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Best US City for Hospital Care Named

The city with the best hospitals in the nation is Baltimore, according to a new report. The report is based on rates of patient complications and deaths for 26 medical ...
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What it Causes, and How to Deal when Toddler Crying

Toddler crying can be a sign that they are afraid or uncomfortable. Toddlers are also often scared of the dark and having a flashlight around will help them ...
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Smartphone Apps for Skin Cancer: How Accurate Are They?

Smartphone applications that say they can help determine whether or not a skin lesion is cancerous by reviewing a picture are often inaccurate, a new study reports. Three ...
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Prescription Drug Bottles Lack Proper Safety Warnings

Drugstores are not providing adequate safety information to consumers when they pick up their prescription medications, according an investigation from Consumer Reports. The report reveals that drug labels ...
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Study: Statins May Be Over-Prescribed

A new study suggests that a recent, major trial being used by many physicians as a guideline for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to healthy adults may have missed ...
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US Kids Consuming Fewer Calories

Kids today are consuming fewer calories than they were a decade ago, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between 1999 ...
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Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Treatment

In 2009, there were nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease is most ...
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Vaccine Protects Against Flu … and Heart Attacks?

Getting a flu shot this season may not only greatly lower your risk of influenza this year, it may also lower your risk of heart disease, a new ...
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Low Melatonin May Boost Diabetes Risk

Low levels of melatonin, a hormone involved in the sleep-wake cycle, may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes in women, a new study suggests. In the study, ...
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Chubbiness May Shield Preteen Girls From Breast Cancer

For girls, chubbiness may protect against breast cancer later in life, a new French study suggests. Women in the study who had larger bodies at puberty were less ...
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