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Ever since the drug warfarin was discovered to be a highly effective anti-clotting agent as well as a good rat poison in the early 1950s, it... |
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy right for some women, doctors sayAngelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy to reduce breast cancer risk was a natural move given that she... |
Dissecting laughter, a serious businessThe bleak chamber of an MRI machine is among the least funny places on earth, but a group of German researchers is using the device to probe... |
Ewww! Poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warnsAttention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in... |
Grocery shopping on an empty stomach leads to dieting disasterAttention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. |
Can sleep at altitude prevent sudden hiker deaths?Men who die of a sudden cardiac event are less likely to do so on the first day of mountain activities if they sleep at higher elevations... |
Women's brains more likely than men's to respond to crying babiesWhy do kids grow up to cry “Mommy” more often than “Daddy”? The National Institutes of Health has an answer: The... |
How early can a child be diagnosed with autism?With careful evaluation by an expert, diagnosing a child younger than 2 with autism is possible. More often, however, autism is identified... |
Disrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer riskThe links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and... |
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