People who speak more than one language seem to fare better after a stroke, a new study finds.
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New research may offer a glimmer of hope for people with one common stroke symptom: partial arm paralysis that leaves the affected limb frozen to the person's side like a broken wing.
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The fecal transplant is poised to become a mainstream practice, researchers say.
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Can you really grow and survive on potatoes on Mars, as in the movie "The Martian"?
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Are kids really throwing out the healthy foods that schools are now offering, a critics of school lunch programs claim?
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One of the deadliest parasites in the world, the ameba Entamoeba histolytica, could be treated by targeting the human genes that allow the parasite to cause disease, researchers say.
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Babies who are breastfed can build up worrying levels of a potentially harmful class of industrial chemicals, a new study finds.
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Caitlyn Jenner's public transition from man to woman has raised awareness about hormone therapy for transgender people. What makes transgender youth identify with a gender they weren't assigned at birth isn't about having too many of the "wrong" hormones.
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Health care debates are more about politics than a rational discussion to improve people's health, according to researchers who examined arguments made over the last 40 years.
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Placebos can make people feel better, so why not use them?
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