By Ellin Holohan
A simple meditation technique can help ease the torment suffered by people with a chronic bowel disease, a new study has found.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery show improvement in biochemical cardiac risk factors, but teens that have the procedure may realize even greater heart health benefits, according to new research.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
College athletes who play high-intensity sports such as crew, lacrosse and swimming are at greater risk for gastrointestinal disorders than other students and athletes their own age, new research suggests.
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By John Leighty
Children rushed to emergency rooms with minor head trauma often get unneeded CT scans that expose them to high levels of radiation, a new study indicates.
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By Robert Preidt
Children conceived in winter seem to have a greater risk of being diagnosed with autism, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Hospitals that perform a large number of heart transplants are the best places for older, sicker patients to receive a new heart, according to new research.
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By Randy Dotinga
About 14 percent of strokes happen while people are sleeping, lowering the chance that they’ll be able to get to the hospital in time for a potentially brain-saving treatment, a new study suggests.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
People who remember the past fondly are more likely to experience greater happiness in the present, according to a new study.
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By Steven Reinberg
Vitamin D supplements for pregnant women may help prevent a respiratory disease called RSV that can lead to pneumonia and other potentially life-threatening illnesses in newborns, Dutch researchers report.
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By Robert Preidt
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of pulmonary embolism is a problem in the United States due to the large increase in the use of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), a new study suggests.
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By Alan Mozes
Women who drink a substantial amount of coffee each day may lower their risk for developing a particular type of breast cancer, Swedish researchers say.
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By Robert Preidt
Osteoporosis is often undiagnosed and untreated in elderly heart failure patients, a new study finds.
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By Steven Reinberg
People given a drug known as erythropoietin alfa after a heart attack may experience new heart problems and even greater cardiac damage from the attack, a new study finds.
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By Amanda Gardner
Scientists have developed a new, albeit preliminary, genetic test that seems to predict which breast cancer patients can benefit from specific types of chemotherapy.
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By Serena Gordon
Fewer than 50 percent of people scheduled to have a stent placed in one of their coronary arteries for stable coronary artery disease received so-called optimal medical therapy — drug therapy, such as statins — before the procedure, acc
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By Robert Preidt
Mild problems with thinking and memory, as well as full-blown dementia, are common in the “oldest old” women, a new study finds.
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By Robert Preidt
Many tanning salons in the United States don’t warn teens and young women about the skin cancer risks posed by tanning beds, according to a new survey.
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By Jenifer Goodwin
A new technology that uses a remote-controlled capsule camera to scan the inside of the colon may one day be an alternative to colonoscopy, a new study suggests.
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By Amanda Gardner
Women who have lower levels of the brain chemical oxytocin toward the end of their pregnancy may be more prone to develop postpartum depression than expecting moms with higher levels, a new study suggests.
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By Steven Reinberg
MRSA, a bacteria resistant to common antibiotics, has been discovered in supermarket meats, and the germ is apparently being introduced by human food handlers, a new study reports.
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