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How Brain Scans Might Change the Way Doctors Diagnose Alzheimer’s
A new test can identify the disorder's early stages. How will it help patients?
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How the Brain Gets Addicted to Gambling
Addictive drugs and gambling rewire neural circuits in similar ways
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Why Whooping Cough Vaccines Are Wearing Off
Doctors race to protect kids as whooping cough vaccines wear off
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Overlooked: Thousands of Americans Exposed to Dangerous Levels of Lead in Their Jobs
Rules meant to protect workers against on-the-job exposure to lead are scandalously outdated
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Experts Urge Mass Dog Vaccination to Eradicate Rabies
Some rabies infections may not be lethal, but be especially wary of dog bites
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How Much Do CT Scans Increase the Risk of Cancer?
Researchers reevaluate the safety of radiation used in medical imaging
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How Safe Is Recreational Marijuana?
As more states make recreational marijuana legal, researchers fret about short- and long-term health effects
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To Beat Bad Breath, Keep the Bacteria in Your Mouth Happy
Curing halitosis requires the right balance of oral microbes
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Researchers Struggle to Develop New Treatments for Sepsis
During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back
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Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier
Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends
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A Dangerous Game: Some Athletes Risk Untested Stem Cell Treatments
Some professional athletes' enthusiasm for certain stem cell treatments outpaces the evidence
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How Intermittent Fasting Might Help You Live a Longer and Healthier Life
Intermittent fasting might improve health, but clinical data are thin
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Meat of the Matter: Are Our Modern Methods of Preserving and Cooking Meat Healthy?
Why steaks could be in, but hot dogs are still out
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Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy
Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased
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Worrying Trends Confronted in Prescription Drug Abuse
Physicians struggle to curb the growing number of lethal overdoses
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Clean Sweep: Hospitals Bring Janitors to the Front Lines of Infection Control
Hospitals bring janitors to the front lines of infection control
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Would You Like a Side of Dirt with That?
New findings suggest that ingesting soil is adaptive, not necessarily pathological
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Return of the Clap
Gonorrhea, once a minor illness, is developing resistance to the last category of drugs that still works against it and could become untreatable
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Food Poisoning's Hidden Legacy
Most people think of foodborne illness as an unpleasant few days of fever and diarrhea, but for some there may be lifelong consequences
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How Hospital Gardens Help Patients Heal
Hospital gardens turn out to have medical benefits
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Diabetes Mystery: Why Are Type 1 Cases Surging?
Researchers are baffled by the worldwide increase in type 1 diabetes, the less common form of the disease
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Good Health Depends on More Than Great Doctors and Fine Hospitals
Better health requires improved education, more access to nutritious food and greater economic opportunities, new county rankings show
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Swapping Germs: Should Fecal Transplants Become Routine for Debilitating Diarrhea?
A potentially beneficial but unusual treatment for serious intestinal ailments may fall victim to regulatory difficulties
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