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Teenage obesity may raise pancreatic cancer risk years later

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Teenage obesity may raise pancreatic cancer risk years later

THURSDAY, Nov. 15, 2018 -- Obesity in the teen years may increase the risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer in adulthood, researchers report.

Study: Radiation causes cognition damage in brain cancer patients

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Study: Radiation causes cognition damage in brain cancer patients

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Radiation seems to specifically injure the brain region involved in learning and forming new memories.

Exercise may help beat drug addiction, study says

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Exercise may help beat drug addiction, study says

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Exercise makes drug addicts less susceptible to succumbing to the cues that trigger a relapse, a new study suggests.

Celiac disease vaccine shows promise in early trials

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Celiac disease vaccine shows promise in early trials

People with celiac disease must follow a very restrictive diet, but an experimental vaccine may offer many of them the freedom to eat more normally.

CDC doubles recommended weekly exercise time for Americans

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CDC doubles recommended weekly exercise time for Americans

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- About 80 percent of Americans don't get enough daily physical activity, causing them to ring up close to $117 billion dollars in annual healthcare costs.

Race-, gender-based bullying does more harm than normal bullying

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Race-, gender-based bullying does more harm than normal bullying

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- When children are bullied because of their race, gender, religion or disability, it is more harmful than other instances of bullying, a new study said.

Number of patients with paralyzing illness increasing, CDC reports

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Number of patients with paralyzing illness increasing, CDC reports

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The CDC said it has confirmed 90 cases of acute flaccid myelitis, and is investigating 252 suspected cases -- both numbers that have jumped since last week.

Heart failure patients must keep taking meds despite improvement, study says

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Heart failure patients must keep taking meds despite improvement, study says

Heart failure patients with dilated cardiomyopathy who stop taking their medications are likely to see progress fade, according to a new clinical trial results.

Many U.S. pharmacies don't offer opioid overdose antidote

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Many U.S. pharmacies don't offer opioid overdose antidote

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Many pharmacies don't offer the drug that can save the lives of people suffering from opioid overdoses, according to studies.

Juul to end social media campaigns, stop selling flavored pods in some stores

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Juul to end social media campaigns, stop selling flavored pods in some stores

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Juul, the company with 70 percent of the e-cigarette share in the United States, has agreed to stop selling its flavored pods in stores and to shut down its social media campaigns.

Study: Fathers favor sons, mothers favor daughters, across economic scales

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Study: Fathers favor sons, mothers favor daughters, across economic scales

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A recent study seems to confirm what many people already assumed: Mothers prefer their daughters, while men favor their sons.

New study links high body mass index to depression

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New study links high body mass index to depression

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A recent study presents strong evidence that higher body mass index can cause depression.

Bad sleep habits can cause obesity, poor diet in kids

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Bad sleep habits can cause obesity, poor diet in kids

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- When kids don't get enough sleep it could set them up to have unhealthy lifestyles as they get older.

Bypass more effective than stents for diabetics with heart trouble, study says

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Bypass more effective than stents for diabetics with heart trouble, study says

Diabetes patients who have coronary-artery bypass surgery survive three years longer than those who have blood vessels propped open with stents, researchers say.

3rd blood pressure drug recalled in recent weeks over impurity

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3rd blood pressure drug recalled in recent weeks over impurity

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- For the third time in recent weeks, a blood pressure medication has been recalled because it may have been contaminated with an agent linked to cancer.

Breast milk, formula affect baby's microbiome in different ways

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Breast milk, formula affect baby's microbiome in different ways

Breast milk and formula encourage the growth of similar types of bacteria in a baby's digestive system, but the bacteria work differently, researchers say.

Tough-to-treat UTIs more likely to recur

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Tough-to-treat UTIs more likely to recur

If your urinary tract infection isn't responding to antibiotics, you could be headed for a fast relapse, researchers say.

Cancer to overtake heart disease as leading killer of affluent Americans

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Cancer to overtake heart disease as leading killer of affluent Americans

Cancer is expected to overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death for well-off Americans by 2020.

Most COPD patients never go to rehab, despite health benefits

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Most COPD patients never go to rehab, despite health benefits

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The vast majority of patients hospitalized for COPD never get follow up rehabilitation, even as the chronic disease ranks fourth among causes of death in the U.S.

Most simple ovarian cysts require no treatment, surveillance

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Most simple ovarian cysts require no treatment, surveillance

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Simple ovarian cysts have almost zero percent chance of developing into cancer, according to a new study, and don't require surgery or monitoring.

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