Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Restless sleep associated with heart rhythm problems

    Poor sleep, even without apnea, is tied to heart rhythm problems.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Marijuana use weakens heart muscle

    Marijuana linked to dangerous heart stress.

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  3. Neuroscience

    Zap to the head leads to fat loss

    Stimulating the vestibular nerve led people to shed fat in a small trial.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    CDC sounds alarm on STDs

    The combined reported cases of three common sexually transmitted diseases reached a historic peak in 2015, a new CDC report says.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Popular painkiller doesn’t have more heart risks than others, study claims

    A long anticipated trial of the drug Celebrex finds it poses no more risk to the heart than do similar painkillers, but critics cite flaws in the study.

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  6. Life

    Website turns Alzheimer’s research into a game

    A new game assists Alzheimer’s researchers in the hunt for stalled blood vessels in the brains of mice.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    What not to do when your kid tells a lie

    We teach children that lying is naughty, but it’s actually a sign of good brain development.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Poor diet in pregnancy, poor heart health for infants

    Moms who eat too little during pregnancy could have babies with heart risks.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Antibody protects against Zika virus in tests in mice

    A new treatment for Zika relies on human antibodies and can help protect pregnant mice from the virus’s damaging effects.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Antibody protects against Zika virus in tests in mice

    A new treatment for Zika relies on human antibodies and can help protect pregnant mice from the virus’s damaging effects.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Shape-shifting molecule aids memory in fruit flies

    A prionlike protein may store long-term memories in fruit flies, a new study suggests.

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  12. Genetics

    Cancer mutation patterns differ in smokers, nonsmokers

    The DNA of smokers shows more damage than the DNA of nonsmokers who have the same kind of cancer.

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