By Robert Preidt
Post-traumatic stress disorder was reported by 15.4 percent of Virginia Tech students several months after the shooting rampage at the school in April 2007, a new study indicates.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Although women whose mothers had breast cancer may worry about developing cancer themselves, many do not fully understand when and why they should be screened or their options to reduce their risk for the disease, a new study suggests.
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By Maureen Salamon
Germs used to be viewed as only bad, but scientists who have taken navel-gazing to a new level are finding that the ones living in your belly button coexist quite nicely with the rest of your body’s microbes.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Smokers who take a multivitamin pill may think they can smoke more because the supplement protects them from the harmful affects of cigarettes, according to a new study.
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By Robert Preidt
Exposure to household mold in infancy greatly increases a child’s risk of developing asthma, a new study says.
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By Robert Preidt
The most common type of weight loss surgery in the United States appears to help patients shed pounds by reducing their intake of fatty foods and helping them stick to a healthier diet, a new study indicates.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Children with HIV who receive antiretroviral treatments have persistently high cholesterol and other blood fat (lipid) levels, and would benefit from guidelines aimed at reducing their long-term heart risks, researchers say.
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By Kathleen Doheny
For older Americans who decide to get more physically active, a new study finds that performance often trumps appearance.
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By Anne Harding
Viagra gets the job done, but it’s a quick fix. For many men, weaning themselves off the little blue pill and finding a longer-lasting solution to their sexual dysfunction may require hitting the gym and putting down the doughnuts.
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By Robert Preidt
NASCAR drivers get most of the attention, but they’re not the only ones at the track who need athletic ability and stamina.
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By Alan Mozes
American military veterans attending college are far more likely to entertain thoughts of suicide than fellow students who have never been in the military, a new national survey indicates.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
People living in a region of the southeastern United States known as the “Stroke Belt” are known to have significantly higher rates of stroke deaths than the rest of the country. New research reveals these residents are also at greater r
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By Robert Preidt
A growing number of neurology residents in the United States feel comfortable using the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to treat stroke patients with acute ischemic stroke, a new study finds.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Compared with high school smokers two decades ago, today’s teen smokers are more likely to smoke only occasionally, or smoke fewer cigarettes each day, according to a new study.
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By Alyssa Sparacino
Coconut water, which came to fame as a celebrity health fad, has become an increasingly popular way to stay hydrated or recover after a workout.
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By Denise Mann
Researchers may be one step closer to harnessing the power of stem cells to help treat, and potentially cure, kidney disease.
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By Robert Preidt
The cost of dealing with health insurers and payers is nearly four times higher for U.S. physicians than for Canadian physicians, a new study finds.
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By Scott Roberts
Anascorp, the first injection devised solely to treat scorpion stings, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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By HealthDay News
U.S. meat processor Cargill announced late Wednesday that it was commencing one of the largest meat recalls in history, involving about 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to an outbreak of salmonella.
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