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Woman’s Hand Becomes Disfigured From Smartphone Overuse [Video]

October 24, 2018 disfigured hand, health, synovium, tenosynovitis, trigger finger

You probably didn’t think it could really happen. No one picks up a smartphone thinking that it may cause serious

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ACS: accepting liver from older donor better than waiting

October 24, 2018 accepting, ACS:, Better, donor:, From, liver, Older, than, waiting

(HealthDay)—Accepting a liver from an older liver donor (OLD) is associated with long-term survival benefit, according to a study presented

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There's Plastic in Your Poop: Study Warns Microplastics May Be Hurting Us All

October 23, 2018 All, be, Hurting, in, may, microplastics, plastic, Poop:, study, There's, US, warns, your

Scientists have been warning us for years about the potential dangers of plastics in the human food chain. Now, they

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Don’t offer co-workers help unless asked: If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Hearing Impairment, Multiple Sclerosis, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology, stress

If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again. New workplace research from

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This front-runner for governor is a vocal supporter of single-payer, sometimes

October 23, 2018 California, Gavin Newsom, governors, health, health care, health news, John Cox, laws, medical articles, medical news, political campaign, Politics, U.S. Republican Party

This is a Kaiser Health News story. Interested in Health Care Overhaul? Twenty minutes before the only scheduled 2018 California’s

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Protein found in patients with severe asthma can help identify who would benefit from targeted drugs

October 23, 2018 allergy, Asthma, chronic illness, Diseases and Conditions, Heart Disease, Pain Control, Patient Education and Counseling, Today's Healthcare

In a novel study, researchers succeeded in identifying patients with a form of severe asthma (type 2 endotype) by measuring

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Biomarkers can predict whether women with endometriosis will respond to the first-line treatment

October 23, 2018 Biomarkers, Can, endometriosis, first-line, Predict, respond, the, to, treatment, Whether, will, with, women

Biomarkers can predict whether women will respond to the first-line treatment for endometriosis, an extremely painful condition in which the

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Gut microbiota of infants predicts obesity in children

October 23, 2018 Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, food, mice, obesity, Soil Types, ulcers, Veterinary Medicine

Evaluating the gut microbiota of infants may help identify children who are at risk for becoming overweight or obese, according

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Is big-city living eroding our desire to be nice?

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Psychiatry, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

A new study by University of Miami psychology researchers of anonymous interactions suggests that humans switch off their automatic inclination

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Parent educational tools on pain relief help reduce babies’ vaccination distress

October 23, 2018 arthritis?, Fibromyalgia, Infant's Health, Joint Health, Joint Pain, Neuropathy, Pain Control, Today's Healthcare

Information provided to new parents in hospital about how to alleviate pain for their babies during vaccination resulted in more

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