Health
New York tries to keep alive flavored e-cigarette ban
New York's ban on flavored e-cigarettes is still held up in court, but a state council voted Thursday to keep it alive in case the judge rules in the state's favor.
Dec 12, 2019
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Health
Pro-meat campaign may have turned some social media users against planetary health diet
In January 2019, The Lancet's report "Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems" received significant positive international media coverage. The report concluded that ...
Nov 26, 2019
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Genetics
'Gay gene' search reveals not one but many, and no way to predict sexuality
It has long been clear that a person's sexual preference—whether they prefer male or female sexual partners, or both—is influenced by his or her genetic makeup. The most straightforward evidence for this is that sexual ...
Aug 30, 2019
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Health
Food poisoning remains persistent problem, US report finds
As recent illnesses tied to raw turkey , ground beef , cut melon and romaine lettuce suggest, U.S. food poisoning cases don't appear to be going away anytime soon.
Apr 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How challenging masculine stereotypes is good for men
A man sits in a doctor's office after months of his wife's increasingly desperate pleas for him to seek professional help for his constant coughing. In the end, she was the one who booked his appointment and even drove him ...
Mar 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer patient channels diagnosis into lifetime activism
By any measure, lung cancer patients have it rough.
Mar 21, 2019
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Genetics
It's time to rethink what the medical profession considers a 'rare disease'
International Rare Disease Day is upon us. People around the world spend Feb. 28 raising awareness about the impact that diseases with low prevalence have on patients and their families.
Feb 28, 2019
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Medical research
Drug development stakeholders call for improved pharmaceutical testing
Drug development stakeholders from private and public sectors, including researchers, academics, and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry and advocacy groups, have joined together to call for a significant and ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Health
Gum, bottled water, pizza bagels want to be called 'healthy'
Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods that can be called healthy.
Oct 30, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Critics demand stop to 'Guinea pig' sepsis clinical trial
(HealthDay)—A major non-profit advocacy group is asking that a large government trial comparing treatments for sepsis be shut down.
Sep 26, 2018
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