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The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
Livin' on the MDedge
Keep menstrual cramps away the dietary prevention way
Plus: Unemotional robots provoke emotional humans, superorganisms walk and leap around children’s mouths.
Feature
The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...
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How do patients with chronic urticaria fare during pregnancy?
“Overall, these findings suggest that patients should continue their treatments using an individualized dose to provide optimal symptom control,”...
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Antioxidant-rich diet may reduce Helicobacter pylori risk
These are the latest data suggesting that balanced diets high in fruits and vegetables may provide an antioxidant environment allowing the body to...
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Long-term antidepressant use tied to an increase in CVD, mortality risk
“Careful assessment of the long-term cardiometabolic effects of antidepressant treatment is critical,” said Dr. Narinder Bansal.
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Eating earlier offers health benefits, studies say
“You have this internal biological clock that makes you better at doing different things at different times of the day.”
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Malaria vaccine gets special delivery by tiny health personnel
Plus: Sleeping and sweating the years away and dragon-sized embezzling from a cancer charity.
Conference Coverage
I am not fine: The heavy toll cancer takes
“I thought I was as exhausted, and isolated, and neglected as I could get, and then he came home.”
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Folic acid tied to a reduction in suicide attempts
“This is a very large decrease and is extremely significant and exciting.”
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Ancient DNA discoveries lead to Nobel Prize in medicine and help explain how humans evolved
In a big picture sense, Dr. Pääbo’s research helps answer where modern-day humans come from and how we interacted with our hominin relatives tens...