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Using a common anticonvulsant to counteract inflammation

July 2, 2019 arthritis?, Diseases and Conditions, HIV and AIDS, Immune System, Lung Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology

Serious conditions, including sepsis, stem from inflammation in the body, and there is a lack of effective medication for sepsis.

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More people born with a single lower heart chamber survive; but, face challenges

July 2, 2019 Birth Defects, Diseases and Conditions, Heart Disease, Patient Education and Counseling, Stroke Prevention, Today's Healthcare, Vioxx, Wounds and Healing

The Fontan procedure has allowed more people born with only one ventricle — the lower pumping chamber of the heart

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How a whiff of fresh paint put this woman in hospital

July 1, 2019 A, Fresh, hospital, How, in, of, paint, Put, This, whiff, Woman

How a whiff of fresh paint put this woman in hospital: Thanks to a little-known condition that affects 250,000 Britons…

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Researchers study how nursing homes can accommodate obese residents

July 1, 2019 accommodate, Can, Homes, How, nursing, obese, Researchers, residents, study

About 30 percent of nursing home residents are obese. That can complicate their care. The facility may need to buy

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An effort to stop the revolving door for hospital patients may be spinning its wheels

July 1, 2019 an, be, Door:, effort, for, hospital, It's, may, patients, revolving, spinning, Stop, the, to, wheels

Every American hospital has two front doors: The real one, and an imaginary revolving door. Any patient who winds up

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Women missing class and missing out due to period pain

July 1, 2019 and, class, due, missing, out, pain, period, to, women

Period pain significantly impacts young women’s academic performance worldwide, according to new Australian-led research—and women are ‘putting up with it’

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‘Giant’, 22, stands at 7ft 9in tall

July 1, 2019 22, 7ft, 9in, at, giant, stands, tall

Man, 22, who stands at 7ft 9in tall has finally landed his dream job at a sport centre after not

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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The three things proven to make you happy

June 29, 2019 Dr, happy, Make, MICHAEL, MOSLEY:, proven, the, Things, three, to, you.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The three things proven to make you happy… and loadsamoney ain’t one of them! Harry Enfield’s character

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Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t

June 29, 2019 Brain Tumor, cancer, genes, Human Biology, Pancreatic Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Prostate Cancer, skin cancer

Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer

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Higher salt intake can cause gastrointestinal bloating: New analysis suggests that America’s high prevalence of bloating could be reduced by lowering sodium intake

June 29, 2019 Cholesterol, Diet and Weight Loss, Food Additives, Gastrointestinal Problems, hypertension, nutrition, obesity, vegetarian

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that individuals reported more gastrointestinal

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