Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question:…
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New health worry in red meat
Doctors have long assumed that saturated fat and cholesterol in red meat are what raise the risk of heart disease.…
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Boiled Greek coffee may be the secret to a longer life
Many studies have advocated drinking coffee to receive numerous health benefits – and now a new study suggests that Greek…
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Sharp drop in drink deaths follows alcohol price rise
Increasing the minimum price of alcohol by 10 percent can lead to immediate and significant drops in drink-related deaths and…
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It was her last summer before college, and 18-year-old Merritt Levitan was set to embark on a big cross-country bike…
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Blood test may predict if you will die in the next 5 years
Would you take a test that predicted how many years you had left? According to a report in the Los…
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Plaques detected by brain scan may predict Alzheimer’s development
For decades, conducting an autopsy was the only way for doctors to determine if an Alzheimer’s patient had an accumulation…
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3 cancer patients first to receive proton therapy in Tennessee
Three prostate cancer patients are among the first to receive proton therapy in Tennessee. Knoxville-based Provision Center for Proton Therapy…
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