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How Can I Tell If I Have an Aneurysm? Aneurysms are dangerous artery bulges that can be lethal if they burst.
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Food Allergy, or Food Intolerance? People who can't digest fruit juices easily could have a fructose intolerance
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Some Lipsticks Contain Toxic Metals Lead, cadmium, chromium and titanium are found in lipstick.
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Smartphone Apps for Skin Cancer: How Accurate Are They? Smartphone applications that look for signs of melanoma are often inaccurate.
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Grocery Shopping While Hungry Not Good Idea, Science Confirms Grocery shopping while hungry may lead to unhealthy food choices.
Five types of fungus, shown above growing in lab dishes, were found in Capri Sun drinks.
5 Types of Fungus in Capri Sun — But Are They Harmful? Five types of fungus have been identified in the popular kids' juice drink Capri Sun, researchers say.
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Angelina Jolie's Op-Ed: Some Women Are Thankful, Others Lament Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which she revealed her double mastectomy, prompted a range of reactions, from gratitude, to feeling “safer,” to cynical. Experts explain these reactions.
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Brain Area for Ticklish Laughter Found Participants were tickled in the name of science inside a brain-scanning machine.
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Vaccine for the H7N9 Bird Flu: How Will We Know It Works? The NIH plans to carry out trials to test a H7N9 vaccine. How will we know if the vaccine works?
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Sex Supplements May Contain Hidden, Harmful Drugs Sex supplements may contain undisclosed drugs that pose serious risks to consumers, doctors warn.
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Which US States Meet Exercise Guidelines? The U.S. state with the highest percentage of people meeting exercise guidelines is Colorado, according to a new report.
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Which State Has the Biggest Percentage of People Exercising? How many people in your state say they are meeting recommendations about exercising?
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Spontaneous Gene Mutations Linked to Kids' Heart Defects Mutations after conception may bring about 10 percent of congenital heart disease cases.
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US Ranks No. 69 in Lowest 'First Day' Newborn Deaths In the United States, more babies die on the first day of life than in any other industrialized country, according to a new report.
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Negative Thoughts Can Be Contagious Negative thinking can be contagious, especially when we’re going through a big life change, a new study says.
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3 Tips for Avoiding Stress When you care about things, you're going to worry about things, but there are ways to lower your stress level.
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