Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Sperm with damaged DNA may cause some repeat miscarriages

    An analysis of semen from men whose partners have experienced multiple miscarriages revealed abnormalities, a small study finds.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    A single sweaty workout may boost some people’s memory

    Memory improvements after a short bout of exercise mirrored those seen after months of training.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Edibles are tied to more severe health issues than smoking marijuana

    Most marijuana-linked cases at a Denver hospital involved weed smokers. But people who ate the drug were more likely to have heart or psych issues.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Signs of new nerve cells spotted in adult brains

    A study finds new evidence that adult brains grow new nerve cells, even the brain of an octogenarian.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Women have a new weapon against postpartum depression, but it’s costly

    The newly approved drug brexanolone simulates a natural hormone to alleviate symptoms of postpartum depression.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    U.S. fentanyl deaths are rising fastest among African-Americans

    New statistics on fentanyl-related overdoses show troubling increases in deaths among African-Americans, Hispanics and men.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Saving monkey testicle tissue before puberty hints at a new way to preserve fertility

    Frozen testicle tissue samples from prepubescent monkeys transplanted back onto those monkeys once they matured produced sperm.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    A new ketamine-based antidepressant raises hope — and questions

    Little is known about the long-term effects on people of a newly approved antidepressant based on the anesthetic ketamine.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    U.S. heart attack mortality reached a two-decade low in 2014

    Deaths within 30 days of a heart attack have declined from 20 percent in 1995 to 12.4 percent in 2014, according to an analysis of Medicare patient data.

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    Flickers and buzzes sweep mouse brains of Alzheimer’s plaques

    Precisely timed clicking noises can counter signs of Alzheimer’s in the brains of mice and improve memory.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Hidden compounds in many medications can trigger allergies

    Analysis of 42,000 pill recipes shows nearly 93 percent have ingredients that may cause allergic reactions.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Pharmaceutical abuse sent more than 350,000 people to the ER in 2016

    The misuse of pharmaceuticals sent an estimated 350,000 people to U.S. emergency departments in 2016.

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