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Improving preschoolers’ memory skills can help them succeed at school

Improving preschoolers’ memory skills can help them succeed at school

A recent Canadian study, published in the journal Intelligence, has found that improving preschoolers' memory skills may contribute to their…
Eating green leafy vegetables may lower glaucoma risk

Eating green leafy vegetables may lower glaucoma risk

People who eat more green leafy vegetables, a good source of nitrate, may significantly decrease their risk of developing glaucoma,…
Study quantifies faulty gene’s role in ovary cancer risk

Study quantifies faulty gene’s role in ovary cancer risk

Women who carry an inherited fault in the BRIP1 gene are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than…
Doctors get less aggressive care before death

Doctors get less aggressive care before death

Doctors tend to get less aggressive care before death than the average person, a new study finds. The question of what…
Sleeping in on weekends may help reduce diabetes risk

Sleeping in on weekends may help reduce diabetes risk

Getting too little sleep during the week can increase some risk factors for diabetes, but sleeping late on weekends might…
High fish consumption in pregnancy tied to brain benefits for kids

High fish consumption in pregnancy tied to brain benefits for kids

When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy it may benefit children’s brains for years to…
Pregnant women told to avoid countries with Zika outbreaks

Pregnant women told to avoid countries with Zika outbreaks

Pregnant women should avoid traveling to Latin America and Caribbean countries that have outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to…
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016

World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016

An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq…
Anti-hepatitis Harvoni to be released on market soon

Anti-hepatitis Harvoni to be released on market soon

The anti-hepatitis C Harvoni drug, made by US company Gilead, will be available on the Egyptian market within days, Mohie…
For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents

For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents

Drivers over age 80 or women over age 70 who take the prescription sleeping pill Ambien tend to have more…
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