Health & Medicine
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Even if science can’t make life longer, perhaps a pill can make a long life better
To live long and prosper (physically, not financially), you’d probably rather take a pill than starve yourself. So far, though, most of the evidence says very-low-calorie diets are the best strategy for living a longer life. At least if you’re a worm or a fly. It hasn’t been established that less food means a longer […]
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DSM-5 enters the diagnostic fray
Fifth edition of the widely used psychiatric manual focuses attention on how mental disorders should be defined.
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Balloon Clears Arteries
Excerpt from the June 29, 1963, issue of Science News Letter.
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Headers linked to memory deficit in soccer players
Abnormalities in three brain regions found among those who head the ball most frequently.
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Talk therapy helps Congolese victims of sexual violence recover
Groups sessions using a cognitive processing approach work better than individual support counseling, a study finds.
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Flu spreads via airborne droplets
Hand washing goes only so far in retarding flu transmission.
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Easy steps limit antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals
Intensive care units that bathe patients and take other precautions have fewer cases of staph, a study finds.
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Mars trip would deliver big radiation dose
Curiosity instrument confirms expectation of major exposures.
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Cancer drug damages mouse hearts by slaying helpful cells
Explanation for side effect in people could provide way to avoid it.
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Underactive thyroid ups pregnancy risks
Several complications are more common in women with the condition, including gestational diabetes and cesarean births.
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Response to bacterial infection depends on time of day
Mice that got Salmonella in the evening fared better than those given the microbe in the morning.
