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Imaging study shows genetics and environment affect different parts of the brain

...understand and treat diseases. Previously: In human defenses against disease, environment beats heredity, study of twins shows, Wishing for a genetic zodiac sign: how much can genes really tell us...

...understand and treat diseases. Previously: In human defenses against disease, environment beats heredity, study of twins shows, Wishing for a genetic zodiac sign: how much can genes really tell us...

Stanford study: Commonly used sleeping pill may boost stroke recovery

...Targeted brain stimulation of specific brain cells aids stroke recovery in mice, Calling all pharmacologists: Stroke-recovery mechanism found, small molecule needed and Brain sponge: Stroke treatment may extend time to...

...Targeted brain stimulation of specific brain cells aids stroke recovery in mice, Calling all pharmacologists: Stroke-recovery mechanism found, small molecule needed and Brain sponge: Stroke treatment may extend time to...

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Stanford study: Not all dog bites should be treated with antibiotics

...who received treatment for dog bites over the past 4.5 years. Their incidence of infection was correlated with two characteristics: puncture wounds and closed wounds. Of the wounds that became...

...who received treatment for dog bites over the past 4.5 years. Their incidence of infection was correlated with two characteristics: puncture wounds and closed wounds. Of the wounds that became...

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Why establishing a health baseline is a ‘critical starting point for achieving future health goals’

...are: appropriate treatment for current illness and appropriate preventative care to reduce health decline in the future. While most people actively seek care for the former, we often forget about...

...are: appropriate treatment for current illness and appropriate preventative care to reduce health decline in the future. While most people actively seek care for the former, we often forget about...

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Does the sight of blood make you queasy? You’re not alone

...have this phobia. And I had no idea there was a treatment for it. I pass out with needles, blood and sometimes when someone just talks about blood! Your article...

...have this phobia. And I had no idea there was a treatment for it. I pass out with needles, blood and sometimes when someone just talks about blood! Your article...

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New research shows how to keep diabetics safer during sleep

...that patients were safer on treatment versus control nights. Morning blood sugar levels were slightly higher after treatment nights, but still within the healthy range. To get a sense of...

...that patients were safer on treatment versus control nights. Morning blood sugar levels were slightly higher after treatment nights, but still within the healthy range. To get a sense of...

Dick Cheney on his heart transplant: “It’s the gift of life itself”

Dick Cheney has lived with chronic heart disease for virtually all of his adult life. At 37, as a young man running for the U.S. Congress in Wyoming, he had...

Dick Cheney has lived with chronic heart disease for virtually all of his adult life. At 37, as a young man running for the U.S. Congress in Wyoming, he had...

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Dilute bleach solution may combat skin damage and aging, according to Stanford study

...these reactions can be quite painful and can require interrupting the radiation therapy course to allow the skin to heal before resuming treatment. However, prolonged treatment interruptions are undesirable. "An...

...these reactions can be quite painful and can require interrupting the radiation therapy course to allow the skin to heal before resuming treatment. However, prolonged treatment interruptions are undesirable. "An...

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Mind-reading in real life: Study shows it can be done (but they’ll have to catch you first)

..."the day before yesterday." This pattern, first identified in more-standard experimental circumstances, could be observed even when the experimental subjects were more or less just going about their everyday lives....

..."the day before yesterday." This pattern, first identified in more-standard experimental circumstances, could be observed even when the experimental subjects were more or less just going about their everyday lives....

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Is the worm turning? Early stages of schistosomiasis bladder infection charted

...compound's days are numbered. In fact, if you consider the overall health effect as measured by so-called quality-adjusted life years, which assesses disease burden in terms of both loss of...

...compound's days are numbered. In fact, if you consider the overall health effect as measured by so-called quality-adjusted life years, which assesses disease burden in terms of both loss of...

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