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 If you're a food-lover like me, your Instagram feed is flooded with food photos and Thanksgiving is, well, the food photographer’s Super Bowl. Who can resist taking a few snaps of the honey-glaze...
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 If you're a food-lover like me, your Instagram feed is flooded with food photos and Thanksgiving is, well, the food photographer’s Super Bowl. Who can resist taking a few snaps of the honey-glaze...
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 If you're planning to celebrate the holidays overseas—or even to sneak in a quick getaway before the festivities begin—you've probably got a lot to do beforehand. You might be tempted to skip t...
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 If you're planning to celebrate the holidays overseas—or even to sneak in a quick getaway before the festivities begin—you've probably got a lot to do beforehand. You might be tempted to skip t...
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 In Tanzania, a nonprofit trains African giant pouched rats to save lives by detecting land mines and tuberculosis.
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 Antibiotics treat infections, but surprisingly, they can cause them, too. In fact, a recent study has found that the number of virulent infections linked to the use of antibiotics has skyrocketed...
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 Antibiotics treat infections, but surprisingly, they can cause them, too. In fact, a recent study has found that the number of virulent infections linked to the use of antibiotics has skyrocketed...
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 Your meal is about to go from good to
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 A well-stocked medication go-bag can soothe a cut or burn—or save your life during a hurricane, flood, fire, or other emergency. But it’s important not to wait until you’re faced with the need ...
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 A well-stocked medication go-bag can soothe a cut or burn—or save your life during a hurricane, flood, fire, or other emergency. But it’s important not to wait until you’re faced with the need ...
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 While an extended winter means many seasonal allergy sufferers are still breathing easy, tree pollen is already in the air in much of the country, causing sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose, c...
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 While an extended winter means many seasonal allergy sufferers are still breathing easy, tree pollen is already in the air in much of the country, causing sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose, c...
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 Get more fiber. Eat fish for omega-3s. Though following diet advice like this can improve your health, some folks get carried away. "The belief that if some is good, more must be better is pretty...
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 "WE ARE PREGNANT," indeed.
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 There's more to it than just "eat less, lose weight."
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 Here's the dirt on this centuries-old home remedy.
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 Amp up your dinner table with these flavorful twists on classic pork dishes.
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The free-diving Bajau people of Southeast Asia, or "sea nomads," can hold their breath for minutes at a time -- thanks to genetics and their unusually large spleens, a study suggests. 
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The CDC warns that an outbreak of E. coli is now connected to all types of romaine lettuce, including whole heads and hearts of romaine, as well as chopped romaine in salads and salad mixes. 
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A man in Paris with a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis has become the world's first to successfully receive two facial transplants. He is now debuting his third face. 
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An inspection report released Thursday by the US Food and Drug Administration indicates that the North Carolina farm linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella from contaminated eggs had an ongoing rodent infestation, unsanitary conditions and poor employee practices. 
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A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday unanimously recommended approval of an epilepsy drug that would be the first plant-derived cannabidiol medicine for prescription use in the United States. 
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Plunge into water at near-freezing temperatures, and your body goes into extreme distress. Your skin screams signals of pain. You can't breathe, because your chest is cramping up. Talking is nearly impossible. Your heart is pounding. Fear mounts -- as it should. Without any protection, you may lose consciousness in under 15 minutes. You'll be dead within an hour. 
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There's no weed major yet, nor are there textbooks, but a growing number of creative professors have come up with some clever ways to teach about marijuana. 
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If you smoke or eat pot, you might have encountered the "marijuana munchies," or the desire for salty, sweet or fatty carbohydrate-rich foods when using the drug. 
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It's Friday night, you've just enjoyed a nice meal at home with your significant other, and they're giving you signs that they want to move things to the bedroom -- but one glance at the kitchen sink dampens any desire you might have felt. It's stacked full of dirty dishes. One of you will be stuck cleaning them sooner or later on. 
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Falls, for older people, are serious. They can significantly impair mobility and independence. They may lead to hospitalization and subsequent placement in a long-term care facility or nursing home. And as you get older, recovery is slower. 
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Should you ever find yourself flying in a crippled airliner with an open window at 30,000 feet, knowing how to operate your oxygen mask could be vital. 
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Hans Asperger has been recognized for decades for his groundbreaking studies on child psychiatry and pediatrics. 
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Humans have been performing cranial surgery and drilling holes in other people's skulls for a long time. The oldest example of this procedure, called trepanation, dates to 7,300 B.C., according to findings from a site at the village of Vasilyevka in Azerbaijan. That means cranial surgery was happening as long ago as the Mesolithic period. 
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Whether you eat sushi from a Japanese restaurant or from a local supermarket, there's no arguing that it's become a mainstream meal -- and that's good news. 
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Scientists in Australia have voiced concern about an apparent outbreak of Buruli ulcer, a flesh-eating disease that usually occurs in West and central Africa. 
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Combining an immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy nearly doubled the survival time of some lung cancer patients compared to patients treated with chemotherapy alone, new research published Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed. 
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More than 95% of the world's population is breathing unhealthy air and the poorest nations are the hardest hit, a new report has found. 
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Hurricane Maria totaled Vieques' hospital, which housed the island's only dialysis clinic. That set off an ongoing crisis for patients for whom the thrice-weekly round trip to a dialysis center on the main island takes at least 12 hours. 
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Could implicit bias training prevent an incident like the one at a Philadelphia Starbucks in which two black men were arrested after asking to use the restroom? 
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What may be every man's worst medical nightmare happened to 32-year-old Ross Asdourian. 
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Hope Workman drives up the side of a mountain just for drinking water. She and many others in Martin County, Kentucky don't trust what comes out of their tap. 
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They're not slumped over in alleyways with used needles by their sides. Their dignity, at least from outside appearances, remains intact. They haven't lost everything while chasing an insatiable high. 
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As tens of thousands of Americans die from prescription opioid overdoses each year, an exclusive analysis by CNN and researchers at Harvard University found that opioid manufacturers are paying physicians huge sums of money -- and the more opioids a doctor prescribes, the more money he or she makes. 
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California's insurance commissioner has launched an investigation into Aetna after learning a former medical director for the insurer admitted under oath he never looked at patients' records when deciding whether to approve or deny care. 
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In one night, the Savage family lost two sons to opioid overdoses. Now they are working to prevent other families from experiencing the same pain. 
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A police officer in Ludwigshafen, Germany, an industrial city in Rhineland-Palatinate, received an unusual request in March. 
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An experimental gene therapy for blood disorders was shown to be safe and effective in helping beta thalassemia patients avoid blood transfusions in a new study. However, more research is needed, and if approved for use, it could come with high costs. 
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Marijuana is notorious for slowing certain cognitive functions such as learning, memory and attention span (maybe that's why they call it "dope"?). But new research in young people suggests that these cognitive effects, while significant, may not persist for very long, even among chronic users. 
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A diagnosis of traumatic brain injury -- whether mild, moderate or severe -- is associated with an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease as well as a two years younger age at diagnosis, new research in veterans says. 
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Lynsey Kelly is running the London Marathon to raise money for mental health after suffering PTSD.
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After eating a Carolina Reaper, a man experienced "thunderclap" headaches and went to a New York hospital.
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How analysing faeces could unlock the secrets of good health.
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Is the fusion of biology and technology speeding us towards a synthetic future?
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The images are intended to start conversations about the difficulties nursing mothers can face.
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Chilli-eating competitions are proving popular in the UK, despite potential risks.
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The price of some unhealthy drinks is about to go up - in the hope that we will make "better" choices.
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Rising rates of childhood obesity are a global problem - but in Amsterdam they are falling.
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The patient had a lucky escape say doctors, but now two more cases have been discovered.
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Jérôme Hamon is the first patient to have two facial transplants and says he is doing well.
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Does vaginal seeding expose babies to good bacteria or is it too dangerous?
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Women from European descent are twice as likely to be naturally blonde as men, a new study suggests.
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A study treating depressed patients with the drug via a nasal spray saw "significant improvements".
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People who drink more than 18 drinks a week could live four to five years less as a result, a study says.
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Mariela and her husband work as paramedics in one of the most violent cities in Mexico.
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Genes are found that cause a heart disease that kills 50% of victims within five years.
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Amanda was 11 years old when she started experiencing symptoms of early menopause.
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Breakthrough explains why some cancers are far more deadly than others.
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A study in mice found that physical and mental exercise in adults improved offspring's learning ability.
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It's like 'falling down the rabbit hole of endless what ifs' says one sufferer in a candid online debate
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Night owls are 10% more likely to have premature deaths than early risers, a study says.
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Val's jaw has been reconstructed by "stretching" her own tissue and bone around a frame.
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Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count, while the rest are microscopic colonists.
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Experts say more screening is needed to tackle the disease, which affects pregnant women.
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With the temperature rising, here are our top tips in reducing your hay fever-induced tears.
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Dr Jaco Nel lost both his legs and all of the fingers on one hand after contracting sepsis.
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Adam has a rare muscle-wasting disorder, but he isn't letting that stop him enjoying life.
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Actor Colson Smith hopes the show has done its bit to help raise awareness.
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Robbie has the mental age of a two-year-old and is normally quiet and withdrawn.
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George has a rare form of childhood dementia called Batten Disease.
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