Health

Moderate Drinking May Increase Risk of Heart Rhythm Disorder

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New Guidelines for Doctors Treating Low Back Pain

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Risk gene for Alzheimer's disease associated with lower brain amyloid

Researchers investigating a known gene risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease discovered it is associated with lower levels of beta amyloid — a brain protein involved in Alzheimer's — in cognitively healthy older people.

Mailed Kits May Prompt Parents to Protect Kids From Sun

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Mailing sun-protection kits, which contain information about the dangers of exposure to the sun's harmful UV rays and...

Scientists Probe How Some HIV Patients Resist AIDS

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Improved HIV Care Boosts Life Expectancy at Clinic, Study Found

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Quick Survey May Pick Up Ovarian Cancer Warnings: Study

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Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women — 2011–12 Influenza Season, United States

Pregnant women and their newborns are at elevated risk for influenza-associated hospitalization and death (1). The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have recommended...

New Melanoma Treatment Might Delay Cancer Progression

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More Than Half of Severe Mental Disability Cases Not Inherited: Study

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