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Shining a Bright Light Into Ears Can Beat Winter Blues, Scientists Claim
The winter blues, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), can be beaten by shining a bright light into sufferers’…
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Meningitis outbreak: Should anti-fungal medications be given to those at risk?
An outbreak of deadly fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has raised the question of whether people who received the…
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Sunburn Offers Clues for Pain Drug Development
Scientists have found a molecule in the body which controls sensitivity to pain from UVB irradiation, or sunburn, and say…
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Study: Men underestimate their own weight, overestimate weight of women
A new study finds a disparity in the way men view their own weight, compared to how they view the…
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Metal Hip Lubricant Reduces Wear and Tear, Study Finds
A substance that forms in patients with all-metal artificial hips turns out to contain the common lubricant graphite, a discovery…
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Study finds pattern in brain injuries linked to contact sports
Years of hits to the head in football or other contact sports lead to a distinct pattern of brain damage…
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Heart Scans Tied to Overtreatment, Side Effects
When symptom-free people have heart scans to look for clogged arteries, they can end up with overtreatment and side effects,…
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Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic hasn’t earned his No. 1 ranking by taking the conventional road. There’s his odd ritual…
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