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Fad Facts: The Truth About the Dukan Diet

Weight-loss enthusiasts banking on “The Dukan Diet” book (Hodder & Stoughton, 2010) — already a hit in France and set to be released here in the United States ...
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Breastfeeding Baby Is Also Good for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Women who survived cancer as children can reap the same health benefits by breastfeeding their babies that other women do, according to a new review. The review of ...
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Hot Flashes Eased by Antidepressant

Women who suffer from hot flashes may get some relief from their symptoms by taking a particular antidepressant, according to a new study. The antidepressant escitalopram reduced the ...
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Stress During Pregnancy Could Boost Child’s Risk of Obesity

A mother’s stress during pregnancy and breast-feeding may prompt changes in her infant’s genes that increase the child’s risk of obesity later in life, according to a new ...
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For Successful In Vitro Fertilization, Women Should Harvest 15 Eggs

A dozen eggs might be just the right amount to buy at the grocery store, but when harvesting human eggs for in vitro fertilization (IVF), 15 is the ...
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Superbugs in Meat: Should You Be Worried?

Several recent studies have identified methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a potentially deadly bacteria, in the U.S. meat supply. One study, to be published in the journal Emerging ...
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3 Lifestyle Changes May Turn Bad Fat to Good Fat

Researchers may have found a new way to put ordinary fat cells to work, changing them from lazy blobs that store our extra calories into energy-burners. The method ...
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Top Athletes Face Higher Risk of Heart Problems

Elite athletes who participate in endurance sports have a higher risk of heart rhythm problems than recreational athletes, a new Swedish study finds. And those who train for ...
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Pacemakers’ Effect on Heart May Be Mimicked by Drug

Researchers have discovered how pacemakers, when used to treat heart failure, work to make the heart stronger, a new animal study finds. Heart failure occurs when the heart ...
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Guidelines for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICD) Not Followed, Study Shows

About 20 percent of people who received implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) did not meet the guidelines for receiving the heart-jolting device, according to a new study. The study was ...
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