Health & Medicine

  1. Health & Medicine

    Vitamin D-licious Mushrooms

    Why some mushrooms are like the sun.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Salt secrets

    You probably eat a lot more salt than you realize, and that could be bad for your health.

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    The chemistry of sleeplessness

    A brain chemical may help people stay awake even when they are really, really tired.

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    Ear pain, weight gain

    Scientists have found a link between frequent childhood ear infections and obesity later in life.

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    Homework blues

    A good mood may not be so great for school work.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Yummy bugs

    Eating insects is a common practice in most places, at least outside of the United States and Europe.

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    Hey batter, wake up!

    Baseball teams that travel across the country may be at a disadvantage when they play.

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    Gut microbes and weight

    A new report links a baby's gut microbes with the chance that the baby will become an overweight child.

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    Foul play?

    Genetic differences may affect the results of tests given to athletes to see if they have been taking performance-enhancing drugs.

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    Recipe for health

    Obesity is on the rise, but there are plenty of things you can do to maintain a healthy weight.

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    Blood goes stale—and fairly quickly

    Doctors have long thought it safe to store donated blood for up to 42 days, but some patients do better when the blood they receive is fewer than 14 days old.

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    Mind-reading machine

    Researchers have used brain scans to measure how the brain "sees" pictures—and to try to predict what a person is looking at.

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