Health

With hidden lives vital to our own, 'seafarers matter,' says UN on International Day

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Felixstowe, the busiest container port in the United Kingdom, where the IMO kicked off...

Yemen hit by world's worst cholera outbreak as cases reach 200,000 – UN

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A child with severe diarrhoea or cholera receives treatment at the Sab'een Hospital in Sana'a, Yemen,...

NAS report: Promising but inconclusive evidence on interventions to prevent cognitive decline, dementia

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Predicting cognitive deficits in people with Parkinson’s disease

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Researchers uncover genetic gains and losses in Tourette syndrome

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Study to examine effects of Zika infection in Guatemalan infants and children

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A female Aedes mosquito.

Scientists identify single-gene mutations that lead to atopic dermatitis

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Eczema, or atopic dermatitis, is an inflammatory skin condition that affects an estimated 30 percent of the U.S...

Neuroimaging technique may help predict autism among high-risk infants

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Functional MRI scans identified differences in brain connectivity related to ASD. Red indicates...

NIH study: Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs

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Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1: Procapsid and Mature Capsid.

Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016

The number of middle and high school students who say they are current tobacco users – defined as having used a tobacco product in the past 30 days – dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016, according to new data.

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