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Unsafe Sex More Likely After Drinking, Study Confirms

How much alcohol a person drinks directly affects how likely they are to have unsafe sex, a new review shows. On average, every 0.1 milligram per milliliter increase ...
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Teen Highway Fatalities Drop with Limits on Licenses

Placing limitations on teens’ licenses to drive and gradually granting them privileges, such as driving at night or with friends, dramatically reduces the rate of fatal crashes among ...
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Shoppers Pay Less Attention to Nutrition Labels Than They Think

Even health-conscious shoppers who read nutrition labels pay much less attention to the information than they think they do, according to a new study. Researchers found that 33 ...
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Breast Milk Ice Cream: Bad For You or Just Bad Taste?

Local officials in London have confiscated ice cream made of human breast milk from an ice cream shop after they reportedly received complaints that the product could be ...
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Prenatal BPA Exposure Can Lead to Lower Birth Weights

Women exposed to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which is found in many plastic products, during pregnancy give birth to lower-weight babies than moms not exposed, according to ...
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Obesity Linked to Changes in How Cells Read Genes

Scientists say chemical changes to 13 human genes may be tied to obesity. Such chemical changes, known as epigenetic changes, don’t alter the genes’ DNA sequence, but alter ...
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How Do You Know Your Kids’ Immunizations Are Up to Date?

In the pile of paperwork parents tackle before kids start school is a complicated chart they cannot ignore: an immunization schedule. Each state requires children to receive certain ...
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Avoiding Alzheimer’s: Study Finds 7 Preventable Risk Factors

Up to half of Alzheimer’s disease cases worldwide are potentially attributable to seven preventable risk factors, a new study suggests. The findings show that Alzheimer’s cases could be ...
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Black Raspberries Help Prevent Colorectal Cancer in Mice

Compounds found in black raspberries are effective in preventing colorectal cancer tumors in mice, according to a new study. The fruits contain compounds called anthocyanins, which give them ...
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Space Medicines for Astronauts Don’t Have the Right Stuff

Medications used to treat astronauts in space may not work as well as they do on Earth because of the nature of human spaceflight, a new study finds. ...
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