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• U.S. Nursing Homes Get Lower Quality Scores

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• Feb 25, 2015 10:42 PM EST

• The new ratings for nursing homes have been released, and many of them scored lower than expected in terms of quality care.

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• Breastfeeding May Protect Babies From Arsenic Exposure

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• Feb 26, 2015 02:49 AM EST

• A new study suggests that breastfeeding may protect the baby from arsenic exposure.

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• From Interventionists to Dessert Taxes, America Is Bent in Fighting Obesity

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• Feb 25, 2015 10:00 PM EST

• America is getting fatter, and the federal government is hell-bent in fighting it with its latest recommendations.

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• Venom from gila monstersbeing investigated as drug sources

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• Feb 25, 2015 06:59 PM EST

• Swedish researchers have now made the first comprehensive description of all the proteins in the venom of gila monsters. Gila monster venom already has yielded a drug used to treat diabetes.

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• New guidance issued for weight gain in obese pregnant women.

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• Feb 25, 2015 06:52 PM EST

• A new study suggests that women who are obese should not gain any weight until mid-pregnancy or later.

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• Three men get new bionic hands after an injured hand is amputated

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• Feb 25, 2015 04:30 PM EST

• Three men have had a disabled hand replaced with a bionic prosthetic hand. The new hands can be controlled using nerves and muscles that were transplanted into their arms from their legs.

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• Pharmacology article says statin research uses statistics to make the drugs look better

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• Feb 25, 2015 04:23 PM EST

• An article in a pharmacology journal says that the benefits of statins have been overstated and their adverse effects have been minimized.

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• WHO Pushes Single-Use Smart Syringes By 2020

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• Feb 25, 2015 11:33 AM EST

• The World Health Organization is urging that single-use smart syringes to be used by 2020 which breaks after one use.

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• Pancreatic Cancer Linked To Genes?

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• Feb 25, 2015 11:28 AM EST

• A new study suggests that a certain gene has the ability to influence the shape of normal pancreatic cells and as a result, can be the culprit for the development of pancreatic cancer.

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• Did the Energy Drink Cause a Young Man’s Heart Attack?

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• Feb 24, 2015 10:47 PM EST

• A young man had to be admitted to a hospital after suffering from a heart attack possibly due to drinking energy drinks excessively.

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• Vitamin D May Play Role in Diabetes

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• Feb 24, 2015 07:16 PM EST

• People who have low levels of vitamin D appear to be more likely to have diabetes, no matter what their body weight is.

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• Mindfulness meditation appears to help older folks with sleep problems

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• Feb 24, 2015 07:12 PM EST

• A new study has found that a form of meditation may help people with moderate sleep problems.