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Health news • May 15

Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

Researchers say daily exposure to cold activates brown fat and could help speed up body's burning of calories.

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Health news • May 15

PCOS Is Now PMOS—What The New Name Means For The Women It Affects

PCOS has been renamed PMOS. Here's what the change means for the millions of women living with this misunderstood, often misdiagnosed condition.

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Health news • May 15

Popular workout supplement may blunt heart benefits of exercise in women

A supplement widely promoted for athletic performance may interfere with some of the heart's beneficial adaptations to exercise, according to new Dalhousie...

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Health news • May 15

New Ebola outbreak hits Democratic Republic of Congo

Health officials in Africa are monitoring an Ebola outbreak in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Health news • May 15

Scientists Studied Half A Million People And Found A Sleep Sweet Spot For Healthy Aging

Too little sleep was linked to faster ageing. So was too much.

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Health news • May 15

CDC Shares Update on Hantavirus Outbreak in the U.S. After Latest Round of Testing. Here’s What to Know

The CDC is monitoring 41 people across 16 states for possible hantavirus exposure after a cruise ship outbreak resulted in three deaths.

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Health news • May 15

I Asked 2 Nutritionists If Sourdough Is Actually Healthier Than Other Bread, and They Both Had the Same Answer

In just a few short years, sourdough has gone from being a popular pastime to something with a ton of hype (and, sometimes, misinformation) around it.

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Health news • May 15

Review of 60+ Alcohol-Caused Diseases Details Reversibility

A new study outlines the 60+ diseases caused by alcohol and examines which health harms are reversible.

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Health news • May 15

Nevada health officials monitoring possible hantavirus cases

Health officials with the state of Nevada say they are monitoring possible Hantavirus cases linked to an outbreak aboard a cruise ship.

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Health news • May 15

World first DNA study: where you live may change how fast you age

University of Manchester scientists, part of a global team led by Stanford University, have uncovered a remarkable link between where you live and how...

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Health news • May 15

American doctor who initially tested positive says further testing shows 'no evidence that I've had hantavirus'

The American doctor who was on the MV Hondius cruise ship and initially tested positive for hantavirus has since tested negative and says "there's no...

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Health news • May 15

How Many Seconds Should the Abdominal Plank Last to Truly Strengthen Your Core, Glutes, and Shoulders?

Most people are holding the plank completely wrong. New research reveals the ideal duration is shockingly short, and pushing past it does more harm than...

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Health news • May 15

Scientists Solve a 60-Year-Old Fat Cell Mystery — and It Changes What We Know About Obesity

A decades-old assumption about how the body handles fat may have been incomplete.

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Health news • May 15

Top WHO official: I’m relieved it isn’t bird flu, but we’re in a ‘make or break’ phase for hantavirus

When Maria Van Kerkhove first heard about a lethal and unexplained outbreak on a polar cruise, her mind jumped to bird flu – and her heart sank.

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Health news • May 15

A 4-Week Diet Change May Turn Back The Clock on Aging, Study Suggests

We all get old eventually if we're lucky, but not always at the same rate.

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Health news • May 15

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how

More and more routine vaccines are being linked to lower risks of dementia. Shots against seasonal flu, RSV, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap),...

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Health news • May 15

The Impossible Strength of the Testosterone Myth

The Unbelievable Strength of the Testosterone Myth: Scientists keep knocking it down but it keeps roaring back.

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Health news • May 15

The promises and pitfalls of personalized health

While health tech companies are chasing personalized health, the reality is algorithms and features don't really take chronic conditions into account.

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Health news • May 15

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment

A COVID-19 outbreak in a residential building in Spain during the early months of the pandemic likely spread through shared bathroom ventilation ducts,...

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Health news • May 15

A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded

Africa's top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded...

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