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A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London analyzed years of data on wildlife populations across the world and found a downward trend in the Earth's biodiversity.
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University have discovered a way to more effectively treat cervical cancer with lower chemotherapy doses and fewer side effects. The key is a protein called TIGAR.
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Updated Jan. 18. While public health experts are working furiously to quell the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers in San...
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Women are graduating from medical school in greater numbers than ever before. In 1970, women made up under 10 percent of graduates. Today, it’s nearly 50…
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For months now, there’s been debate in the medical community about mammograms. When to start getting them? How often? How effective are they even? The…
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About 120 over 80 is considered normal blood pressure. But blood pressure can run higher as you get older – around 140. Doctors wanting to lower that…
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Texas now explicitly allows the placenta to be taken home after giving birth in a hospital. It came about at the urging of people who feel consuming dried and encapsulated placenta helps new mothers.
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Immigrants from Mexico tend to be healthier than their American-born counterparts. However, a new study shows Mexican immigrants who come to the U.S.…
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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Methane is on the rise, and you can partly blame Texas, several North Texans are accused of burning down an…
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Phony falls in basketball just got serious. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has teamed up with biomechanics experts at Southern Methodist University to…
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Disruptions of sleep are well known as migraine triggers, but now researchers have found a genetic link between the two. In studying families with lots of migraines, they also found a mutation on a gene that helps control circadian rhythms.
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Kids usually can’t wait for the school year to end. But education research shows some children pay a price over the summer break. They forget so much that…