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Micro-needles could be the future of long lasting contraception A temporary patch which leaves hundreds of tiny needles under a patient's skin could be used to deliver long-lasting contraception, a study has found.
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Opioids, Car Crashes and Falling: The Odds of Dying in the US The opioid crisis in the United States has become so grim that Americans are now likelier to die of an overdose than in a vehicle crash.
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Even a little marijuana may change teen brain, study finds Low levels of marijuana use - as few as one or two times - may change the teen brain, according to a new study. The study, which looked at the brains of 46 14-year-old girls and boys from Ireland, England, France and Germany, found that teenagers who ...
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Americans more likely to die from opioid overdose than in a car accident For the first time on record, Americans are more likely to die of an accidental opioid overdose than in a motor vehicle crash, according to a new report from the National Safety Council.
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'Best days of our lives': Baby with hearing loss reacts adorably to listening to sister speak with device There are just some things that sound so sweet to a little one's ears. Advertisement. This Georgia family introduced their 11-month-old baby to more noises through a hearing aid, and her older sibling decided to step up and call to her.
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Poor sleep linked to buildup of dangerous plaques throughout body, study says (CNN) Here's another reason why getting a good night's sleep should be on your must-do list: Sleeping fewer than six hours a night or waking frequently raises your risk of developing damaging plaque in arteries throughout your body, not just your heart.
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What Is The Right Age To Lose One's Virginity? Losing their virginity too soon is the biggest regret of many young people, new research has suggested. In the UK, one must be 16 years old or older to be considered able to legally consent to sex.
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Readiness for first sex is about more than age for many young Britons A substantial proportion of young Britons are not ready for their first sexual activity- whatever their age-and lose their virginity "under circumstances that are incompatible with positive sexual health," reveals research published online in BMJ ...
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Screens Might Be as Bad for Mental Health as … Potatoes In the latest issue of Nature Human Behavior, Przybylski and coauthor Amy Orben use a novel statistical method to show why scientists studying these colossal data sets have been getting such different results and why most of the associations ...
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Sedentary lifestyles can be unhealthy, physical activity can lower risk Don't get too comfortable in that seat: Parking your body in a chair all day can be deadly, as plenty of "sitting is the new smoking" research has found.
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How to Tell if You Have a Cold or the Flu Colds and the flu are often lumped in together, and for good reason. They're both respiratory illnesses that uptick around the same time of year (those chilly winter months).
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Twins' Study Looks At Gene's Role in Disease By Dennis Thompson. HealthDay Reporter. MONDAY, Jan. 14, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Two of every five common diseases are at least partially influenced by a person's genetics, the largest U.S.
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How to deal with Type 1 diabetes Seven-year-old Mohammed Althaf knows he has to take four injections and a few more pricks every day, for the rest of his life. He is in upper KG, in Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad, and his father, who runs a men's salon near his school, visits him twice a ...
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Screen Time May Be No Worse For Kids Than Eating Potatoes Researchers at the University of Oxford have used data from over 300,000 teenagers and parents in the US and UK to show that time spent staring at computer screens, video games, and smartphones has almost no significant effect on a child's well-being.
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Blood sugar and brain health: how diabetes impacts the brain Spikes and dips in blood sugar levels experienced in the daily management of diabetes can undermine mental abilities such as memory and attention span.
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Meth's resurgence highlights lack of meds to combat addiction This story is from Kaiser Health News. In 2016, news reports warned the public of an opioid epidemic gripping the nation. But Madeline Vaughn, then a lead clinical intake coordinator at the Houston-based addiction treatment organization Council on ...
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Marks: Vaping would be allowed in shops that specialize in e-cigarettes City Attorney Herman Marks told Decatur City Council on Monday that a proposed ordinance change would allow e-cigarette use in vape shops as long as the vapor couldn't be inhaled in the service line or by the cashiers.
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The Vexing Vape: Officials Say Small Vaping Device Juul A Major Health Risk To Youth A slender, black, rectangle, the Juul fits easily in the palm of your hand. You don't light it, you trigger it with a click of a finger.
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Newly Discovered Mechanism Helps Our Own Immune Systems Fight Cancer An international team of researchers has discovered a new mechanism that will better activate the immune system against cancer. The mechanism allows immune cells to detect and destroy cancer cells better than before, according to the study published ...
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Vitamin D supplements don't provide health benefit to people over 70 Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Taking vitamin D supplements has almost no health benefit to people over age 70, a new study says. A group of 70-year-olds took 300 micrograms, 600 microgram or 1200 microgram of vitamin D for a year and showed no change in bone ...
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Public mistrust after Congo election raises Ebola epidemic anxiety LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Global health teams battling the world's second largest Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo fear an election dispute may deepen public mistrust and allow the epidemic to run out of control.
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Abate: Cervical cancer screening guidelines updated The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines in August for screening women for cervical cancer. The guidelines recommend that women ages 21 to 29 be screened every three years using a Pap test.
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Poor Quality Sleep Tied to Early Signs of Alzheimer's Poor quality sleep in later life is associated with early signs of Alzheimer disease (AD), results of a longitudinal observational study show.
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Hong Kong scientists claim 'broad-spectrum' antiviral breakthrough Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight against infectious diseases -- a chemical that could slow the spread of deadly viral illnesses.
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Experts reveal a contraceptive patch could remove need for the Pill A new contraceptive patch could one day prevent women getting pregnant for up to six months, experts have revealed. The single-use patch only needs to be applied to the skin for a matter of seconds to work.
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Parents often don't know when teens have suicidal thoughts (Reuters Health) - Three in four parents are unaware when their teens have recurrent thoughts about suicide, and a big part of the problem may be that adolescents often deny feeling this way, a U.S.
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Millions of people on sleeping pills would sleep through fire alarm: Study Getting a good nights' sleep is important for overall health, but a new study has found millions of people could be putting their safety at risk because their prescription sleeping tablets work too well.
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Only a fifth of 17.3million Britons who suffer with back pain will ever recover, study shows It is bad news for the many afflicted by the agony of back pain. Whichever treatments they try - such as heat pads, chiropractic treatments or ergonomic chairs - only one in five can expect to recover.
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Smartphone addiction: Rewarding kids with screen time as bad as sugary treats Toronto: Do you reward your child with extra screen time for their good behaviour? According to a study, it may not be a wise idea as they are likely to get addicted to screen time.
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Study backs high-fibre diet for health and weight The study, which will make for hard reading for food manufacturers making low-carb products, said that fibre in "good" carbohydrates such as wholegrain bread, cereal, pasta and oats has a protective effect.
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