Health News 

Hate Christmas? A psychologist’s survival guide for Grinches

December 19, 2018 A, Christmas, for, Grinches, guide, hate, psychologists, survival

Two years ago, I came into work on December 1 to find a bag on my desk labelled “Karen’s Christmas

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Health Problems 

What prevents remyelination? New stem cell research reveals a critical culprit

December 19, 2018 A, cell, critical, culprit, New, prevents, remyelination?, research, reveals, stem, What

New research on remyelination, the spontaneous regeneration of the brain’s fatty insulator that keeps neurons communicating, could lead to a

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Health News 

Christmas Eve May Be Merry, But It Also Poses a Big Risk to Your Health

December 18, 2018 A, Also, be, Big, but, Christmas, Eve, health, It, may, Merry, Poses, risk, to, your

The Christmas season is a joyous one, at least for most. It is a time of giving and celebrating and

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Health News 

A Family Tragedy Highlights Carbon Monoxide Danger

December 15, 2018 A, Carbon, Danger, family, Highlights:, Monoxide, Tragedy

FRIDAY, Dec. 14, 2018 — It was a chilly morning in Louisville, so Juvenal Garcia Mora warmed up the car

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Health Problems 

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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Health Problems 

A code for reprogramming immune sentinels

December 10, 2018 A, code, for, Immune, reprogramming, sentinels

For the first time, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has successfully reprogrammed mouse and human skin cells

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Personal Health 

What can a snowflake teach us about how cancer spreads in the body?

December 6, 2018 A, about, body, Can, cancer, How, in, snowflake, spreads, teach, the, US, What

What can seashells, lightning and the coastline of Britain teach us about new drugs for cancer? The answer, according to

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Health News 

EMT saves partner’s life after he suffers a stroke at the wheel: 'It's a true miracle'

November 30, 2018 A, after, at, EMT, he, It's, life, miracle', partner’s, saves, Stroke, Suffers, the, true, wheel:

Aetna Ambulance EMT Chris Cabral (left) was saved by his partner of two and a half years Ray Berwick (right)

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Health Problems 

Microneedle patch shows promise as a means for repairing muscle after heart attack

November 29, 2018 A, after, As, attack, for, heart, Means, Microneedle, muscle, patch, promise, repairing, shows

A team of researchers from China and the U.S. has found that applying a specially designed microneedle patch to cardiac

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Personal Health 

This Man's Nails Look Dented—but Are Actually a Symptom of Something More Serious

November 29, 2018 A, Actually, Are, Dented—but, look, mans, more, Nails, of, serious, Something, symptom, This

This is what psoriasis looks like—on your nails. Most people familiar with the chronic skin condition know that psoriasis causes trademark

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