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There’s some good news in the ongoing fight against diabetes: adult diabetes rates appear to be leveling off. It’s a somewhat surprising change after twenty years where the rate steadily increased. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of people living with diabetes increased by […]

Is the United States prepared for the arrival of the Ebola virus? A new report suggests that American hospitals may have trouble handling and disposing of Ebola-related waste materials, potentially causing the virus to spread. To date the Ebola outbreak has been limited to West Africa, with only a few scares here in North America. […]

If you’re not feeling mentally well today you may want to consider getting more fruits and vegetables into your diet. A new study finds that there’s a direct link between mental well-being and the number of fruits and vegetables consumed each day. Researchers from the University of Warwick Medical School recently examined data collected through […]

How can we predict that a children will develop a learning disability? A new study suggests using brain scans to monitor the growth of white matter in the brain can help identify potential learning issues early on. Recently, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) examined 38 kindergarten students. As the children began […]

Health researchers believe they may have found an important cause of Alzheimer’s Disease. The hope is that such a discovery will help medical professionals develop new and more effective methods for treating the devastating illness. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, recently identified a defect in a brain signaling pathway that they believe […]