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Girls Vaccinated For HPV Not More Likely To Be Sexually Active
Researchers found that 11- and 12-year-old girls who had the vaccine were no more likely to have had sexual health issues than ones who didn't. Still, parents' concerns about daughters and sexual activity remain a barrier to widespread adoption...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 12:34 PM
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Brain Scientists Uncover New Links Between Stress And Depression
Scientists say new insights about how stress affects the brain could lead to new treatments for post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. Read More...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 9:05 AM
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Spray Lights Up The Chemical That Causes Poison Ivy Rash
Researchers have developed a clever new method to detect the chemical that causes the annoying itch. But urushiol isn't all bad. It's also behind the shine of beautiful Japanese lacquerware. Read More...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 12:29 AM
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Doctors Strike Mutating Bacteria In Teen Acne Battle
As acne bacteria develop resistance to antibiotic treatments, doctors turn to zit-fighting viruses. Read More...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 12:28 AM
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Vice Presidential Candidates Spar Over Medicare
Fact checkers have raised some flags about some of the claims the candidates made about Medicare. Ryan tried to insist that his Medicare plan is bipartisan, while Biden at one point may have confused Medicare with Medicaid. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 12 2012 3:23 PM
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Where You Live May Determine What Lives Inside Your Mouth
Oral bacteria may be determined by environment, not genes, scientists say. That's different from other parts in the body, like the gut, where bacteria may be influenced by genome or immune system. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 12 2012 2:28 PM
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Classroom Yoga Helps Improve Behavior Of Kids With Autism
Kids with autism who did a yoga routine at school every morning for 17 minutes behaved better, researchers at New York University found. Read More...
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Fri, Oct 12 2012 10:58 AM
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Meningitis Outbreak Puts Doctors, Regulators In New Territory
Little is known about how to diagnose and treat this kind of meningitis, which was caused by a tainted drug. And the investigation into how the drug contamination occurred is revealing a spectacular failure of consumer protection. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012 4:57 PM
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Romney: People Don't Die For Lack Of Insurance
Mitt Romney's claim is belied by a large and growing body of academic studies. Democrats pounced on the remarks, which came a day after the GOP presidential nominee's comments on abortion stirred controversy. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012 4:02 PM
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Among Disciplined Nurse Aides, Criminal Records Turn Up
The federal government is providing more grants for nursing home background checks, but a federal investigation finds that a background check would likely flag some, but not all, of the aides who ultimately are disciplined. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012 1:51 PM
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How Cellphones Helped Researchers Track Malaria In Kenya
By tracking nearly 15 million cellphones in Kenya, scientists mapped out how malaria spreads through the Texas-sized country. The findings pinpoint areas where efforts to control malaria would be the most effective. One day, the data may help guide alert...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012 12:47 PM
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Bioethicists Call For Privacy Protections For Personal Genomes
A sample of saliva taken from a coffee cup can reveal someone's genes, for better and for worse. Now bioethicists are recommending privacy protections as the age of cheap, fast genome sequences unfolds. Read More...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012 9:35 AM
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Romney's Remarks On Abortion Cause A Stir
The GOP presidential nominee told a newspaper that as president he won't push abortion-restricting legislation. The remarks, from which Mitt Romney has since walked back, surprised those on both sides of the abortion debate. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 10 2012 2:19 PM
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How Do Public Data About Heart Attack Treatment Change It?
The sickest heart attack patients in states that report publicly on quality may get less treatment than those in states that don't. Public reporting is supposed to help patients shop intelligently for health care. But do doctors and hospitals game...
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Wed, Oct 10 2012 12:40 PM
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Fun With Physics: How To Make Tiny Medicine Nanoballs
Scientists have long toyed with the idea of putting medicine inside microscopic capsules that could travel to hard-to-reach places inside your body. Now, researchers have come up with a method to assemble tiny nanospheres. Read More...
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Wed, Oct 10 2012 12:17 AM
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