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Could a High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet Someday Replace Dialysis?The ketogenic is already used to control seizures in kids with epilepsy.
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After the Buzz: Binge Drinking Linked with Learning Trouble
Binge drinkers score lower on verbal learning tests than people who don't binge drink.
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Coffee's Perks: Studies Find 5 Health BenefitsCoffee has been shown in studies to ward off certain cancers and slash the risk of diabetes.
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1998 Study Linking Autism to Vaccines Was an 'Elaborate Fraud'
The original study in the Lancet was retracted in February of last year.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Case: Can Stress Trigger Bipolar Disorder?
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones checked herself into a mental health facility for treatment for bipolar II disorder after stressful events.
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Diabetes Drugs: Some Work Better Than Others
Metformin works better than some insulin secretagogues in preventing death, heart attack and stroke over a 10-year period.
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11 Surprising Things That Can Make Us Gain WeightEating too much and not exercising may be the main causes of obesity, but it turns out they aren't the only things that build the bulge.
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Author of Vaccine-Autism Scare Planned to Cash In on Findings
The business could have made $43 million a year from autism diagnosis kits.
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Caring For a Spouse With Dementia Puts Caregiver at Risk, Too
That's because they likely shared lifestyle risk factors for dementia, researchers said.
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Warding Off Depression: 'Mindfulness' Therapy Works as Well as Drugs
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy involves meditation and paying attention to emotional triggers.
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Hair Holds the Key to Measuring Chronic StressStress hormone found in hair can give insight to heart attack risk
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Healthy Pregnant Women Don't Need Extra Fish Oil, Study Finds
The findings go against previous studies that show a link between fish oil and improved brain abilities in children.
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A Hazard of Some Pregnancies Becomes Clearer to ScientistsFluctuating oxygen levels in women with the condition impact the hormone that controls blood pressure.
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U.S. Home Births Increase
But many doctors are still wary of the practice.
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Wheezing Risk Higher in Kids Whose Moms Took Tylenol during Pregnancy
The study didn't find an increased wheezing risk for ibuprofen or aspirin, though.
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Obesity During Pregnancy Raises Infant Death Risk
But study notes chance of fetal death is extremely low.
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High C-Section Rates Not Linked to Newborns' Health Outcomes
C-sections and induced labor have no effect on the health outcome for the newborn in low-risk pregnancies.
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Folic Acid May Not Prevent Preterm Births, But Take it Anyway
But folate is still important in preventing neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in newborns, experts say.
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For Successful In Vitro Fertilization, Women Should Harvest 15 Eggs
Fifteen eggs seem to be the best amunt of eggs to harvest to produce a live birth with in vitro fertilization.
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Caffeine Could Impair Women's Fertility
Caffeine relaxes the Fallopian tube muscles, which stops the egg from going from the ovaries to the womb.
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Fertility Studies Find Link to Parents' Smoking
New studies provide evidence on smoking's effect on both baby-makers and babies.
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Junk Food Nation: How Parents Are Ruining Kids' HealthStress and busyness are some of the biggest factors for why parents let kids eat junk food, experts say.
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What Is a Meningioma? The Science of Mary Tyler Moore's TumorThe actress is undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from the lining of her brain.
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Sexual Orientation Linked to Cancer Survival, Quality of LifeGay men are almost twice as likely as straight men to report having had cancer in adulthood.
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