Alcohol may protect brain in accident

Alcohol, a drug that is a major cause of accidents, may actually protect the brain from a life-threatening injury when an accident does occur, according to a study published this week in Archives of Surgery.
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Personality Traits Influencing Weight Loss, Study Finds

Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss.
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Justice Ginsburg hospitalized

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after falling ill in her chambers, the court confirmed.
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Marine breast cancer patients blame base water

The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps’ training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s.
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Sebelius: More than enough H1N1 vaccine

There will be more than enough doses of the H1N1 vaccine to go around in the United States, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.
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Greenhouse Rock: Stone-Cold Data from Ancient Glacial Deposits May Help Reveal Future Climate Change

Aptly named for its location behind a ball field in New York City’s Central Park, Umpire Rock may offer a useful vantage point for calling balls and strikes. For scientists, however, it has served as a speed gun for calculating the trajectory and timing of an ancient glacier that once played an active role in [...]

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Southern deluge may help fall allergy sufferers

It’s definitely fall: Kids are back in school, football season has kicked off, and ragweed is blooming. While autumn means cooler temperatures and colorful leaves, it also means runny noses and red eyes for millions of Americans.
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Some doubt hand washing stops H1N1

According to some experts, you can wash your hands all you want, and it won’t do much to stop the spread of influenza, including the H1N1 variety.
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Combo vaccine reduces risk of HIV infection

A vaccine to prevent HIV infection has shown modest results for the first time, researchers have found.
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New skin cancer therapy shrinks tumors

A new drug for melanoma has been shown to rapidly shrink malignant tumors in an early trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York.
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