Brain injury common in domestic violence: Advocates say lasting ‘invisible’ injuries often go unrecognized

Brain injury common in domestic violence: Advocates say lasting ‘invisible’ injuries often go unrecognized

Domestic violence survivors commonly suffer repeated blows to the head and strangulation, trauma tha...
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Link between more frequent, intense heat events and deaths in Las Vegas

Link between more frequent, intense heat events and deaths in Las Vegas

Over the last several decades, extreme heat events...
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Avoid smoky environments to protect your heart

Avoid smoky environments to protect your heart

If a room or car is smoky, stay away until it has ...
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Despite health warnings, Americans still sit too much: Survey of 50,000 people across multiple ages, racial, ethnic groups documents troubling trends

Despite health warnings, Americans still sit too much: Survey of 50,000 people across multiple ages, racial, ethnic groups documents troubling trends

Most Americans continue to sit for prolonged perio...
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Performance-enhancing drugs may increase risk of teen cocaine abuse, impair fertility: Exposure to anabolic steroids increased psychoactive effects of cocaine in rat study

Performance-enhancing drugs may increase risk of teen cocaine abuse, impair fertility: Exposure to anabolic steroids increased psychoactive effects of cocaine in rat study

Performance-enhancing steroid use could increase t...
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Annovera birth control vaginal ring effectively prevents unwanted pregnancy, research finds

Annovera birth control vaginal ring effectively prevents unwanted pregnancy, research finds

A recently approved contraceptive vaginal ring &#8...
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Scientists gain new insight on triggers for preterm birth

Scientists gain new insight on triggers for preterm birth

A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon at The...
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Human mortality ‘plateau’ may be statistical error, not hint of immortality: Better data collection, analysis reduces apparent declines in death rates in very old

Human mortality ‘plateau’ may be statistical error, not hint of immortality: Better data collection, analysis reduces apparent declines in death rates in very old

Human error, not human biology, largely accounts f...
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Birthweight and early pregnancy body mass index may risk pregnancy complications

Birthweight and early pregnancy body mass index may risk pregnancy complications

Women who were born with a low birthweight are at ...
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