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Fighting Their Way to Brain Disease?

Study reveals how combat sports lead to memory loss, skill decline

New research links menthol cigarettes with a higher risk of stroke but does not explain the reason for it.

Study: Menthol Smokers Double Stroke Risk

No evidence they increase other health risks

A new study finds a clear relationship between dental x-rays and brain tumors.

Study Links Dental X-Rays to Brain Tumors

Risk doubles compared to common x-rays

This photo by Dave Bunnell of the Chandelier Ballroom in Lechuguilla Cave shows him standing by the largest known gypsum stalactites in the world.

Naturally Drug-Resistant Cave Bacteria Possible Key to New Antibiotics

Bacteria collected from Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico appear to possess innate resistance to antibiotics

When summer temperatures spike, older people who've been hospitalized for chronic medical conditions - such as with diabetes or heart failure or chronic lung disease - have a higher risk of death.

Heat Spikes Increase Elderly Death Risk

People with chronic medical conditions are most vulnerable

Malaria is transmitted among humans by female Anopheles mosquitoes like this one.

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

Malaria parasite in Thailand resisting treatment, so resistant strain could hit Africa

Cows

US Regulators Call for Limits on Antibiotic Use in Livestock

FDA is giving farmers three years to end their practice of using antibiotics solely to help animals grow

Sleep at a desk

Study Finds Sleep Disruption Increases Diabetes Risk

Those at particular risk include shift workers with overnight jobs and travelers who experience recurrent jet lag

An unidentified man suffering from Alzheimer's disease sleeps all day before passing away in a nursing home in the Netherlands, July 2008. (file photo)

Dementia Cases to Triple by 2050 as World Ages

New report says number of people living with dementia worldwide will surge from nearly 36 million to more than 115 million

An operating room

Health Care Expert Details Ways to Cut Costs

Former head of Medicare and Medicaid says reducing costs should be part of health care debate

Blood is tested at the AIDS Care Training and Support Initiative (ACTS) at White River Junction, South Africa. The center is partly funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), December 2008 photo

MSF Alarmed Over Plans to Cut US AIDS Program

Proposed budget cuts for US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, would slash more than half-billion dollars from program

People take part in a mass exercise session in the central square of Russia's southern city of Stavropol, April 6, 2012, to celebrate World Health Day.

World Health Day Focuses on Older People

World Health Organization calling for urgent action to make sure all people reach old age in best possible health

Christopher Astacio reads with his daughter Cristina, 2, who was recently diagnosed with a mild form of autism, New York, March 28, 2012.

Scientists Discover Genetic Mutations Linked to Autism

Autism is a brain disorder that causes social and developmental delays in children, beginning at a young age

AIDS/HIV drugs

Aging HIV/AIDS Survivors Create New Class of Patients

Researchers say trials needed to learn whether anti-retroviral treatments could interfere with drugs for other chronic conditions

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