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Cancer-Related Gene Variations Frequently Reclassified

September 26, 2018 Cancer-Related, Frequently, gene, Reclassified, Variations

TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 — Among individuals undergoing hereditary cancer testing, some variants of uncertain significance are reclassified, with almost

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The Growing List of Celebrities Who Have Shared Their Own #WhyIDidntReport Stories

September 25, 2018 #WhyIDidntReport, celebrities, Growing, Have, LIST, of, Own, Shared, Stories, the, Their, Who

Opening up about a past sexual assault isn’t easy. Not only are you dredging up a memory you’d rather forget,

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Pills for appendicitis? Surgery often not needed, study says

September 25, 2018 appendicitis?, for, needed':, not, often, Pills, Says, study, surgery

Advances in imaging tests make it easy to determine which patients face that danger.  (iStock) CHICAGO –  A new study

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Motor learning for precise motor execution: Motor learning for explicit and implicit controls

September 25, 2018 Children's Health, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Nervous System, Neuroscience, Perception, Psychology Research, Restless Leg Syndrome

It is generally accepted that precise motor control in our daily life depends on acquisition of an internal model. One

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Researchers develop ‘world’s first’ Alzheimer’s treatment, study claims

September 25, 2018 Alzheimer's, claims, develop, First, Researchers, study, treatment, world's

Alzheimer's: Does family history guarantee you'll get it? : Q&A with Dr. Manny: "My family members have Alzheimer's disease. Does

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Screening using body mass index alone may miss every second preschooler with excess stomach fat

September 25, 2018 alone, body, every, excess, fat?, index, mass, may, Miss, preschooler, screening, second, stomach, Using, with

When assessing whether preschoolers are overweight, health professionals should use other measures such as waist-to-height ratio in addition to the

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Kreisel named G. Alexander Patterson, MD/Mid-America Transplant Chair

September 25, 2018 bob cannon, Daniel Kreisel, David Perlmutter, Diane Brockmeier, G. Alexander Patterson, Mid-America Transplant, Ralph J. Damiano Jr., Timothy J. Eberlein

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD, a noted physician-scientist and the surgical director of lung transplantation at Washington University School of Medicine

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Wimbledon champ Ken Flach’s widow speaks out on tennis great’s sepsis death

September 25, 2018 champ, death, Flach's, great's, Ken, on, out, sepsis, speaks, tennis, widow, Wimbledon

At the time of his death, ATP World Tour President Chris Kermode said Flach would be “remembered as one of

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Health Tip: Protect Your Pet in Cold Weather

September 25, 2018 Cold, health, in, PET, protect, Tip:, Weather, your

— Prepare for cold winter weather by making sure your pet has had a vet visit in the past year

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7 Horrifying Things That Happen to Your Body When You Don't Sleep

September 25, 2018 effects of sleep deprivation, Sleep deprivation, sleep deprivation side effects, sleep deprivation symptoms, what happens if i dont sleep

Whether it’s due to your loud upstairs neighbors or your snoring bedmate, pretty much everyone has experienced at least a

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