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Practicing mindfulness benefits parents and children, study says

September 26, 2018 and, Benefits, children, mindfulness, Parents, Practicing, Says, study

Parents, picture the situation: Your child is misbehaving. You’ve had a hard day, and one more outburst sends you over

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Ebola and Lassa fever targeted by new vaccine trial and improved surveillance

September 26, 2018 and, By, Ebola, fever, improved, Lassa, New, Surveillance, targeted, trial, vaccine

Scientists hope that a new approach to vaccine development, combined with improved surveillance of potential future threats of outbreak, could

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Gender and race may shape how minority women address barriers to breast cancer screening

September 24, 2018 Address, and, barriers, breast, cancer, Gender, How, may, minority, race, screening, shape, to, women

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely

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DNA vaccine leads to immune responses in HPV-related head and neck cancer

September 21, 2018 and, cancer, DNA, head, HPV-related, Immune, in, leads, neck, responses, to, vaccine

A therapeutic vaccine can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head

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Intramuscular injection: Locations and administration

September 19, 2018 administration, and, injection:, Intramuscular, Locations

People with specific conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, may need to give themselves this type of injection

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Mannose’s unexpected effects on the microbiome and weight gain

September 18, 2018 and, effects, gain, Mannose's, microbiome, on, the, unexpected, weight

Scientists continue to unravel links between body weight and the gut microbiome. Now, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery

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Quick and easy test for viral infections reduces hospital admissions and antibiotic use

September 17, 2018 admissions, and, antibiotic, easy, for, hospital, infections, quick, reduces, test, Use, Viral

A quick and easy test for viral infections can reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and hospital admissions, according to new research

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Chronic pain and the power of placebo

September 16, 2018 and, chronic, of, pain, placebo, power, the

A placebo is a medical intervention — be it a pill, injection, or sham surgery — that has no therapeutic

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Big data studies scrutinize links between fatty liver disease and how cells make energy

September 14, 2018 and, between, Big, cells, data, disease, energy, fatty, How, links, liver, Make, scrutinize, Studies

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to 40 percent of American adults. Though the condition produces no noticeable symptoms, one

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I survived teenage anorexia, and now I'm on fashion's front line

September 14, 2018 and, anorexia, fashion's, front, I, I'm, line, Now, on, survived, teenage

This morning, I opened Instagram and within 30 seconds I had seen: a slim French blogger posing in a polka-dot

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