Health & Body: 3 of 10
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Spontaneous Smoking Cessation Before Lung Cancer Diagnosis
We have observed that many patients with lung cancer stop smoking before diagnosis, usually before clinical symptoms, and often without difficulty. This led us to speculate that spontaneous smoking cessation may be a presenting symptom of lung cancer.
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Scientists Invent New Hybrid Food by Growing Beef Inside Grains of Rice
As the world's population continues to grow, so too does the strain on the environment.
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New study shows how human-like qualities of voice assistants influence shopping habits
A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior shows that the more human-like virtual assistants sound, the safer people feel using them for voice shopping.
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Food industry’s favorite ingredient has been killing us, slowly.
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Nearly 130,000 children exposed to lead-tainted drinking water in Chicago
Study says the 19% of kids using unfiltered tap water have about twice as much lead in their blood as they would otherwise
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Writing things down may help you remember information more than typing
Writing words down increases connectivity linked to memory and learning between different areas of the brain, with the same not being true when things are typed out on a computer
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Cancer vaccine with minimal side effects nearing Phase 3 clinical trials
Dr. Thomas Wagner, founder of the biotech company Orbis Health Solutions and cancer researcher, has made it his life's mission to find a way to treat cancer without the dreaded side effects that, for some, can become worse than the cancer itself or may even lead to an earlier death. "The tragedy of cancer is not just that person, the diagnosis, but it's also the fear of the therapy," Wagner told ABC News. This can cause a range of side effects including hair loss, nausea, vomiting, or may knock out a person's immune system putting them at risk of life-threatening infections, Wagner said.
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How Much Should a Sandwich Cost?
With inflation affecting the price of food, you might wonder if expensive sandwiches are worth it.
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The nocebo effect? Six surprising things about placebos everyone should know
Even though placebos have been widely studied, there are still many things about them that will surprise you.
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One Simple Change May Dramatically Boost The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccines
Sometimes it's the simplest solutions that get lost in the kerfuffle of scientific progress.
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Heart Failure - Do statins help or hurt?
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Oreo Study with Nick Norwitz and Dr. William Cromwell [Oreos better than Crestor?]
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We Love Writing. And Procrastinating. Running Helps Us Do Both.
The two pursuits have more in common than meets the eye
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The new drugs that may bring an end to constant itching
While for most people, an itch is an annoying, temporary nuisance, one in five of us will experience chronic itch lasting weeks or months. New treatments finally offer hope.
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Your pacemaker and open source software
Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery
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Caffeine use prevents stress-induced impairment of spatial memory
A study has found that adding caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to social isolation stress can protect them from developing memory impairments.
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This salt alternative could help reduce blood pressure. So why are so few people using it?
Potassium-enriched salt tastes like regular salt and you don’t need to change how you cook or season your food. You just need to switch the type of salt you buy.
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Individuals spending more time in daylight have lower risk of mental health disorders
A recent study data found individuals who spend more time in daylight exhibit a lower risk of major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychosis, and self-harm behavior. Independent of this, greater light exposure during nighttime was associated with increased risks of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and self-harm behavior.
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States suing Meta accuse company of manipulating its apps to make children addicted
Meta is the target of state lawsuits over allegations it has harmed the mental health of children and misled the public about safety. State attorneys general argue Facebook and Instagram deliberately manipulate their apps in ways that addict kids and failed to keep them off despite age limits..
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Appeals court upholds 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli lifetime ban from drug industry
Martin Shkreli served a criminal sentence for securities fraud related to a pharmaceuticals company he founded.