Day July 13, 2016

In May 2014, the FDA released A Quantitative Assessment of the Net Effects on Fetal Neurodevelopment from Eating Commercial Fish (As Measured by IQ and also by Early Age Verbal Development in Children). The revised 2014 report builds on current…

Received: 10 May 2016 Accepted: 24 May 2016 Published: 13 July 2016

i Lucky laboratory mice got to watch scenes from Orson Welles’ classic Touch of Evil, starring Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Keystone/Getty Images Lucky laboratory mice got to watch scenes from Orson Welles’ classic…

Government health advisers have rejected calls for all children to be given the meningitis B jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said extending the meningitis B programme to all children under two would put current stocks of…

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Teenagers are increasingly experiencing tinnitus, often a symptom of hearing loss, as a result of using ear buds to listen to music for long periods every day, as well as frequenting very noisy places like nightclubs, discos and rock concerts,…

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Is it possible to change our behaviour when it comes to food choices only by presenting the food to the guests in a canteen in a different order, or by making it more difficult to reach the less healthy food?…

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In the middle of November 2009, family K started to eliminate plastics from their home, the first experiment of its kind in the world. All everyday items made of plastic were replaced by corresponding plastic-free products, as far as possible.…

Just 5 minutes of vigorous exercise a day is needed to reap health benefits Or 15 minutes of brisk walking or riding a bike gives the same results This is far less than the Government-recommended 30 mins a day Over 35 minutes…

Government health advisers have rejected calls for all children to be given the meningitis B jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said extending the meningitis B programme to all children under two would put current stocks of…

Talia Coombs was born with life-limiting condition cystic fibrosis Adorable video shows her taking four syringes of medicine herself Afterwards, she claps her hands happily and asks for more Video has been viewed more than 100,000 times since it was…

A devastating condition has left a student with one leg three times the size of the other – and it’s still growing. Arianna Faro, 25, has a hugely swollen left leg, foot and buttock, as well as abnormal growths spanning…

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A new, minimally invasive procedure appears to be effective for many patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FED), a common eye disease, without the potential side effects and cost of the current standard of care, a cornea transplant. In a proof-of-concept…

Increasing the number of men who undergo circumcision and increasing the rates at which women with HIV are given antiretroviral therapy (ART) were associated with significant declines in the number of new male HIV infections in rural Ugandan communities, new…

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The ultimate impediment to a cure for HIV infection is the presence of latent, HIV-infected cells, which can reawaken and produce new virus when antiretroviral drug therapy is stopped. These latent, HIV-infected cells are untouched by antiretroviral therapy and are…

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Here’s what’s up with that and what you can do about it. via GIPHY 1.  You’re Not Getting Enough Circulation If you sit at a desk all day and keep your legs crossed most of the time, a sudden change…

RELATED: 8 Genius Ways to Use Veggies You Never Would Have Thought of To learn how healthy eats might do more than just reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease, researchers at the University of Warwick in the U.K.…

You might totally love and respect your partner’s family, but having a bunch of them in one place can be intimidating, even if you’ve been together for years. So, we asked Bira for some strategies you can use to get…

What if you could lose weight without changing what you eat? It may sound too good to be true but you could be able to fit into that snug bikini simply by adapting sleep patterns and meal routine, according to…

Our brains can survive only for a few minutes without oxygen. Salk Institute researchers have now identified the timing of a dramatic metabolic shift in developing neurons, which makes them become dependent on oxygen as a source of energy. The…

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are the basis of cellular functions, and when these processes are compromised diseases such as cancer emerge. For years scientists have tried with mixed success to map out PPIs to understand cellular processes. Now a team of…

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Before 2001, catastrophic craniovertebral junction (CVJ) injuries were the most common cause of death to drivers in the fast-paced sport of professional car racing. That changed with the development and implementation of the HANS® (Head and Neck Support) device and…

A team of Italian investigators has discovered a new variant of an emerging antibiotic resistance mechanism. The new variant, dubbed mcr-1.2, confers resistance to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. The research is published July 11, in Antimicrobial…

A new streamlined approach to genetic testing for women with ovarian cancer provides testing rapidly and affordably, allowing many more patients to benefit from personalised cancer management and their relatives to benefit from cancer prevention strategies. The new approach offers…

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Researchers from the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise Eating Disorders have developed a portable and easy-to-use method to help people estimate portion size using only their hands. In the first-ever study to assess the accuracy of…

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)–More datan analysis about hot flashes from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) has been published today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). A study by Ping…

IMAGE: Carolina Chickadees were among the many species whose plumage was sampled for feather-degrading bacteria as part of a new study. view more Credit: C. Kent A new study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances links feather-degrading bacteria to damaged plumage on…

18 months ago, I wasn’t sure if I was going to live or die. But because I was able to access treatment for addiction, and now live in sustained recovery, I began a 2,500-mile trek to the Democratic National Convention…

A new major study is the first to investigate the mental health benefits of a better diet. For years, scientists have advised that eating more fruits and vegetable can reduce the risk of the two main causes of death — cancer…