shot For 60 years I always dismissed the idea of getting a flu shot. My family, friends and neighbors never got flu shots either - it simply wasn't a priority.
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Health Officials Urge Vermonters to Get Flu Shot BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont health officials are urging residents to get an annual flu vaccine. Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine says getting a flu shot protects Vermonters and helps to keep the people around them healthy.
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Can Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Help Reduce Alzheimer's? Reprinted with the kind permission of Dr. Mercola. By Dr. Mercola. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the compound responsible for marijuana's psychoactive effects, may offer hope for treating Alzheimer's disease, at least according to a study on mice.1 ...
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Women don't need rigid breast cancer screening schedule: new guidelines Women don't need to follow a rigid schedule for breast cancer screening and doctors should inform patients of the potential risks mammograms pose, according to new national screening guidelines released Monday.
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Researchers say air pollution may increase risk of autism But, what do you do if the very air they breathe is hurting them? Two new studies have found an association between relatively low levels of air pollution and children's risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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Searching for a cure for Alzheimer's psychosis BY SYDNEY PEREIRA | A Northwell Health researcher's quest to find a treatment for lesser-known symptoms of Alzheimer's disease could transform patients' and caregivers' lives one day.
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Ebola spreads to major Congo city; experts fear experimental vaccine stock won't suffice The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up to the demands of an epidemic with no end in sight.
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Vitamin C good for lungs of babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) - A study showed that Vitamin C might reduce the harm done to lungs in infants born to mothers who smoke during their pregnancy.
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See something so cute you could crush it? Here's why it happens Washington D.C. , Dec 07 : Have you ever come across a baby or a puppy that is so cute that you want to squeeze the living soul out of it, albeit without a desire to harm it?
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Scientists create 10-minute test that can detect cancer anywhere in the body Australian researchers claim in a new study that they developed a 10-minute test that's capable of finding cancer cells at any location in the body.
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STATIN SAGA: Medical ethics question 'miracle' of statins to cut cholesterol Cardiovascular diseases kill like nothing else. WHO pegs its victims at almost 18 million globally. In India, cardiovascular diseases cause one-fourth of all deaths.
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Australian scientists develop 10-minute cancer test SYDNEY, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Worried you may have cancer? One day you could take a 10-minute test with a 90 percent success rate, thanks to a new cancer-detection approach that can uncover traces of the disease in a patient's bloodstream developed.
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2.5 lakh students in 550 schools get measles-rubella vaccine PUNE: Around 2.5 lakh students from 550 schools across the city have been vaccinated against measles-rubella (MR) within the first 12 days of the statewide vaccination drive that began on November 27.
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Graphic warning labels cancel out cigarettes' appeal to young people New research from Cornell University suggests graphic warning labels on cigarette ads have the same anti-smoking effect as similar warning labels on cigarette packs.
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State offers free flu shots Residents locally and across Louisiana who haven't already gotten a flu shot this season can get one for free Thursday. State health clinics, including one in Houma and another in Thibodaux, will offer the free vaccines to both children and adults.
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Scientists to test tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics LONDON (Reuters) - A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies.
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IMA lends helping hand for MR vaccination drive Nagpur: Indian Medical Association's (IMA) Nagpur branch has come in support of the state health department which is running the measles rubella (MR) vaccination campaign since November 26.
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Inflammatory bowel disease ups prostate cancer risk: Study Men with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are four to five times at higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to researchers including one of Indian-origin.
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Study links inflammatory bowel disease to prostate cancer New Delhi, Dec 09 (ANI): Inflammatory bowel disease increases the risk of prostate cancer by four-to-five times, according to a study.
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