Pilot study results indicate that a sleep and yoga intervention has promising effects on improving sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, and
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Study: Exercise mitigates genetic effects of obesity later in life
If you’re up there in age and feel like you can coast as a couch potato, you may want to
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Benefit of liposomal bupivacaine for pain in TKA questioned
(HealthDay)—Liposomal bupivacaine use in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty is not associated with clinically meaningful reductions in inpatient opioid use,
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Tickle in the chest: Coughs, anxieties, allergies, and other causes
In this article, we describe conditions that can lead to a tickle in the chest, how to tell if the
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New approach to immunotherapy leads to complete response in breast cancer patient
A novel approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has led to the complete regression
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Sleep paralysis and hallucinations are prevalent in student athletes
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that sleep paralysis and dream-like hallucinations as you are falling asleep or waking
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Study links neighborhood factors, breast cancer rates in African-American women
Neighborhood characteristics such as racial composition and poverty rates are associated with increased risks of late-stage breast cancer diagnoses and
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In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse
For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance
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Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence
The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone
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California on front line as STDs run rampant in US
A billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood screams out a stark warning: “drug-resistant gonorrhea alert!” The words are set against
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