Archive: 25/12/2019

Intermittent fasting: live 'fast,' live longer?

For many people, the New Year is a time to adopt new habits as a renewed commitment to personal health. Newly enthusiastic fitness buffs pack into gyms and grocery stores are filled with shoppers eager to try out new diets.

Dec 25, 2019

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Inputs to the motor cortex make dexterous movements possible in mice

In a sleepy haze, reaching out and grabbing the coffee cup in front of you seems to happen on autopilot. But your caffeine-deprived brain is working hard. It's collecting sensory information and other kinds of feedback—clues ...

Dec 25, 2019

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Skin-lightening cream could cause nerve damage, CDC report warns

(HealthDay)—A skin-lightening cream from Mexico that contained toxic mercury left a California woman with significant central nervous system damage, doctors report in a case study.

Dec 25, 2019

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Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but marriage makes it beat longer—especially for men

Dear Health Men: I've heard that being married improves one's health. Sounds good, but is it really true?

Dec 25, 2019

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Majority of internal medicine residency program directors misinterpret ABIM leave policies

A recent nationwide survey of 279 internal medicine residency program directors showed that the vast majority did not correctly interpret the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) leave policies. While 51 percent of ...

Dec 25, 2019

Archive: 25/12/2019

Intermittent fasting: live 'fast,' live longer?

Inputs to the motor cortex make dexterous movements possible in mice

Skin-lightening cream could cause nerve damage, CDC report warns

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but marriage makes it beat longer—especially for men

Majority of internal medicine residency program directors misinterpret ABIM leave policies

Preoperative levels of heart proteins may help predict death or cardiac complications in patients undergoing surgery

Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine

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