Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will delay the vote on the Republican leadership's health care bill until after the July 4 recess.

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Submitted on June 27th 2017 by ckshenn with 6 comments and with 3 Related Links:

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A new study examines how expertise changes the brain.

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Submitted on July 2nd 2017 by gladsdotter

Modern humans have designed the perfect environment for drug and food addiction.

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In-depth analysis has revealed how running sends shocks through the body in greater detail than ever before, and hints at new ways to prevent common injuries

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by kxh with 1 comments and with 3 Related Links:

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Here's what happened to a professor of genetic epidemiology's 'microbiome' when he lived with the Hadza.

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Submitted on July 3rd 2017 by paddystacks with 1 comments

The AHA receives very substantial donations from various pharmaceutical companies who also, conveniently, produce cholesterol lowering medications. Conagra, Quaker Oats, Monsanto and Campbell Soups are all listed among the AHA’s lifetime donors of $1,000,000.00 or more in the AHA’s 2012-2013 annual report.

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Submitted on July 2nd 2017 by tranxene

Take that, tuberculosis!

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Submitted on June 30th 2017 by Nelson with 1 comments

People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found. The growing importance of what is being described as ‘purposeful leadership’ for the modern workplace is outlined today in a new report for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development.

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Submitted on July 3rd 2017 by TNY

A decade or two ago, the notion that 13 men would be plotting the fate of American women’s healthcare behind closed doors, that they would delight in defunding the women’s health organization Planned Parenthood and impeding healthcare access for millions of American women, would have felt like the politics of a bygone era.

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Submitted on June 28th 2017 by kxh with 3 comments

Most people will take a pill, receive an injection, or otherwise take some kind of medicine during their lives. But most of us don’t know anything about how these substances actually work. How can various compounds impact the way we physically feel, think, and even behave? Sara Garofalo explains how different drugs alter the communication between cells in the brain.

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Jury selection for the infamous Martin Shkreli's court case is running into some problems because no potential jurors can stand his, well, face.

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by spacepopper

The ways some “healthy voice hearers” cope might be able to help people with psychotic disorders.

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Submitted on June 28th 2017 by Apolatia

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a confirmed case of measles in Franklin County that it says is related to travel. The state says the Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory confirmed the case. The last reported case of measles in the state was in 1997.

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Submitted on June 28th 2017 by dianep with 1 comments

From teen-targeting vampires to Lady Báthory’s bloodbaths, we love stories of stolen youth. What if it were possible?

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by canuck

One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder

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Submitted on June 27th 2017 by LisMan with 1 comments

Researchers have examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different cognitive domains. It turns out that cognitive performance was improved by a daily intake of cocoa flavanols.

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by Gozzin

Brain-eating amoebas have been detected in two water systems in Louisiana, the state's health department said Thursday. Health officials reassured residents that drinking tap water is still safe and taking precautions in pools and showers can reduce their risk of infection.

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by wetwilly87

Single payer in California faces a political obstacle, not an economic one. By Jason Rhode.

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Submitted on June 29th 2017 by AdelleChattre

Let’s hope we all remember the moral arguments about health care once the Trump administration ends. By Matt Taibbi.

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by AdelleChattre

Technology that compares your brain’s electrical activity to everyone else’s could revolutionize mental-health treatments—or worsen people’s obsessions with perfection.

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Submitted on July 1st 2017 by gladsdotter