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(HealthDay News) — With increasing evidence that sitting for long periods isn’t good for your waistline or your health in general, efforts have begun to ...
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The Secrets of Marijuana ‘Munchies’
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The marijuana “munchies” — those food cravings that follow pot use — appear to be driven ...
Read More »Sore Throat May Be Tied to Deadly Bacteria
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — A potentially deadly bacteria is responsible for one in five sore throats in young adults, a new study suggests. Patients ...
Read More »Antibiotics May Lead to Digestive Complication in Infants
By Tara Haelle, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Using certain antibiotics early in infancy may raise the risk of a serious gastrointestinal condition called pyloric stenosis, a new ...
Read More »Considerable Variation by Surgeons in Radical Prostatectomy
MONDAY, Feb. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Considerable practice variation exists among surgeons at a high-volume academic center when selecting patients with prostate cancer to ...
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