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What Causes Parkinson's Disease? Parkinson's disease is a nervous system disorder, and can cause tremors and coordination problems.
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Computer Use and Exercise May Fight Memory Loss Using a computer may protect against memory loss late in life, as long as you make sure to exercise as well, a new study suggests.
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What's the Best Way to Treat Warts? Here's a look at the ways to remove warts.
Young Adults Raise Skin Cancer Risk with Sunburns, Indoor Tanning Young adults commonly engage in behaviors that increase their risk of skin cancer.
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The Whole Truth About Whole Grains Advice about eating carbohydrates can be confusing. Here's what you need to know.
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Junk Food, TV-Watching Linked Among Teens Kids who watch a lot of TV tend to have worse eating habits, says the largest national study to look at the issue.
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Birth Control Patch and Ring May Raise Blood Clot Risk Birth control in the form of a vaginal ring or skin patch may come with a higher risk of blood clots than birth control pills.
Why Women Are More Likely to Have Alzheimer's Disease Changes in the brain that occur after menopause may make women vulnerable to Alzheimer's, recent research suggests.
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Should Mucus be Added to Baby Formula? One day, components of mucus might be added to baby formula to help protect the baby against infection from viruses.
Doctors Urged to Tell Young Patients About Skin Cancer Danger Children, teens and young adults should be counseled on ways to reduce their risk of skin cancer.
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Why Mariano Rivera's Torn ACL Is a Devastating Injury The ACL is unlike other ligaments in the knee, and needs surgical reconstruction if it's torn.
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Jogging Regularly Can Add Years to Your Life People who jogged regularly lived 5 or 6 years longer than those who didn't, a new study says.
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Embarrassing Punishments Hurt Kids, Experts Say Punishments that shame or embarrass children are not effective ways to discipline youngsters.
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Being Born in Winter Can Mess With Your Head More and more evidence links season of birth to behavior and mental health later in life.
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Trampolines Recalled by Sportspower Limited The netting surrounding these trampolines can break, allowing children to fall through the netting and be injured.
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Kennedy International Recalls Folding Step Stools The folding step stools can break or collapse unexpectedly when in use, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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Contraceptive Use by Young Adults May Increase with Knowledge Young adults are more likely to have unprotected sex if they have a low understanding of contraception, a new study says.
Sex Before Age 19 Declines in Teen Girls The percentage of girls having sex before the age of 19 has declined in recent years.
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