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‘I've fallen asleep
and can't get up!’
The Body Odd: Sleep paralysis can feel something like a cross between "Fear Factor" and "The Twilight Zone." What causes it?
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Love, loss
Love, loss
bind me and
my ‘other
mother’
An unusual deal struck four decades ago sealed a shared journey. Story |
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Diet pills may harm brain development
A drug from a new class of weight-loss treatments disrupted wiring needed for brain development in young mice, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, raising concerns about using such medications in children.
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Love and loss bind my ‘other mother’ and me
When I was a baby, my mother and her friend Isabel, who'd been told her own child would die, decided to share me. Years later, Isabel and I were bound by something else — we each learned what it means for a mother to lose a child.
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Study: Men should limit egg consumption
Middle-aged men who ate seven or more eggs a week had a higher risk of earlier death, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Very premature baby survival not improving
There has been no improvement in the survival rate of babies born before Britain's 24-week legal limit for abortion, doctors said on Friday, ahead of an expected attempt by pro-life legislators to reduce the cut-off period.
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Medical know-how raises doctors' suicide risk
There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own.
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Sex is just one more chore on her to-do list
What's a husband to do when his busy wife can't seem to find time for sex? Sexploration answers your most intimate queries.
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Get buff for the beach
Fit List personal trainer Gregory Joujon-Roche offers tips for shaping up for swimsuit season.
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114-year-old man takes longevity keys to grave
A man who lived to age 114 died recently
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Most Americans can’t spot stroke warning signs
Fewer than half of Americans can recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information that could help save thousands of people from death and disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Being breast-fed may lower breast cancer risk
Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, research shows.
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Dog survives 8 days trapped in rubble
A dog was found alive and in relatively good shape after spending eight days trapped in the rubble of a building that exploded, critically injuring the pup's owner.
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Not just lip service: Gloss can invite skin cancer
Some dermatologists say that slathering on shiny lip glosses can
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