High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener used in many processed foods ranging from sodas to baked goods. While the ingredient is cheaper and sweeter than regular sugar, new research suggests that it can also make you fatter.

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Wine for the Doctor – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog

A drug once used to treat hayfever “significantly improves” symptoms in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests.

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Some cancer patients may find that putting their emotions down in writing helps improve their pain and general well-being, a study suggests.

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Researchers are using human remains from the ancient city of Jericho to study the evolution of tuberculosis.

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Scientists have for the first time shown how a “trust” hormone is released in the brains of breastfeeding mothers.

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By JANE E. BRODY

Thanks to advertisements for the once-popular tonic Geritol, most people of a certain age know about “tired blood,” a disorder more accurately called anemia, involving a shortage of healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to body tissues and cleanse them of carbon dioxide.

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A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may boost the chance of successful rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.

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Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child’s risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim Dutch researchers.

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By TARA PARKER-POPE

New questions have emerged about whether long-term use of bone-building drugs for osteoporosis may actually lead to weaker bones in a small number of people who use them.

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