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Gonorrhea Superbug: Scientists Find Strain Resistant to All Antibiotics

The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea may be turning into a superbug. Researchers have discovered a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to all antibiotics currently available to treat ...
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Pelvic Disease Doubles Women’s Risk of Infertility

If pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) strikes a woman more than once, it can double her risk of infertility, and quadruple her risk of chronic pelvic pain, a new ...
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Artificial Testicle Could Treat Male Infertility

Researchers in California hope to become the first in the world to build an artificial testicle that produces human sperm. Such a device could allow infertile men to ...
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Kids with Autism Don’t Experience Contagious Yawning

Molly Helt discovered an interesting aspect of her son’s autism somewhat serendipitously, during a plane ride. When the plane descended, in an attempt to help relieve painful pressure ...
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1 in 88 Kids Has Autism

One in 88 children in the United States has autism, according to the most recent estimates released today in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Why Some Kids With Severe Autism ‘Bloom’

A small number of children with severe autism “bloom” over time and progress to a high-functioning state, and a new study may reveal part of the reason this ...
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How Much Vitamin D Do You Need?

Question: How much vitamin D do you need to be healthy? Answer: The U.S. Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has established Adequate Intake (AI) ...
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Weight-Loss Programs Work For Severely Obese

For people who are severely obese and struggling with their weight, new research shows weight-loss intervention programs that combine diet and exercise really can work. Though the benefits ...
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Obesity: A ‘Winnable’ Public Health Battle?

This is the fourth in a six-part MyHealthNewsDaily series examining the problems and solutions related to six “winnable battles” in public health, as recently announced by the U.S. ...
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How Overweight Pregnant Women Can Limit Weight Gain

Overweight pregnant women who weighed themselves weekly and received text-message reminders about weight early in their pregnancy gained less weight than women who didn’t, a new study shows. ...
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