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NIH human clinical trials look for causes and cures for disease
May 30, 2011 04:46 
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Scientists at the National Institutes of Health know Samantha Seinfeld’s body down to its cellular makeup. Every few months, she shows up at NIH’s leafy Bethesda campus to get a CT scan and be injected with an experimental vaccine. Made from a...
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Back pain relief linked to anatomical changes in brain
May 30, 2011 04:37
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When you’re in constant pain, it can be hard to think of anything else. The pain clouds your thoughts like a fog, wearing away at your patience and your attention. New research, however, suggests that when relief does finally come, your brain can...
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Bad behavior may be less likely with longer breast-feeding
May 30, 2011 04:35
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THE QUESTION Might breast-feeding affect children’s behavior as they grow up? THIS STUDY analyzed data on 10,037 children. About 95 percent of them had been carried full-term and 65 percent had been breast-fed. By the time they were 5 years...
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Is that right? Arby’s Grilled Chicken & Pecan Salad sandwich is ‘good mood food’?
May 27, 2011 06:00
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If consuming 840 calories, 6 grams of saturated fat, 1,220 milligrams of sodium and 20 grams of sugar at lunchtime puts you in a good mood, then by all means, try Arby’s Grilled Chicken & Pecan Salad Sandwich. Otherwise, you might want to...
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Survey: 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure
May 26, 2011 10:52
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Research published Monday online in the journal Epidemiology found that nearly 20 percent of U.S. young adults have high blood pressure. That’s far higher than the last national estimate, which had put the number at 4 percent. High blood...
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Boosting ‘good’ cholesterol fails to prevent heart attacks in study
May 26, 2011 10:02
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Boosting “good” HDL cholesterol did not protect against heart attacks and strokes in an eagerly awaited study that was abruptly stopped when the surprising outcome became clear, officials said Thursday. The federally funded study of more than...
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USDA revises guidelines on cooking pork
May 25, 2011 11:04
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The USDA on Tuesday issued a modification of its guidelines for cooking meat to a safe temperature. As luck would have it, that's the same day my colleague Carolyn Butler, who writes the AnyBody column for The Washington Post's Health &...
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Genetic testing company promises to prove sports testing accuracy
May 25, 2011 09:35
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A Richmond company marketing a genetic test it claims can help match children and adults with sports they are most likely to play well and play safely announced Wednesday it would conduct studies to verify the test’s accuracy. American...
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NASA mission will ‘kiss’ an asteroid to get vital information on life’s origins
May 25, 2011 06:53
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An audacious new NASA probe will “kiss” an asteroid, collect dust from its surface and deliver this precious cargo to Earth, the agency announced Wednesday. Scientists will then sift the material for clues to how life began here. The...
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Groups sue FDA to stop addition of antibiotics in livestock feed
May 25, 2011 06:14
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Several environmental and public health groups filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to try to force the government to stop farmers from routinely adding antibiotics to livestock feed to help animals grow faster. The...
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