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| Scientists Identify Neurons That Help the Brain Forget One afternoon in April 1929, a journalist from a Moscow newspaper turned up in Alexander Luria's office with an unusual problem: He never forgot things. Dr. Luria, a neuropsychologist, proceeded to test the man, who later became known as subject S., ... | |
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| Vaping-related illnesses surge as FDA discloses criminal probe Federal officials said Thursday that at least 530 people in 38 states have become sickened by a mysterious vaping-related lung illness, part of a growing national outbreak. In a sign of the seriousness of the e-cigarette investigation, officials disclosed that the ... | |
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| Dapagliflozin: More Good News in HF BARCELONA -- The heart benefits of sodium-glucose co-transporter (SGLT)-2 inhibitors are not only no longer limited to those with type 2 diabetes but also appear independent of other newer heart failure treatments, based on further findings from DAPA-HF. | |
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| US to spend $3 million to find out if CBD can relieve pain The U.S. government will spend $3 million to find out if marijuana can relieve pain, but none of the money will be used to study the part of the plant that gets people high. Nine research grants announced Thursday are for work on CBD, the trendy ingredient ... | |
| Farm Animals Are the Next Big Antibiotic Resistance Threat Across the world, the antibiotics that farmers use to prevent illness in their animals are losing effectiveness as the bacteria they carry develop antibiotic resistance. According to new research, it's a huge problem, one that's been masked by a longstanding ... | |
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| Farm Animals Are the Next Big Antibiotic Resistance Threat Across the world, the antibiotics that farmers use to prevent illness in their animals are losing effectiveness as bacteria develop antibiotic resistance. According to new research, it's a huge problem, one that's been masked by a longstanding focus on the risk ... | |
| Her Blood Turned Blue, How It Happened There are "blue bloods," as in aristocrats or people who are socially prominent. There is Blue Bloods, the television series. Then, there's the woman who actually had blue blood, as described in a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine. No, she ... | |
| Sick Americans Turning to Medical Pot for Help By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- More Americans use marijuana to help them cope with an illness than just to get high, a new study finds. Nearly 46% of those who use pot say they do so ... | |
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| The Real Danger of Booze-Making Gut Bacteria Microbes can produce so much alcohol that people become drunk—and sustain liver damage—without touching any booze. Ed Yong. 7:00 AM ET. 4 more free articles this month Already a subscriber? Sign in. Thank you for reading The Atlantic. Thank you for ... | |
| 530 Sick, 7 Dead from Mysterious Vaping Illnesses Sept. 19, 2019 -- Cases of vaping-related lung illness in the U.S. have climbed to 530 this week, up from 380 last week, with seven deaths so far and more expected, the CDC said Thursday. While a profile of the patients is emerging, no single product or ... | |
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| Why Did My Blood Turn Blue? (CBS4) – What would you do if you woke up one morning and your skin was blue and you couldn't catch your breath? That's just what happened to a healthy 25-year-old Rhode Island woman. Blue blood (courtesy New England Journal of Medicine). | |
| Do Vegans Need Supplements? How To Thrive on a Plant Based Diet Bowl dish with brown rice, cucumber, tomato, green peas, red cabbage, chickpea, fresh lettuce salad and cashew nuts. Healthy balanced eating. Getty. Despite what we have known for a long time about the nutritional risks of cutting out all animal products, ... | |
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| Healthy Men: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Dear Healthy Men: There seems to be an awareness month for just about every health condition. Why isn't there one for prostate cancer? A: Actually, there is: September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth.com). In the U.S. ... | |
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| Is It Time to Quit Vaping? Allegations of illegal marketing tactics. More than 500 cases of severe lung illness in 38 states. Seven deaths. A proposed federal ban of most flavored e-cigarettes, and new efforts in many states to counter an epidemic of youth vaping. There's been an ... | |
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| Low Vitamin D Levels, Shorter Life? FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young and middle-aged adults with low vitamin D levels may live shorter lives, a large study suggests. The findings come from a 20-year follow-up of more than 78,000 Austrian adults. Researchers found that ... | |
| Towards a universal flu vaccine A better understanding of the immune response to influenza is driving progress towards vaccines that protect against both seasonal and pandemic flu strains. By Michael Eisenstein on September 18, 2019. Towards a universal flu vaccine. Transmission ... | |
| A numbing medicine turned a woman's blood blue (CNN) A 25-year-old woman walked into an emergency department in Providence, Rhode Island, complaining of generalized weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath... and an unusual symptom you don't see every day. She was turning blue. Literally. Drs. Otis ... | |
| Whooping Cough Hits Los Angeles County, Again Two students on the northern edge of the county have contracted Whooping Cough. The county has faced multiple outbreaks this year. By Paige Austin, Patch Staff. Sep 20, 2019 2:20 am ET. Reply. 0. Two students on the northern edge of the county have ... | |
| E-sniffer predicts non-responders to lung cancer immunotherapy An electronic "nose" that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients may help distinguish between those who will and will not respond to immunotherapy, a new study suggests. In the small study, the eNose was better at identifying the patients ... | |
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| Philippines confirms 2nd polio case after declaring outbreak Philippine health officials on Friday confirmed a second case of polio in a 5-year-old child a day after declaring the country's first outbreak in nearly two decades, and announced plans for a massive immunization program. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III ... | |
| HPV and throat cancer -- how to treat it? DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I know HPV can cause cervical cancer , but recently I've heard it also can lead to throat cancer. How common is throat cancer caused by HPV? How effective is treatment for it? ANSWER: HPV can cause a form of cancer in the back of the ... | |
| Surprising Mechanism Behind Sertraline's Short-Term Benefit When there is clinical uncertainty about whether antidepressants should be prescribed in primary care settings, the presence of anxiety symptoms may indicate an increased chance of benefit, a randomized trial found. In a group of 550 primary care patients ... | |
| Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures People who are accustomed to listening to Western music, which is based on a system of notes organized in octaves, can usually perceive the similarity between notes that are same but played in different registers—say, high C and middle C. However, ... | |
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| Flavored E-Cigarettes May Make Asthma Worse FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Black licorice, banana pudding and other flavored electronic cigarette liquids may make respiratory diseases like asthma worse, a new international study finds. Vaping has surged in recent years, especially ... | |
| Cancers caused by HPV According to the National Cancer InstituteTrusted Source , HPV causes: 70 percent of oral cancers; over 90 percent of anal cancers; more than 60 percent of penile cancers. But many, particularly men, remain unaware of this association. "The burden of ... | |
| Trump Signs Order Aimed at Development of Better Flu Vaccines (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at spurring the development of better vaccines to protect against seasonal influenza as well as a potential pandemic flu outbreak. The order does not allocate additional ... | |
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| New York: Human West Nile virus case reported in Syracuse suburb Health officials in Onondaga County, NY have reported the first case of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection for 2019 in an adult residing in the town of Salina, a northwest suburb of the city of Syracuse. Image/francok35. The patient is still hospitalized and ... | |
| HIV vaccine shows signs of cross-subtype protection The RV144 HIV vaccine regimen, originally tested in Thailand, showed cross-subtype immune responses in South Africa. (Guschenkova/iStock/GettyImages). Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print. Remember the landmark RV144 study in Thailand a ... | |
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