With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find quarantine locations in dormitory buildings and
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Health care pros will accept money to violate privacy law
The next crop of health care professionals has a price when it comes to illegally releasing confidential medical information, according
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Atheists are more likely to sleep better than Catholics and Baptists: study
A new study of sleep, religious affiliation, and perceptions of heaven found that atheists and agnostics are significantly more likely
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Investigational drug stops toxic proteins tied to neurodegenerative diseases
An investigational drug that targets an instigator of the TDP-43 protein, a well-known hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
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Don’t count on vitamin D to ease childhood asthma
(HealthDay)—Vitamin D supplements don’t prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to a study that challenges previous research. “The
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Excessive fructose consumption may cause a leaky gut, leading to fatty liver disease
Excessive consumption of fructose—a sweetener ubiquitous in the American diet—can result in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is comparably
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Your in-laws’ history of drinking problems could lead to alcohol issues of your own
The statistics are sobering. More than 14 million American adults suffer from some form of alcohol use disorder (AUD), a
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Childhood syndrome linked to COVID-19 causes profound immune changes
Researchers have uncovered how the immune system is altered in a rare COVID-19 related illness in children referred to as
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Recent diabetes and weight loss tied to pancreatic cancer risk
(HealthDay)—Recent-onset diabetes accompanied by weight loss is associated with a substantially increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, according to a
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Scientists propose a new approach to assessing platelet activation risk
Researchers from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology together with their colleagues from National Research Center for Hematology have developed
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