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Sleep-Deprived Surgeons Should Fess Up to Patients, Doctors Urge

If you knew your surgeon had only gotten five hours of sleep the night before performing your scheduled hip replacement, would you ask for another doctor or change ...
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Experts Question Safety of Dietary Supplements

Millions of Americans swear by the health benefits of plant-based dietary supplements and other remedies billed as natural and often purported to have amazing results. Some $34 billion ...
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Food Sequence Matters in Estimating Calories

By looking at a healthy salad before a greasy cheeseburger, you’re more likely to overestimate the number of calories in that burger, a new study suggests. That’s because ...
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Social Butterflies May Have Hidden Depression, Especially if Older

Friends and family members have a harder time detecting depression symptoms in happy, extroverted people than in introverted people, especially in older people, according to a new study. ...
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Not Just Skin Deep: Teens with Severe Acne More Likely to Have Suicidal Thoughts

Teens with severe acne are more likely than others to have mental health problems and thoughts of suicide, and it may not be due to the acne medications ...
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Cold Sore Virus Linked with Memory Problems

Certain infections, including the one that causes cold sores, may increase the risk of thinking and memory problems in older adults, a new study suggests. People in the ...
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Why Doctors Should Trust Their Gut in Diagnosing Kids

Doctors who treat children see scores of kids with minor illnesses every day, but serious infections are rare. When such illnesses strike, children greatly benefit from having their ...
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Kids With Asthma Often Prescribed Unnecessary Antibiotics

Antibiotics are not a proven treatment for asthma, yet the drugs are frequently prescribed to child asthma sufferers, according to a new study. The results show 1 in ...
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Stroke Risk: Why Health Habits Matter in Children, Teens

Health habits during childhood and adolescence may play a crucial role in people’s risk of stroke later in life, a new study finds. People who lived in the ...
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Happy Teens Earn More in Adulthood

Gloomy teens, take heed — your more happy-go-lucky classmates will likely earn more than you, according to new research. Researchers followed more than 10,000 U.S. adolescents over a ...
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