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Reading Harry Potter gives clues to brain activity

Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:15 Last update: about 13 years ago

Reading about Harry Potter's adventures learning to fly his broomstick activates some of the same regions in the brain we use to perceive real people's actions and intentions. In a novel study,...

Report: Ebola reports in US often false alarms

Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:14 Last update: about 13 years ago

A new government report counts hundreds of times U.S. doctors and hospitals raised false alarms about possible Ebola cases, finding that fewer than one in five warranted even additional...

Cleveland Clinic does its 2nd face transplant

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 15:13 Last update: about 13 years ago

Cleveland Clinic surgeons have replaced nearly the entire face of a middle-aged man severely disfigured in a car accident, the hospital announced Tuesday. The operation in late September was the...

A&H out next Sunday 14 December

Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 15:34 Last update: about 13 years ago

The December issue of A&H is packed with features, interviews and reports that'll inform, educate and entertain. Read how a bit of humour can go a long way, why going nuts is healthy, and...

Study will test survivors' blood to treat Ebola

Saturday, 29 November 2014, 14:56 Last update: about 13 years ago

A coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new victims of the disease in West Africa. Plasma...

Study ties dental drugs, heart infection risk

Friday, 28 November 2014, 14:54 Last update: about 13 years ago

A study suggests that curbing the routine use of preventive antibiotics before dental work may have contributed to a rise in heart valve infections in England. Some dental procedures can let...

Officials downplay debates over Ebola aid response

Thursday, 27 November 2014, 14:52 Last update: about 13 years ago

U.S. officials acknowledged disagreements over coordinating the international response to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, but they say most issues are being worked out and the overall fight against the...

US looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 15:01 Last update: about 13 years ago

The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, U.S. public health officials are girding for the next health...

Early statin use may give long-term heart benefits

Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 14:50 Last update: about 13 years ago

Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug for five years in middle age can lower heart and death risks for decades afterward, and the benefits seem to grow over time, a landmark study of men in Scotland...

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