Health

Brain Protein Tied to Alzheimer's Spotted in Young Adults

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1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss

Some 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices, including smartphones, and exposure to damaging levels of sound at noisy entertainment venues such as nightclubs, bars and...

Global hypertension treatment will save millions of lives

In just 10 years, 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted worldwide by treating just half the people with uncontrolled hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, suggests CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues...

Nerve Treatment Via Nose Shows Promise Against Migraines

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Cholera outbreak in Malawi raises concerns of a large-scale spread: UNICEF

UNICEF Malawi is on high alert following a cholera outbreak in the southern border areas, where highly-populated camps for people displaced by the floods are located.

Belief in Acupuncture Key to Effect on Back Pain, Study Suggests

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ER Physician Raises Concerns About Powdered Caffeine

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Study Links Recession to Spike in Suicides Among Middle-Aged

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UN health agency ‘taken aback’ as measles resurfaces in Europe, calls for widespread vaccination

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UN health agency launches billion dollar appeal to tackle soaring needs in four crisis-torn countries

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A patient at a health clinic in a Protection of Civilian (POC) site in Bor, South Sudan.