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Protein Level Could Aid Ectopic Pregnancy Test - Study
Health & Wellness  (tags: ectopic pregnancy test, Women, Motherhood, Parenting, Health, Fitness )

Alisa
- 17 hours ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Women with ectopic pregnancies have a lower level of a particular protein and this could be used to create a simpler and more effective test, a study finds.
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Public Wants Labelling of All GM Food
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, food, health, ethics, GMO Foods )

Debbie
- 17 hours ago - theecologist.org
UK citizens are confused by the current publicly available information on GM foods and want clearer facts made available in shops and supermarkets
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How Walking the Dog Beats Going to a Gym: It Gives You EIGHT Hours of Exercise a Week
Health & Wellness  (tags: Exercise, dog, gym, walk, healthcare )

Sophie
- 18 hours ago - dailymail.co.uk
For those who are keen to keep fit but low on motivation, a personal trainer is often the best option. But the human version may not be the most effective. Dog owners get more exercise walking their pet than someone with a gym membership,
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Global HIV Infections Down 17 Per Cent
Health & Wellness  (tags: HIV/AIDS, health, epidemic, Infection, 17 Per Cent )

Sophie
- 1 day ago - medicalnewstoday.com
A new report shows that global new HIV infection rates have fallen by 17 per cent and suggests that HIV prevention programmes are making a difference beyond the natural course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Hope and Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: Surgery, mental health, research, brain power, Diagnosis, Aging )

Leslie
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out.
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On Being Beautiful: Because Makeup Isn't Enough
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, ethics, family, health, humans, interesting, women )

Daphna
- 1 day ago - lime.com
I've been stewing this week over the choices I've been making on a daily basis. Some are "good" (i.e. moral, ethical, healthy, or beneficial), some are "bad" (i.e. immoral, unethical, bad for my health, or detrimental in every way), and some choices I did
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Multiple Sclerosis 'Blood Blockage Theory' Tested
Health & Wellness  (tags: Multiple sclerosis, blood blockage theory, US, scientists, brain, Research )

Leslie
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
US scientists are testing a radical new theory that multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by blockages in the veins that drain the brain.
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Ask Your Senator to Include the Indian Health Care Improvement Act in the Current Senate Health Care Reform Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, healthcare, medicine, politics and government, Indigenous Peoples )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Indian Country needs your immediate support of and action on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 (IHCIA of 2009), S. 1790. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced the b
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'A Great Thanksgiving': Family of Stray Shooting Victim Vada Vasquez Grateful for Miracle
Health & Wellness  (tags: teenaged girl, shot, miracle, happy news, neurosurgeons )

Lone
- 1 day ago - nydailynews.com
Nearly two weeks after a remarkable, 15-year-old Bronx girl was struck in the head by a stray bullet, her neurosurgeon says the whole city's prayers have been answered
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Malaria Shows Signs of Resisting Best Drug Used to Fight It
Health & Wellness  (tags: malaria, drug resistance, traveler's, health, environment, medicine, artemisinin )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - sciencenews.org
Malaria that is resistant to the best available drug is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported, new research shows. The worrisome finding poses a risk that travelers could carry this strain of the malaria parasite to other parts
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500 Succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis in India This Year
Health & Wellness  (tags: Japan, Encephalitis, health, communicable disease )

Sophie
- 2 days ago - themedguru.com
To add to the woes of a country grappling with a host of existing killer diseases, the Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a communicable disease, has claimed over 500 lives in the combined states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar this year.
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Nursing Assistants in a Recession
Health & Wellness  (tags: Nursing, Nurse, Medical, Recession, Jobs, Career )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - nursingassistantcentral.com
Nursing assistants have become the "eyes and ears" of nurses who are too busy to spend a lot of time with their patients.
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Should Diabetes Consume Alcohol?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, diabetes, diabetic, alcohol, diet, healthcare, illness, news )

FatJ
- 3 days ago - diabeticdietfordiabetes.com
Alcohol can make blood glucose too high or too low. Moderate amount of alcohol can cause blood sugar to rise but excess alcohol can actually decrease our blood sugar level even to an unsafe level.
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Cup of Mint Tea Is An Effective Painkiller
Health & Wellness  (tags: Mint tea, Painkiller, Health, Medicine )

Alisa
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A cup of Brazilian mint tea has pain relieving qualities to match those of commercially available analgesics, a study suggests.
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10 Surprising Foods That Lower Your Immune System
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, Immune System, Flue, Food )

Sophie
- 3 days ago - pharmacytechniciancertification.net
An easy way to do this is to avoid the surprising and not so surprising foods that lower your immune system. They are listed below, along with a few myths regarding it.
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