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Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Aug. 10 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not approving an application from Lykos Therapeutics for its use of MDMA, an ecstasy drug, to treat post-traumatic stress … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Aug. 9 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced the approval of the first nasal spray for treatment of anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. The epinephrine … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

There’s a good chance that if one child in a family has autism, another will also develop the disorder, a new study suggests. Children are seven times more likely to … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

In findings that offer compelling evidence of the power of childhood vaccines, a new government report shows the routine shots have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

While striving for excellence in sports may be an obvious goal of the Olympic Games, a less heralded one is promoting the health benefits of sport. This goal is as … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

I often counsel patients that it’s important to make the simple switch from refined grains to whole grains. That can be as easy as choosing brown rice over white, whole-wheat … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

People who use marijuana at high levels are putting themselves at more than three times the risk for head and neck cancers, new research warns. The study is perhaps the … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Newly developed battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly, a new study reports. In animal testing, wounds treated with electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

There’s more evidence to suggest that the common artificial sweetener erythritol might pose dangers to consumers’ hearts. The new study, involving 20 healthy adult volunteers, found that at doses commonly … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor: