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Researchers Debunk 42-Year-Old Childhood Obesity Theory

A childhood health rule doctors have used for over 40 years may be built on a mistake, new research shows.Story SnapshotA new study says...

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New Tool Flags Diabetes Risk—From Your Legs

Doctors may soon send you home with a tape measure instead of a blood draw to check your diabetes risk.Story SnapshotDanish researchers built an at-home test called MEDWACS that uses thigh length to help...

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Why Do People Obsess Over Sports? There’s A Biological Reason Why

Your pulse spikes, your palms sweat, and you haven't left the couch — that's not fandom, that's your biology hijacking the remote control.Quick TakeWatching...
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Depression Hack: Best Workout Routine For Your Brain

Mixing up your workouts and pushing a little harder may do more for your mood than sticking to the same easy routine week after...
9 Popular Medications That Can Trigger Rapid Dementia

Pill Pileup Tied To Faster Brain Fade

Nine medications sitting in millions of home medicine cabinets share a common thread that researchers keep flagging: a measurable link to faster mental decline...
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DC’s Million-Mosquito Gambit

Washington, D.C. neighborhoods are paying a private company to dump 600,000 lab-raised male mosquitoes into the air on purpose, and the pitch is that...
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When “Just a Flu” Drowns Lungs and Turns Fatal

The scariest thing about Ebola and hantavirus is not just how deadly they are, but how their first whispers look almost exactly like an...