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Surgeons Hope To Do The World's First Head Transplant - And A Head Has Been Offered
Valery Spiridonov, 31: Russian tech geek who runs an educational software company from his home east of Moscow. Because he has Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, a genetic disorder that wastes muscles and motor neurons, he is physically capable of little beyond feeding himself, steering his wheelchair with a joystick, and typing. The disease is usually fata...
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If You Weigh More Than 165 Pounds, Read This
Of all the things you thought were bad about weighing more than you'd like, you might not have thought of this: a possible unwanted pregnancy.
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If You Weigh More Than 165 Pounds, Read This
Of all the things you thought were bad about weighing more than you'd like, you might not have thought of this: a possible unwanted pregnancy.
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Get a Grip on High Blood Pressure: This Simple Hand Exercise Can Help
Hand-grip exercises - squeezing one of those V-shape devices with a resistance spring - can lower your blood pressure by about 10 percent.
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Forced to Abandon His Favorite Foods, Writer Discovers the Pleasures of Life After Gluten
The basic structure of Graham's new memoir, "In Memory of Bread" is the sometimes funny, sometimes poignant chronology of how he cured himself.
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Food And Drug Administration(FDA) Approves Device That Drains Food Out of Your Stomach
The most surprising thing about the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the obesity-control device called AspireAssist may be how little mainstream attention it attracted.
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Can Crowdsourcing Select Patients for Treatment?
In March 2014, a small Internet storm was created around #savejosh, a social media campaign.
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How Sunscreens Are Tested for SPF, Water Resistance aUVA Protection
You stand in the drugstore, scanning the product information on 20 or 30 brands of sunscreen. SPF, broad spectrum - it all sounds very official, but how do manufacturers prove their products work to the required standard?
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Can A Machine Write A Sonnet That Is As Good As A Human's? We're About To Find Out
Since it was devised in 1950, the Turing Test - named for Alan Turing, hero of "The Imitation Game" - has been the standard way of assessing artificial intelligence: Machines are judged on how well they exhibit intelligent behavior, usually in conversation or game-playing, that to a human listener or observer would be indistinguishable from that of...
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The Fidgety, Bored, Tired, Frustrated Person's Guide to Meditation
If you're not already into meditation, there's something slightly comical about trying to do it. You have to think about thinking. Or, stop thinking about thinking!
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Some Common Ailments That are Often Labeled Incorrectly
The flu virus causes fever, congestion and sore throat. The stomach issues are probably from gastroenteritis, which is a different virus.
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Some Common Ailments That Are Often Labeled Incorrectly
You might want to argue with Kate Ashford's article in Prevention magazine, but it's fun to read. Quoting three physicians, she points out "Five Health Conditions That Don't Really Exist":
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That Backache May Start Somewhere Else
About 85 percent of adults younger than 50 have experienced it at least once, and the onset of chronic back pain most frequently occurs between the ages of 30 and 50.
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This No-Meds Approach to Fighting Depression May Work
The small study, conducted at Rutgers University in New Jersey, was based on a set of assumptions.
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This No-Meds Approach To Fighting Depression May Work
It's well known that physical activity is a mood elevator. But writing in "The Athlete's Way" blog on Psychology Today's website, endurance athlete Christopher Bergland discusses a study indicating that combining movement with the attention-focusing benefits of meditation can be an extra-effective tool in fighting depression.
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Surgeons Hope To Do The World's First Head Transplant - And A Head Has Been Offered
Valery Spiridonov, 31: Russian tech geek who runs an educational software company from his home east of Moscow. Because he has Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, a genetic disorder that wastes muscles and motor neurons, he is physically capable of little beyond feeding himself, steering his wheelchair with a joystick, and typing. The disease is usually fata...
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If You Weigh More Than 165 Pounds, Read This
Of all the things you thought were bad about weighing more than you'd like, you might not have thought of this: a possible unwanted pregnancy.
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If You Weigh More Than 165 Pounds, Read This
Of all the things you thought were bad about weighing more than you'd like, you might not have thought of this: a possible unwanted pregnancy.
-
Get a Grip on High Blood Pressure: This Simple Hand Exercise Can Help
Hand-grip exercises - squeezing one of those V-shape devices with a resistance spring - can lower your blood pressure by about 10 percent.
-
Forced to Abandon His Favorite Foods, Writer Discovers the Pleasures of Life After Gluten
The basic structure of Graham's new memoir, "In Memory of Bread" is the sometimes funny, sometimes poignant chronology of how he cured himself.
-
Food And Drug Administration(FDA) Approves Device That Drains Food Out of Your Stomach
The most surprising thing about the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the obesity-control device called AspireAssist may be how little mainstream attention it attracted.
-
Can Crowdsourcing Select Patients for Treatment?
In March 2014, a small Internet storm was created around #savejosh, a social media campaign.
-
How Sunscreens Are Tested for SPF, Water Resistance aUVA Protection
You stand in the drugstore, scanning the product information on 20 or 30 brands of sunscreen. SPF, broad spectrum - it all sounds very official, but how do manufacturers prove their products work to the required standard?
-
Can A Machine Write A Sonnet That Is As Good As A Human's? We're About To Find Out
Since it was devised in 1950, the Turing Test - named for Alan Turing, hero of "The Imitation Game" - has been the standard way of assessing artificial intelligence: Machines are judged on how well they exhibit intelligent behavior, usually in conversation or game-playing, that to a human listener or observer would be indistinguishable from that of...
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The Fidgety, Bored, Tired, Frustrated Person's Guide to Meditation
If you're not already into meditation, there's something slightly comical about trying to do it. You have to think about thinking. Or, stop thinking about thinking!
-
Some Common Ailments That are Often Labeled Incorrectly
The flu virus causes fever, congestion and sore throat. The stomach issues are probably from gastroenteritis, which is a different virus.
-
Some Common Ailments That Are Often Labeled Incorrectly
You might want to argue with Kate Ashford's article in Prevention magazine, but it's fun to read. Quoting three physicians, she points out "Five Health Conditions That Don't Really Exist":
-
That Backache May Start Somewhere Else
About 85 percent of adults younger than 50 have experienced it at least once, and the onset of chronic back pain most frequently occurs between the ages of 30 and 50.
-
This No-Meds Approach to Fighting Depression May Work
The small study, conducted at Rutgers University in New Jersey, was based on a set of assumptions.
-
This No-Meds Approach To Fighting Depression May Work
It's well known that physical activity is a mood elevator. But writing in "The Athlete's Way" blog on Psychology Today's website, endurance athlete Christopher Bergland discusses a study indicating that combining movement with the attention-focusing benefits of meditation can be an extra-effective tool in fighting depression.
