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If you want to lower your blood pressure, then marriage seems to be the way according to a study by Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.
It could be possible, according to a study conducted recently by a team of researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia. The puzzling findings of this study can be found in …
Two incidents on two separate New York campuses point to bacterial meningitis, leading school and public health officials urging any students who might have come in contact with these students to seek immediate preventive antibiotic …
David Paterson is legally blind. He lost most of his eyesight when he was a baby and he contracted an infection which damaged his optic nerve. He doesn’t need a cane or a trained guide …
Implantable cardiac medical devices, such as defibrillators and pacemakers, often come equipped for quick and easy wireless transmission of a patient’s vital signs and they’re a very convenient way to check the device itself to …
A mother in England had to recount the moment when after nine hours of labor, her stillborn baby was laid upon her chest to hold without the midwife who delivered the baby even noticing. Elizabeth …
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, inattentive driving is responsible for at least a quarter of all crashes. The use of cell phones, including dialing, texting and talking, has been an ongoing safety …
Seattle volunteers will be paid an estimated $2,000 or more to hold a paper cup containing mosquitoes infected with malaria against their arm, waiting for the insects to bite to test the effectiveness of new …
After learning that his 25-year-old son had been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Dr. William Krissoff left his orthopedic practice in Nevada and signed up with the Navy Medical Corp Reserves. The 61 …
Transplanting the face of a deceased person onto that of a living person might seem like something out of a science-fiction movie, but it’s not. The procedure, which actually does not include the entire face …
