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A&H: Caffeine kick

Thursday, 6 November 2014, 11:25 Last update: about 10 years ago A&H Magazine

I have never been a coffee drinker. Even as a child I can remember shrinking away from the aroma of my mum's daily cappuccino, and that dislike has never gone disappeared. On the other hand, I...

Study: Young people more likely to survive Ebola

Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 16:13 Last update: about 11 years ago

Who survives Ebola and why? Health workers treating patients in Sierra Leone, including some who died doing that work, have published the most detailed report yet on medical aspects of the...

Scientists try to predict number of US Ebola cases

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 16:11 Last update: about 11 years ago

Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say Americans should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa,...

Questions about the care of Dallas Ebola patient

Friday, 31 October 2014, 16:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

When Thomas Eric Duncan became the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, his relatives with roots in virus-ravaged Liberia knew what questions to ask. Would his treatment include...

Officials give details on new Ebola response teams

Thursday, 30 October 2014, 16:19 Last update: about 11 years ago

New U.S. Ebola response squads are being readied to rush to any U.S. city where a new Ebola case might be identified, officials say. Meanwhile, the government has formed a second set of teams to...

New home test shakes up colon cancer screening

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 16:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screenings can get a new home test that's noninvasive and doesn't require the icky preparation most other methods do. The test is...

A&H: Take a lunch break

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 10:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

Children's school lunch is a tug-of-war between proper nutrition and peer pressure. Parents sometimes struggle to get their children's school lunch right. Fussy eaters may not be getting the nutrition...

A&H: Rise and shine

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 10:06 Last update: about 11 years ago

7am. The alarm goes off and I am absolutely furious about it. So I start my morning ritual: a detailed mental debate with myself about the many reasons why I should stay in bed. I make quick...

Ebola: A crash course in fear and how it hurts us

Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 16:12 Last update: about 11 years ago

Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear. Yet, they're incredibly less likely to get the disease than to get sick worrying about it. First, the reality check: More Americans have...

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