Health & Fitness

Smokers who quit may have brains hard-wired for success

Smokers who quit may have brains hard-wired for success

Smokers who kick the habit could be hard-wired for success, thanks to greater communication between two regions of the brain…
Access to calorie-counting app doesn’t lead to weight loss

Access to calorie-counting app doesn’t lead to weight loss

Merely recommending a calorie-counting app to overweight people and giving them access to it on their phones does not lead…
Doctors may not fully explain risks of common heart procedure

Doctors may not fully explain risks of common heart procedure

Patients mulling whether to get a common procedure to unclog blocked arteries may not get enough information from their doctors…
Study: Fewer kids have severe mental problems; more get help

Study: Fewer kids have severe mental problems; more get help

Contrary to public perception and horrific cases that make headlines, serious mental problems are declining among the nation's youth, and…
Vienna’s Life Ball extravaganza draws stars in fight against AIDS

Vienna’s Life Ball extravaganza draws stars in fight against AIDS

From actress Charlize Theron to French fashion icon Jean-Paul Gaultier, the Life Ball, one of the world's biggest AIDS charity…
Sanderson sees no alternatives to antibiotic use in chicken production

Sanderson sees no alternatives to antibiotic use in chicken production

Sanderson Farms Inc, the third largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to continue using antibiotics on its birds partly because there…
Cholera kills 33 in Burundi refugee camp in Tanzania

Cholera kills 33 in Burundi refugee camp in Tanzania

A cholera outbreak at a refugee camp sheltering thousands of Burundian refugees in northwest Tanzania has killed at least 33…
South Korea reports first case of MERS virus; patient stable

South Korea reports first case of MERS virus; patient stable

South Korean health officials on Wednesday confirmed the country's first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient…
Is nicotine all bad?

Is nicotine all bad?

Since he ditched Marlboro Lights five years ago, Daniel's fix is fruit-flavored nicotine gum that comes in neat, pop-out strips.…
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