Health

If 1st Baby's Early, 2nd Will Be Too: Study

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Allergies Less Common in Kids Who Suck Thumb, Bite Nails

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Study Suggests Type 2 Diabetes-Cancer Link

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Are Blood Transfusions From Younger or Female Donors Riskier?

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Use it or lose it: Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain

A study in mice funded by the National Institutes of Health shows for the first time that high-contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers, otherwise known as retinal ganglion cell axons. In combination with...

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Advice for older people on staying safe in hot weather

Summer is here and it’s blazing hot! It is important to be aware of the health risks that higher temperatures can bring. Older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are particularly susceptible to hyperthermia and other heat-related...

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Flood-Hit Eastern China Awaits New Deluge of Rain as Typhoon Nepartak Moves on From Taiwan

As China awaits the imminent arrival of Typhoon Nepartak, Save the Children has confirmed it will launch an emergency response in flood and typhoon affected parts of the country.

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Concussion Rates Have Doubled Among U.S. Kids

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Obese Preschoolers More Likely to Be Hospitalized

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Depression Strikes Nearly 3 Million U.S. Teens a Year

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