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Too Much Fried Food May Shorten Your Life
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Fried chicken, french fries and chicken-fried steak might be delicious, but treating yourself to such fare regularly could be deadly, a new study warns.
Women who eat more than one serving a week of fried chicken or fried fish have an increased risk of heart disease and death, researchers re...
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Uterus 'Scratching' Technique Won't Boost Fertility Treatment Success
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- An add-on procedure sometimes used before in-vitro fertilization won't increase a couple's chances of having a baby, according to a new study.
The technique is called endometrial scratching. A thin plastic tube is inserted into the uterus through the cervix and a small sample of tissue is t...
- Serena Gordon
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'Exceeding Expectations': Conjoined Twins Happy, Healthy After Separation Surgery
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- A pair of twin toddlers who were once joined at the head are "thriving" more than a year after surgeons used new techniques to separate them.
"We are so grateful and feel so blessed that we get to be their parents and watch them grow and thrive," said the twins' father, Riley Delaney.
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Good News, Bad News on Levodopa for Parkinson's Disease
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The most potent drug available for Parkinson's disease, levodopa, treats symptoms of the disease but does nothing to either ease or increase its still-mysterious underlying causes, a new clinical trial has concluded.
Doctors often delay prescribing levodopa, or L-dopa, to Parkinson's patients ...
- Dennis Thompson
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As Air Pollution Increases, so Do ER Visits
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Rising ozone levels and air pollution may be sending more people to U.S. emergency rooms with breathing problems, a new study finds.
In fact, increased ozone levels, a main component of smog, sent people of all ages to emergency rooms, the researchers found.
For each increase in oz...
- Steven Reinberg
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Even Slight Rise in Blood Pressure Might Shrink Young Brains
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults with blood pressure that's higher than normal, but not yet high blood pressure, are still more likely to have brain shrinkage than those with normal blood pressure, a new German study finds.
It's long been thought that high blood pressure takes decades to affect the brain.
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