Health Problems 

Could you have silent gallstones?

December 14, 2018 Could, gallstones, Have, silent, you.

(HealthDay)—As many as 20 million Americans have gallstones. Most don’t have any symptoms, but not all will escape a gallstone

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Artificial intelligence and the future of medicine

December 14, 2018 and, artificial, Future, Intelligence, medicine, of, the

Washington University researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems for health care, which have the potential to transform

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Kotex Tampons Are Being Recalled for Unravelling Inside the Body—Here’s What to Do If It Happens to You

December 14, 2018 Are, Being, Body—Here’s, do, for, Happens, If, inside, It, Kotex, Recalled, Tampons, the, to, Unravelling, What, you.

Attention, all people with periods: Certain Kotex tampons are being recalled for a quality-related defect none of us want to experience.

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Researchers identify pathway that drives sustained pain following injury

December 14, 2018 drives, Following, identify, injury, pain, pathway, Researchers, sustained, that

A toddler puts her hand on a hot stove and swiftly withdraws it. Alas, it’s too late—the child’s finger has

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Control HIV by treating schistosomiasis, new study suggests

December 13, 2018 By, Control, HIV, New, schistosomiasis, study, suggests, treating

Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa— where

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Faster test for Ebola shows promising results in field trials

December 13, 2018 Ebola, Faster, field, for, in, promising, results, shows, test, trials

A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Senegal and Guinea, in cooperation with Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD),

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Risk of dementia increased among female veterans with TBI, PTSD, depression

December 12, 2018 among, Dementia, Depression, female, Increased, of, PTSD, risk, TBI, veterans, with

Female military veterans who have traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or depression long after their service may be more

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New study reveals hypervirulent Listeria strains and emerging clones

December 12, 2018 and, clones, emerging, hypervirulent, Listeria, New, reveals, strains, study

Listeria monocytogenes is a major cause of severe foodborne illness in the United States. But recent research at NC State

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New insight into stem cell behaviour highlights therapeutic target for cancer treatment

December 12, 2018 behaviour, cancer, cell, for, Highlights:, insight, into, New, stem, target, therapeutic, treatment

Research led by the University of Plymouth and Technische Universität Dresden has identified a new therapeutic target for cancer treatment

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Dopamine’s yin-yang personality: It’s an upper and a downer

December 11, 2018 A, an, and, Dopamine's, downer, It's, personality, upper, yin-yang

For decades, psychologists have viewed the neurotransmitter dopamine as a double-edged sword: released in the brain as a reward to

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