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• Vitamin C Works Like Exercise In Promoting Heart Health

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• Sep 08, 2015 05:04 AM EDT

• Vitamin C has many health benefits. According to a new study, researchers have found that taking a daily dose of this nutrient can help ward off vascular diseases in those who are overweight. Thus, they concluded that it can have a similar cardiovascular benef…

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• Little is known on which (or whether) programs that educate athletes about concussion work

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• Sep 08, 2015 12:57 AM EDT

• Teaching athletes about their risks of concussion may do little to change their long-term behavior, according to a review article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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• Rate of double mastectomy in men with breast cancer doubles in four-year period

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• Sep 08, 2015 12:49 AM EDT

• Men who have breast cancer are increasingly choosing to have a double mastectomy rather than just remove the affected breast, according to a study.

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• Anti-venom Crisis Looms as One Major Company Stops Production

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• Sep 07, 2015 11:00 PM EDT

• Charity group Doctors without Borders (French: Médecins Sans Frontières) has expressed serious concern over the possible critical shortage of anti-venom serums by June next year as Sanofi has already stopped production of its product about 5 years ago.

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• Parents Doing Better in Preventing Unsupervised Medicine Intake among Children

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• Sep 07, 2015 10:38 PM EDT

• Parents, here’s some good news. Based on a new report, the number of emergency visits due to unsupervised medication intake of children has declined substantially over the last 3 years since 2010.

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• Minnesota Woman Takes Cucumber Company to Court over Salmonella

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• Sep 07, 2015 10:18 PM EDT

• A Minnesota woman has filed a lawsuit against Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce, distributor of garden cucumbers believed to have caused the salmonella outbreak that has already killed one and affected at least 300 people in more than 25 states.

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• Too Much Stress At Work? It Could Be As Bad As Inhaling Second-hand Smoke

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• Sep 07, 2015 07:49 AM EDT

• Workplace stress can be as bad as inhaling second-hand smoke.

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• This September, Spread Suicide Awareness

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• Sep 07, 2015 07:23 AM EDT

• September is Suicide Awareness Month and it marks the start of a movement to halt the increasing number of suicides each year.

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• Behavior differences between boys and girls with autism may be due to gender-related brain differenc

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• Sep 06, 2015 07:53 PM EDT

• Girls with autism display less repetitive and restricted behavior than boys with autism do, according to a study. Differences in the brain between boys and girls with autism may help explain these differences.

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• Study found that certain gun control laws have a lowering effect on suicide rates

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• Sep 06, 2015 07:45 PM EDT

• Gun laws that call for waiting periods, background checks, gun locks, and restrictions on open carrying are associated with lower rates of suicide.

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• Norovirus Outbreak Tied to SoCal Chipotle

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• Sep 05, 2015 03:38 PM EDT

• A virus is suspected to have caused the illness of scores of customers and some employees in a Chipotle restaurant in Southern California.

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• Studies in mice show that aspirin may help immunotherapy drugs fight cancer

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• Sep 05, 2015 12:55 AM EDT

• A study in mice indicates that giving aspirin to cancer patients may strongly boost the effectiveness of the new anticancer drugs that help the immune system fight tumors.