The vegetarian diet was found to be almost twice as effective in reducing body weight than the conventional diet.
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Dieters who go vegetarian not only lose weight more effectively than those on conventional low-calorie diets...
Drivers who used alcohol, marijuana, or both were significantly more likely to be responsible for causing fatal two-vehicle crashes compared to drivers who were involved in the same crashes but used neither of the substances.
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This is a computed tomography (CT scan) of right humerus. Left image shows a horizontal slice through the cancerous lesion.
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A new report by Smithsonian archaeologists and colleagues in the International Journal of Paleopathology identifies a bone tumor...
The prevalence of prescription opioids increased from 0.9 percent during 1995-1999 to 5.2 percent during 2010-2015 in male drivers, and from 1.4 percent to 7.3 percent in female drivers. (Stock image)
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The percentage of fatally injured...
Marijuana plant (stock image).
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Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organizations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable cannabis users to reduce their health risks. The guidelines, based...
Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -- Reykjavík study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
"Heart failure is a common condition worldwide and increases with...
Most obese people develop insulin resistance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases. However, Horowitz and his team found that about one-third of the 30 obese adults in their study did not develop insulin resistance.
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In a new study of childhood mortality rates between 1961 and 2010 in the United States and 19 economically similar countries, researchers report that while there's been overall improvement among all the countries, the U.S. has been slowest to...
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified antibodies capable of protecting against Zika virus infection, and located the precise spot on the Zika virus that the antibodies recognize. The work is a significant step...
Eating nuts may reduce the risk of heart disease.
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People who regularly eat nuts, including peanuts, walnuts and tree nuts, have a lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease or coronary heart disease compared to people who...
A new study shows that large structural variants in human glycophorin genes, which are unusually common in Africa, are protective against malarial disease.
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Researchers have discovered that protection from the most severe form of malaria is...
