A new study has found that half of influenza cases in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) received
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Polio makes comeback in Venezuela after decades
Polio has been reported in Venezuela, a crisis-wracked country where the disease had been eradicated decades ago, the Pan-American Health
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Are Half of Men in Their 30s Really Living with Erectile Dysfunction?
United Kingdom researchers say the prevalence of ED in younger men is rising, but experts tell Healthline that conclusion goes
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Team is first to identify the perinexus in the human heart; potential implications for atrial fibrillation
A collaborative research team is on a quest to collapse a tiny pocket between cardiac cells that can cause big
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Excess zinc in muscles contributes to wasting syndrome in cancer
It’s estimated that nearly one-third of all cancer deaths are caused not by the cancer itself but by cachexia—a debilitating
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Human drug addiction behaviors tied to specific impairments in six brain networks
Specific impairments within six large-scale brain networks during drug cue exposure, decision-making, inhibitory control, and social-emotional processing are associated with
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Scientists see inner workings of enzyme telomerase, which plays key roles in aging, cancer
Cancer, aging-related diseases and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called “telomerase.” UCLA researchers report in the
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Ebola toll in DR Congo rises to 27
Two more people have died of Ebola in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the toll to 27 in nearly
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1 in 3 women experience ‘loss of control’ eating in pregnancy
More than a third of women report feeling out of control over the amount they eat during pregnancy, according to
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Polyps in bladder: Causes, treatment, and cancer
Typically, polyps are groups of abnormal cells that appear along mucous membranes in the body, though they can appear almost
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