Health

Genes May Help Determine Your Pain Threshold

It's been a mystery why some people can withstand pain better than others. Now a new study suggests that genetics may play a role in whether your pain tolerance is low or high.

Certain Sedatives Tied to Breathing Problems in Older COPD Patients

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Spring Cleaning Safety Tips

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CDC data show limited progress in reducing foodborne infections in 2013

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CDC Reports on Effective Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities

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More People Worldwide Eating 'Healthy' Fats, Study Finds

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Stress Tied to Worse Allergy Symptoms

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FDA Approves Under-the-Tongue Hay Fever Pill

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Drugs: MEPs back rules to take harmful “legal highs” off the market faster

Draft rules to ensure that harmful psychoactive substances, known as "legal highs", are withdrawn rapidly from the EU market were approved by Parliament on Thursday. MEPs sought to protect the health and safety of young people from these drugs, whilst...

Jump-starting natural resilience reverses stress susceptibility

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Researchers produced antidepressant-like behavioral effects by reversing out-of-balance electrical activity in reward circuit...