When young Indian adults, who have been vaccinated at birth, are once again given the BCG vaccine, their immune response against tuberculosis (TB) improves and they may be less likely […]
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At 82, Arlene has just started learning parkour
Arlene Advocat used to watch in awe videos of people doing parkour, a sport known for its gravity-defying jumps from city buildings. But never at the time did she consider […]
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Why Bob Harper Came Back to 'The Biggest Loser'
When The Biggest Loser comes back to TV in January 2020 on the USA Network, Bob Harper will be its host, as he was for the last season of the […]
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College students use more marijuana in states where it’s legal, but they binge drink less
Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped even higher. An Oregon State University study published […]
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Body ideal determines men and women’s use of doping agents
Fitness doping is still common despite well-known risks. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Linnaeus University have made an ethnographic study to understand the processes by which a person […]
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New drug limits cancer spreading
A research team that recently invented a drug to stop blood vessels from forming a treatment resistant barrier around some cancers has now discovered the drug can be used to […]
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More than 40 percent of status epilepticus patients suffer adverse outcomes
A new study published in Seizure gives insight into the short-term outcome of patients treated for status epilepticus in Kuopio University Hospital in Finland. The researchers found a 9 percent […]
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Older men are main victims of new epidemic say Chinese health chiefs
It came as more cities were locked down and Lunar New Year celebrations cancelled. The first 17 killed were 13 men and four women, all from central China’s Hubei province. […]
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Naturally-occurring protein could boost fitness without ANY exercise
Could a supplement one day REPLACE exercise? Boosting levels of a protein released during a workout ‘can boost muscle gain, fat burning and lung capacity’ Flies forced to produce an […]
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Could an answer to severe allergies be at hand?
Is this a cure for the killer food allergies terrifying so many families? After a huge spike in severe reactions linked to our modern mania for cleanliness, an answer to […]
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