Friday 17 June 2022

How We Treat Acute Pain Could Be Wrong

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McGill University researchers found that treating pain with anti-inflammatory drugs like steroids and NSAIDs may lead to chronic pain.



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Plant-Based Diet May Help Keep Breast Cancer Away

Researchers found women who ate a healthy, primarily plant-based diet after menopause saw their risk for developing any type of breast cancer drop by an average of 14%.



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Why did vaccines for the youngest children take so long? Maybe U.S. regulators were looking at the wrong metrics.


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Beer Might Do a Man's 'Microbiome' Good

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Researchers found that a daily bottle of beer changed the composition of men's gut bacteria over four weeks, boosting the diversity in their gut microbes.



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Thursday 16 June 2022

Food Allergy Test Breakthrough: Less Risk, More Useful Results

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What would you do if you believed you had a serious health issue, but the best way to find out for sure might kill you?



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