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October 28, 2015

Know your numbers: Important tests to keep your heart healthy

Doctors and researchers have amazing knowledge about the human body in general. But all that knowledge doesn’t do me any good if the doctor can’t apply it to my personal situation

October 28, 2015

Study shows ICU patients often suffer long-term brain impairment similar to concussions, Alzheimer’s disease

Imagine entering the intensive care unit with one illness like pneumonia – and then leaving with an entirely different debilitating health condition affecting your memory, organizational skills and overall quality of life

October 28, 2015

Smoking tied to one type of skin cancer

Smoking may not only cause wrinkles and sagging skin, it might also increase your risk of one type of skin cancer, researchers suggest in a new report

October 28, 2015

Defending the Redhead Gene

I’m quite dismayed by the recent news story that the largest sperm bank in the world is turning away redheaded donors because folks don’t want children with red hair

October 28, 2015

Normal or not? When one's gender identity causes distress

Editor's Note: With the release of the latest edition of the mental health manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM), LiveScience takes a close look at some of the disorders it defines

October 28, 2015

Clenching your fist can help improve memory

To most, a clenched fist indicates anger. But a new study suggests that clenching your fist can help form memories and recall them later

October 28, 2015

Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks, study shows

Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking medicines to prevent them, a large study in Italy found.

October 28, 2015

Dying girl intubated as she awaits lung transplant

Sarah Murnaghan, the dying 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl awaiting a lung transplant, was intubated on Saturday after she experienced additional trouble breathing. 

October 28, 2015

Differences between the sexes stretches to fitness formulas

When it comes to fitness, experts say men generally want to be bulkier and women want to be trimmer and everyone wants to do what they are good at. That's why as more women tackle brawny boot camps and men seek flexible peace on the yoga mat, crossing traditional gender lines, intelligently, can be a good idea.

October 28, 2015

Meningitis outbreak: Should anti-fungal medications be given to those at risk?

An outbreak of deadly fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has raised the question of whether people who received the shots, but don't have meningitis symptoms, should take anti-fungal drugs to prevent disease