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Health NewsStop Smoking, Maintain Vision?
Recent study finds smoking, cholesterol levels may contribute to age-related macular degeneration
Mental HealthThe Way Your Brain 'Cleans House' Could Point to Alzheimer's Disease
Protein in Alzheimer's disease produced at a normal rate but is not cleared away the same as in healthy patients
Health NewsBeating Bacteria at Its Own Game
NIAID researchers identify protein that helps bacteria spread from medical devices into patients' bodies
Health NewsA New Spin on Safe Sex
Study looks at patients' sex lives following acute heart attack
Health NewsThe Pen Behind 'Potter' Establishes MS Research Institute
Author contributes $10M to establish the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic for MS research
Health NewsFrom Institutions to Independence
HUD and HHS partner to help non-elderly persons with disabilities make living transitions
Health NewsPeriod of Adjustment
Letter to Congress outlines progress on Affordable Care Act's implementation
Health NewsGastric Band Does Not Have Same Effect on Men, Women
Study finds gastric band surgery does not curb certain symptoms of obesity in men
Health NewsChildbirth Anesthesia Deaths on the Decline
Deaths under general anesthetics during childbirth decreasing
Health NewsBacteria Take Hold with a One-Two Punch
"Persister" cells are the key to bacteria's stronghold
Health NewsGive Your Lungs a Little Sunlight
Vitamin D helps clear up TB infections faster
Health NewsFind Out Before It Happens to You
Researchers find easy and effective blood test to identify pre-diabetes
Health NewsWhen it Comes to Tea, Go "Green"
Green tea may prevent Alzheimer's, inhibit tumor growth
Health NewsA New Era of Fungal Infections
ATS issues new official clinical practice guidelines for treating pulmonary fungal infections
Health NewsCalm Down Those Irritable Bowels
Antibiotic gives IBS sufferers long-term relief
Health NewsCan I Have Your Attention Please?
Children with ADHD cannot control mind-wandering, study finds
Health NewsQuestionnaire Reveals Brain Trauma
Web-based screening tool detects brain trauma
Health NewsNew Biomarker Found for Hepatitis C
Protein may be inhibiting treatments for Hepatitis C
Health NewsIDSA Targets Skin-Infecting Superbug
New guidelines for treating bacterial superbug MRSA
Health NewsYou've Seen Everything...Keep It That Way
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Health NewsMS Gene is More Common in Women
Study finds women with MS are more likely to have a certain gene variation
Health NewsBuckle Up!
Study examines rates of seat belt use and motor vehicle injury
Health NewsThat Ringing in Your Ears
Study examines hearling loss from headphone use in adolescents
Health NewsFocusing on Strabismus
Researchers determine technique is ineffective in surgery for strabismus, an eye-focus disorder