Health

Skin Cancer Check? Do Some Sole-Searching

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Heart Disease Down Among Over-40 Americans

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Timing of Zika Infection in Pregnancy May Be Key to Birth Defect Risk

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Health Committee MEPs ask Parliament to veto energy drink “alertness” claims

Sugary drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine should not display claims that they help increase alertness or concentration, as this would encourage high consumption of sugar among adolescents, who are the largest group of energy drink consumers...

UN health agency panel sees 'very low' risk of Zika spread from Olympics

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Soon-to-be sterilized male mosquitoes are clearly visible after being captured by a net.

Schaldemose: "Energy drinks shouldn't have any kind of health claims on them"

Should energy and sugary drinks be allowed to claim on their labels that the caffeine in them boosts alertness and concentration? Parliament's public health and food safety committee fears this could affect children and teenagers, who are the main...

Impotence Drugs Won't Raise Melanoma Risk, Study Suggests

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Spare the Meat, Skip the Type 2 Diabetes?

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5 Diet Drugs: Which Ones Work?

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On Albinism Awareness Day, Ban urges all countries to break cycle of attacks and discrimination

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A caregiver attends to an abandoned toddler with albinism in Goma, North Kivu, DRC. 07 September 2007, UN