At 6 years old, he walks with a broken leg without feeling the slightest pain!
A young boy living in the North of England has general insensitivity to pain, an extremely rare genetic condition. THE ...
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Austria: A man amputated from the wrong leg
An 82-year-old man had the wrong leg amputated. An error deemed “tragic” by the clinic, which points to a “series ...
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Giving Omega 3 to heart patients: a bad idea
Omega 3 would be of no use for heart patients. These essential fatty acids are found in particular in fish, ...
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Back pain: one in five teens suffers from it
Children from 7 years old experience back pain. They can have several origins, but psychosomatic causes are common.One in a ...
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Obese women give birth to overweight children more
According to a study of 30,000 women, overweight or obese mothers have a high risk of giving birth to children ...
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Television: abuse can damage the brains of young men
Young adults who watch too much television may experience cognitive problems in their lifetimes. This is what a study of ...
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Hospitalization: pneumonia increases the risk of heart attack
For the first time, Canadian researchers are linking a hospital stay to treat pneumonia and an increased risk of developing ...
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Whole grains have a protective effect on the heart
According to a Harvard University study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, whole grains reduce mortality, especially from cardiovascular disease.Maybe it's ...
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Autism: genetic factors only count for half
In autism, the genetic causes are not as important as previously thought. In fact, they only explain half the risk, ...
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Diabetes: American children increasingly affected
Bad news for the United States: the number of minors with type 1 or type 2 diabetes has been on ...
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Outpatient surgery does not cause more infections
The operations performed in outpatient surgery, when the patient leaves the hospital on the day of his operation, are very ...
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Breast cancer: excessive use of radiotherapy
Conventional radiotherapy to treat early-stage breast cancer is still over-prescribed before and after 70, show two American studies. Radiation therapy ...
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Live longer by being a vegetarian
Decrease in premature mortality and the number of heart diseases, vegetarians have a better life expectancy than carnivores. Refraining from ...
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3D mammography improves breast cancer screening
Performed in 3D, mammography can detect 29% more breast cancer, while reducing the number of false alarms.3D regularly enriches medical ...
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Too much calcium damages men’s hearts
Calcium supplementation of 1g per day is associated with a 20% increased risk of cardiovascular death in men.Men who use ...
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AIDS promotes heart attack
According to an American study of more than 82,000 people, being infected with HIV increases the risk of heart attack ...
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Childhood migraine: the placebo effect effective in 55% of cases
A meta-analysis published in Jama confirms the beneficial effect of placebo in more than half of cases. But, paradoxically, this ...
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American soldiers heal their arteries
Atherosclerosis prevalence rates measured among soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan compared to those in the Korean War in 1953 ...
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Heart attack: 1 in 5 women do not feel pain alert
Pain in the chest is the main sign of a heart attack, but 20% of women under 55 do not ...
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