Astronauts floating weightlessly in the International Space Station may appear carefree, but years of research have shown that microgravity causes changes to the human body. Spaceflight also means exposure to more radiation. Together, ...
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New research shows that consumption of dark chocolate helps loosen up stiff arteries and prevents white blood cells from sticking to thickening artery walls -- two primary causes of atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a type of hardening ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Number of Fertility Treatment Babies in U.S. Increasing A record number of babies born in the United States in 2012 were conceived ...
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MONDAY Feb. 17, 2014, 2014 -- Women who survive a stroke tend to have a poorer quality of life than male stroke survivors do, a new study suggests. "As more people survive strokes, physicians and other health care providers should pay ...
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The head of BlackBerry’s enterprise services business is plotting an aggressive launch of a new version of the company’s core enterprise server later this year as BlackBerry seeks to regain some of the ground it’s lost ...
New Whole-Farm EncircaSM service Offerings Unveiled MIAMI, Feb. 27, 2014 – DuPont Executive Vice President James C. Borel outlined growth drivers across the seed, crop protection and nutrition and health businesses today at the ...
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Using music and singing in health care can improve quality of life for older people by easing pain, anxiety and depression. According to an article published in Mental Health Practice, the practices can be easily and effectively used as ...
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Shares of Humana, UnitedHealth, Aetna and others went up Monday as estimates of the 2015 payment rate reduction estimates appeared to land closer to 4 percent than to the initial expectations around 7 percent or even deeper. Shares of ...
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The mental health conditions of most people who commit suicide remain undiagnosed, even though most visit a primary care provider or medical specialist in the year before they die. To help prevent suicides, health care providers should ...
Qiagen has announced the commercial launch in India of its careHPV test, the only molecular diagnostic for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) designed to screen women in settings with limited healthcare infrastructure, such as areas ...
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ZetrOZ has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the marketing of its ultrasound pain management device sam, a wearable, long-duration, ultrasonic diathermy device for use in applying deep ...
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Government of Canada has made new regulations, mandating health warning label requirements for tanning beds as well as equipment. To better inform consumers about the health risks associated with the use of the equipment, Health Canada ...
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Today, during Samsung's Developer Day keynote at the Mobile World Congress, lark CEO Julia Hu unveiled lark's Personal Assistant for Health and Wellness software on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 as part of newly announced S-Health. lark is a ...
Advanced glycation endproducts, or AGEs, common in the "Western diet," suppress levels of sirtuin, a key defense" against Alzheimer's, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Helen Vlassara, professor and director of the Division of Experimental ...
Overall, U.S. obesity rates are unchanged, but obesity rates in young children ages 2 to 5 declined significantly from 2003/2004 to 2011/2012, officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the ...