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1/2/2009Scientists at two British Universities found that rats fed blueberries showed considerable improvement in performing tasks involving spatial memory by 83 percent.
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12/29/2008A new study finds that subjects who consumed two tablespoons of mixed nuts daily in combination with a Mediterranean diet were 70 percent more likely to reduce cardiovascular risk than subjects who just ate a low-fat diet.
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12/26/2008The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has predicted that worldwide, cancer rates will likely more than double by 2030.
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12/23/2008While pharmacies must, by law, provide accurate labels that describe how to take a given medication, they are not required to provide additional safety information.
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12/19/2008About seventy-five percent of the time, there's a complete lack of clinical evidence supporting the efficacy or safety of the off-label application.
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12/16/2008Multiple studies now show that baby fat in kids presages obesity in adulthood, plus it brings with it a slew of health issues including clogged arteries and reduced life expectancy.
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12/13/2008The latest research reveals that after studying a musical instrument for at least three years, elementary school kids not only trounced their peers in tests of auditory discrimination and finger dexterity, but they also outperformed them in both verbal ability and non-verbal reasoning, as measured by IQ tests.
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12/10/2008According to a new study, frozen embryos have a better chance of yielding healthy babies than do fresh fertilized eggs.
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12/6/2008In the last year, about 750,000 patients sought cheaper, friendlier, safer medical treatment via 'medical tourism', outside the borders of the US, mostly in Asia and Latin America - and in Europe too, for that matter.
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12/4/2008A new study just published in The Journal of Endodontics has found that root canals require less follow-up care than tooth implants, although the success rate for the two procedures is about equal.