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Dissolvable Tobacco Products Under FDA Scrutiny

The Food and Drug Administration will meet this week to discuss the public health impact of tobacco products known as dissolvable tobacco, which some say resemble candy, including ...
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Antibiotics Fail to Clear Up Sinus Infections

Antibiotics should not be taken to treat run-of-the mill sinus infections, according to a new study. After three days of treatment, people taking amoxicillin saw no better improvement ...
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Colds, Allergies or Sinusitis? Here’s How You Can Tell

The symptoms of a cold, allergies and sinusitis can be similar. Here are some ways to tell the difference between these conditions, according to the American Academy of ...
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Bacteria Surprisingly Crafty at Sharing Antibiotic Resistance

Bacteria have more strategies for combating man-made antibiotics than previously thought, a new study suggests. The results show that just a few antibiotic-resistant bacteria within a colony can ...
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Eau de DNA: Do Genes Determine Our Perfume Preference?

A perfume that one person loves may be repulsive to another. The difference is in our genes, a new study suggests. Scientists asked people to rate their preference ...
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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Raises Risk of Flu Death in Children

Healthy children infected with the H1N1 influenza virus during the 2009 pandemic were more likely to die if they were also infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a ...
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2 Babies in 9 Months? The Facts on Pregnancy Spacing

Two babies in Britain are definitely Irish twins — they were born to one mother just nine months apart, and will be in the same year at school, ...
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Extra Whooping Cough Booster Shot Might Protect More Kids

Doctors may need to reconsider the current schedule of whooping cough vaccinations in order to prevent outbreaks, researchers say. In a recent study of the 2010 whooping cough ...
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Whooping Cough Vaccine May Wane in Pre-Teens

Changes to the vaccination schedule for whooping cough may be needed to better protect pre-adolescents from the infection during outbreaks, researchers say. During the 2010 whooping cough outbreak ...
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7 Plastic Surgery Myths Revealed

Introduction People have many misconceptions and oversimplified ideas about plastic surgery. While many associate the field with the material plastic, the word actually comes from the Greek word ...
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