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Health NewsSilent Condition, Loud Consequences
New urine test could diagnose acute kidney injury (AKI)
Health NewsSleep Better, Learn More
Sleep apnea linked to cognitive difficulties, deficits in gray matter
Health NewsThe Flu: A 500-year-old Foe
Scientists explore 1510 influenza pandemic and lessons learned since
Health NewsMath That's Actually Useful
Mathematical model may predict risk of anemia
Health NewsAfrica and AIDS: 30 Years Later
Research looks at epidemic's impact on rural African economies
Mental HealthAnti-psychotic Drugs: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Study finds no difference in nonsuicide mortality rates comparing two drugs
Mental HealthGoing Under Get Even Scarier
Study links inhaled anesthetics and Alzheimer's disease
Health NewsBig Hearted
Rare condition myocarditis inflames the heart muscle
Health NewsA Genetic Typo
Cystic fibrosis gene flub packs a double whammy
Health NewsDialysis = Death Sentence?
Report uncovers deadly dialysis details – yet more people are being put on the treatment earlier
Health NewsWhat, Me Worry?
How has the “age of anxiety” shaped your life?
Health NewsLook Out for This Type 2 Trigger
Fat cells reach their limit, trigger changes associated with diabetes
Health NewsDiet May Prevent Process that Leads to Type I Diabetes
Study: intervention in infancy can prevent initiation of disease
Health NewsFrom the Freshmen 15 to the Senior 70?
Students more sedentary as they approach senior year
Health NewsEureka Moment in Leukemia Research
Key mutation in acute myeloid leukemia discovered
Mental HealthStress Takes Toll in Parkinson's Disease Patients
Exhausted neurons die prematurely, trigger disease symptoms
Mental HealthBoo! A Startling Look at Fear
Study looks at brain balance that controls fear
Health NewsWhere There's (No) Smoke...
...There are fewer pre-term births
Health NewsBummer About Bed Rest
Prescribed bed rest has down side for pregnant women
Mental HealthSaturday Night (or Any Night) is All Right for Fighting
Study reports 23 percent of young people engage in fights when they go out
Mental HealthBullying: It's Personal
Individual characteristics play more of a role than social environment
Health NewsSchool of Hard Knocks
Head injuries in high school sports dwarf professional ranks
Mental HealthBad News Beers
Alcohol damages more than the liver, turns out
Health NewsWomen, Watch Out For the Gout
Some sodas, juices linked to inflammatory arthritis