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Findings especially relevant to social media's obsession with 'selfies,' researchers say -
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsBut the fund that pays disability benefits needs help fast.
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U.K. researchers found it transferred a tenth of the bacteria that gripping hands did -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsReport by the trustees for Medicare and Social Security estimates the health insurance system for seniors will remain solvent until 2030.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Underground Healthby Traci Knight Wastewater, or human sewage, has become a blight on humanity. Sewage treatment plants are bacterial hotspots, breeding grounds for antibiotic resistant bacteria. These treatment plants are continually spewing contaminatio...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
The FDA has approved over-the-counter Flonase Allergy Relief, or fluticasone propionate 50 mcg nasal spray, for treatment of hay fever or upper respiratory allergies, its maker GlaxoSmithKline announced. -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Underground Healthby Ethan Huff – Natural News The Western media is steeped in denial about the true damage being caused by genetically modified (GM) crops, especially in the developing Third World. But despite the lies you may have heard from mains...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Underground Healthby Elizabeth Seward – Staff Writer Pesticides are meant to be toxic to insects, but their potency has the potential to wreak large-scale havoc on our ecosystems. One of the most talked about ill effects of pesticide use over the la...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from WebMD Health Headlines
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsNegotiators on Sunday reported reaching an agreement, which is expected to authorize billions of dollars in emergency spending to bring more physicians, nurses and clinic sites to the Veterans Affairs system. Legislation is to be unveile...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsSome industry officials say the automatic renewal of some health law insurance plans could have a negative impact on the financial aid that consumers receive. Meanwhile, narrow networks continue to be the subject of backlash.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Natural Health'Tis the season for education and celebration, at this year's herbal gatherings.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsNews outlets report that states are working hard to demonstrate that they are now or will soon be operating their own online insurance marketplaces. Meanwhile, states are pushing for more time and support from the federal government for ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsOne U.S. attorney in South Dakota says such cases will be one of the fastest-growing areas of criminal investigations, while some providers are crying foul.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsEarnings reports offered last week by two hospital operators offer evidence that the health law's coverage expansion is leading more patients to seek treatment.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsIn the meantime, some in Alabama say no Medicaid expansion there is hurting economic development in rural parts of the state.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsElsewhere, the San Jose Mercury News examines who can opt out of the health law's mandate to have insurance on religious grounds.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsNews outlets examine how the overhaul is factoring into the state's Senate race and changing the political landscape.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Natural HealthSummer is the perfect time to take advantage of blueberries’ health benefits.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsA selection of health policy news from Virginia, Maryland, Florida, New York, Wisconsin, Washington state, New Jersey and Kansas.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsA selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsTake a look at KHN's lighter side, featuring today's cartoon and health policy haiku.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsTape-recorded comments made by MIT economist Jonathan Gruber in 2012 are being used by backers of the latest legal challenge to the health law to support the argument that the overhaul's subsidies were not intended to be used by consumer...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research suggests that the emotional connections and desires established on a first date, determine the fate of a potential relationship. Responsiveness, or the support for another’s needs and goals, may be one of those initial ̶...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from WebMD Health HeadlinesHealth Plans' Limitations Rankle Some Enrollees
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Psych Central NewsA new study demonstrates that childhood abuse affects the way genes are activated, thereby influencing a child’s long-term development. Previous studies focused on how a particular child’s individual characteristics and genet...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research finds a key element in the treatment of overweight and obese preschoolers is parental involvement. Investigators discovered traditional approaches to overweight prevention and treatment focusing only on the child are outdate...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from All Kaiser Health NewsToday's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the deal reached by House and Senate negotiators regarding veterans' health care.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Psych Central NewsNew research suggests material items designed to create or enhance an experience can make shoppers just as happy as performance of life activities. San Francisco State University researchers discovered the products satisfy a different, b...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessYes! You can get a solid full-body workout done under an hour. This efficient 45-minute sweat session starts with a push of cardio and finishes with strength training, focused on ab and arm work. Treadmill Plan Time Speed Incline 00:00-0...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsA death in Nigeria shows Ebola can spread by air travel – West African airports take precautions.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsEbola is currently ravaging western Africa and is reported to be spreading to other countries. Why is the disease so contagious?
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Can’t get your buddy to start living a healthy life? Why not gift them something healthy this Friendship Day that will motivate them to take a step forward in the right direction! We have a set of five gifts that can help improve your be... -
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has thrown her weight behind umbilical cord banking saying that it was a no brainer. She said: ‘It’s a simple but very precious gift we can give to our children. Medical progress is growing and will continue to gro... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsRegular intake of probiotics, such as those found in certain yoghurts or supplements, may help ease elevated blood pressure.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsThe brain preserves oxygen to protect itself from the effects of too little fluid, research shows.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsBy third trimester, unborn babies respond to rhymes recited by their mothers, research shows.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health24 NewsA Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment centre and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessHummus is such a versatile and healthy food: serve with raw veggies, spread it on a sandwich, or smear it on grilled chicken for added protein. You can keep a store-bought tub in the fridge, but nothing compares to the taste of homemade ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from POPSUGAR FitnessWho doesn't want to look smokin' in their flowy skirts and shorts? Your trusty yoga mat has got your butt back. Sculpt and lengthen your thighs and tush with this 11-posture standing sequence. Move through it on the right side, and then ...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from BBC News - HealthNHS privatisation is "being forced through at pace and scale" says shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, as he calls for it to be halted until after the general election.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsLAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian city of Lagos shut and quarantined a hospital on Monday where a Liberian man died of the Ebola virus, the first recorded case of the highly-infectious disease in Africa's most populous country.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from - Health & Families RSS FeedMy husband, Dave, may officially be the ill one in our marriage, but his steadily declining health is also doing a real number on my mental and physical well-being. Emotionally, I'm the little silver ball in the pinball machine. I'm alte...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthAugust events at the intersection of science and culture.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health News(Reuters) - Targacept Inc said it was stopping development of a drug to treat overactive bladder after it failed to show significant reduction in incontinence in a mid-stage study.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comGiven the option to learn about sex ed from an anatomically correct diagram, or a sizzling dress, most would likely choose the latter –- which is why one Brazilian artist’s advocacy work is taking off. Since the '90s, Adriana Bertini, of...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthVideos that evoke the tingling sensation of the “autonomous sensory meridian response” are popular on the Web, but scientists are only beginning to understand what might be involved.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comThe deadly outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is unlikely to spread outside of that region and into the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday (July 28). “No Ebola cases have been reported in the Un...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthJust six weeks of training in simple techniques led to significant reductions in stress, depression and anxiety among the parents of children with developmental disabilities.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comJennifer Goodall wants to have a vaginal birth, but she says a hospital in Florida has threatened to report her to child welfare authorities unless she undergoes cesarean surgery. Goodall -- who, as of July 25, was 41 weeks pregnant -- s...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comFreeman Dyson has one of my source minds. He as a physicist occupies Einstein's chair at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. He is now 91 years old (young). I track him regularly mostly through his writings for the New York Revie...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comBy Sean Kinney With so many options for exercise, it can be tough to choose one that will fit into your schedule and provide the maximum health benefits. Taking up running might be one of your best bets. Running in your free time may red...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comAsking yourself if it's time to move on from your current job can be one of the most challenging questions in a career, and one that I have certainly faced multiple times. If you leave a job too early, you run the risk of not leveraging ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - The family of a Texas doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa had traveled back to the United States before he showed symptoms and was not at risk for getting or spreading the disease, U...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comEveryone has to sleep -- but not everyone has to sleep the same amount. In fact, even why exactly we need sleep is still barely understood by experts in the field, according to a new video from AsapSCIENCE. And while seven to eight hours...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthLetters to the editor and online comments.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comI initially decided to start ironing my own clothes because paying someone else to wash and iron them seemed economically irresponsible. It wasn't that I couldn't afford that luxury. I could. Ultimately, though, I became uncomfortable si...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comMy defining moment came when I was faced with my own mortality -- at 36 years old. In April 2012, I was admitted into the hospital with a pulmonary embolism (PE). After a long day in the emergency room, doctors found multiple blood clots...
- At first the rash didn’t bother her, said Julia Omiatek, recalling the itchy red bumps that suddenly appeared one day on her palm, near the base of her first and third fingers. It was January 2013 — the dead of winter in Columbus, Ohio —...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.com"I'm so fat, I'm practically bulging out of this suit. I can't believe I've let myself go like this. I look like a slob. There's no way they're going to hire me for the job." You don't need a psychologist to tell you that thoughts like t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comSometimes merely focusing on communicating with your team isn't enough. Why? Because the intention you set forth is often misunderstood by your audience. The gap between what you mean to communicate and what is actually communicated is k...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comAttention single women: If you want to snag a man, you better be nice. Or at least that's what the results of a new study suggest . The three-part study, published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin on Friday, found that m...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from HealthEmirati Dr Khulood Ali Al Suwaidi spends her days delivering babies and dealing with medical emergencies among prospective mums-to-be.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comAt 7:30 p.m. you hand-hold your preschooler to bed, give a kiss, turn down the light, and crack the door just enough to alleviate his aloneness. But how long before he's at your knees begging he cannot sleep or wants a drink of water for...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsFREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's president visited the center of an Ebola outbreak on Monday as West African leaders stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who run in their spare time, even if it’s not very fast or very far, tend to have a lower risk of dying from heart disease or from any cause than non-runners, according to a new study.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with dementia are more likely to get pacemakers than people without any cognitive impairment, according to a new study.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from FOXNews.comNo matter how hard I try eat healthy and clean, I always end up sick after going out to a restaurant – and I’m not talking about food poisoning or stomach issues – I wake up with symptoms like joint pain, headache and general weakness. I...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comAfter a Reddit post claiming to be a spreadsheet of all the excuses a wife gave her husband to get out of sex went viral last week, HuffPost Live's Caitlyn Becker hosted a panel of women who discussed how marriage changes intimacy. One o...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Healthy Living on HuffingtonPost.comA Satanist group is using the Hobby Lobby ruling to campaign for a religious exemption to anti-choice abortion laws. The Satanic Temple (TST) is a religious group that "believes that the body is inviolable subject to one’s own will alo...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Ditching handshakes in favor of more informal fist bumps could help cut down on the spread of bacteria and illnesses, according to a study released on Monday.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from CBS News - HealthHow germy are popular ways of greeting? Study compares handshakes, high-fives and fist bumps, and finds a big difference
- I first felt it while walking with my wife in downtown Bethesda a few years ago. A throb in my right hip that never seemed to go away, causing a limp, which triggered other problems (trouble sleeping, lower back pain). After years of cyc...
- When Vint Cerf was 15 years old, he abandoned his cello and bow for a keyboard and computer. That was in the late 1950s. By 1997, when President Bill Clinton awarded him the U.S. National Medal of Technology, Cerf was being called the “F...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthIs weight loss truly greater (for the same time expended) when exercising at moderate levels (say, 60 percent of maximum capacity) versus more intense levels (85 percent of maximum capacity)?
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Reuters: Health NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tamer spending at U.S. hospitals and expected savings from President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul are shoring up the funding outlook for the Medicare program for the elderly, trustees of the program said on M...
- THE QUESTION Regular running can be a big boost to cardiovascular fitness. But do you need to run long distances at a fast pace to reap the benefits? THIS STUDY analyzed data on 55,137 adults, mostly men, who averaged 44 years old at the...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from CBS News - HealthLeading pediatrician's group says prescription Synagis should not be given to so many kids; drugmaker fires back
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BBC News - HealthPoultry processing plants in Llangefni and Scunthorpe alleged to have committed hygiene breaches are rated "good" and "generally satisfactory".
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthWildlife and conservation groups are citing new evidence gathered from post-mortem examinations by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
- Above: A villager washes clothes in a river in Heshan, a village with a population of about 1,500 in China’s Hunan province. Beginning in the 1950s, mines and chemical plants mushroomed in the area, which is rich in realgar, or arsenic d...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from HealthAt Dubai Sports World, a sprawling indoor venue, hundreds of people took advantage of the two-day private sector holiday to sneak in a few hours playing their favourite sports.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthBe an ‘educated customer’ if the needs of an aging relative or friends become too difficult to handle at home.
- When I got most of my hair cut off recently, friends, co-workers and neighbors commented and complimented, but no one asked why. I’m not sure why I thought they would. The question has a whiff of judgment. But I wanted them to, because t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health | Mail OnlineMother-of-two Stacey Tipler, 32, of Carshalton, Surrey, worked in the accounts department for London's Royal Marsden Hospital Trust.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from FOXNews.comDrugs that have been investigated to increase so-called “good” cholesterol may not prevent deaths, heart attacks or strokes as many hoped, according to a new analysis.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Health | Mail OnlinePaula Rowlett, 32, from Merseyside, was desperate for a kidney donor. When her cousin Lynley Everest, 40, from Sydney, heard about her predicament, she volunteered to help.
- Wallace J. Nichols spent nearly two decades as a marine biologist studying Pacific Ocean sea turtles and working with fishermen in Baja California, Mexico, to protect the turtles from poachers. But in the past five years, he has turned a...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from NYT > HealthCholesterol-lowering statin drugs are associated with a lower risk of Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that can sometimes lead to esophageal cancer, a new study has found.
- You’ve got a rash. You quickly rule out the usual suspects: You haven’t been gardening or hiking or even picnicking, so it’s probably not a plant irritant such as poison ivy or wild parsnip; likewise, it’s probably not chiggers or ticks ...
