The Dark Side of the Love Hormone
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Researchers have analyzed oxytocin, nicknamed the 'love hormone' and how it reacts when mixed with alcohol, revealing a darker side to this happy chemical.
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New Report: Healthiest U.S. Cities
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The goal of this report from the American Fitness Index is to provide communities and residents with resources that help them assess, respond and achieve a better, healthier life. Wondering where the healthiest place to live is? We explore.
Read MoreModerately Cold Temperatures Responsible for More Premature Deaths
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New research has been released exploring the connection between cold temperatures and hot temperatures, taking a deeper look at which are responsible for more premature deaths. Their findings are quite interesting. We explore.
Read MoreFDA Schedules Meeting on Twice-Rejected Female Libido Drug
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The FDA will ask a group of outside medical experts next month to evaluate a much-debated experimental drug designed to boost sexual desire in women. The meeting comes after the ongoing debate over flibanserin, a proposed female libido pill which the FDA has already twice declined to approve.
Read MoreU.S. About to Get Cuba's Lung Cancer Vaccine
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The U.S. is on the verge of receiving an important vaccine for lung cancer from, of all places, Cuba. The close American ties with one of the world's major cigar exporters could actually be good news in the fight against lung cancer.
Read MoreImplantable Device Delivers Medicine One Molecule at a Time
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New implantable device, smaller than your index finger, may be able to deliver medicine one molecule at a time. It's a pinpoint-accurate implantable drug pump that could be used to treat fractured spine, pinched nerve, or neurological disorders like epilepsy.
Read MoreArtificial Muscles Made from Onion Skin and Gold
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Researchers in Taiwan have discovered a way to create artificial muscles from the skin of onions. Too crazy to be true? We explore.
Read MoreEbola Survivors Should Use Condoms Indefinitely
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Liberian officials have declared that with 42 days free of Ebola, that the country may be rid of this disease. However, scientists and health officials are monitoring any effect that may spark a relapse. New findings support that the ebola virus may be living in semen for many days after.
Read MoreRubella Officially Eradicated from Americas
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Rubella affected between 15,000 - 20,000 people in the Americas each year. Now, officials are saying this disease is completely wiped out from the Americas.
Read MoreWill you be able to change your blood type?
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Scientists have been trying to find a solution to blood transfusions and other health issues that require blood. But if hospitals and other healthcare providers don't have their particular blood type, what can they do? Well researchers think they're closer to being able to interchange blood types.
Read MoreChild, First Patient to be Cured of Illness Using 3D-Printed Biodegradable Implant
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3D Printing continues to show promise throughout healthcare. Read this amazing story that actually saved a life.
Read MoreWorld's First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Raises Ethical Concerns
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Scientists are highly concerned about the possibiltiy of genetically modified embryos. Here's why.
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