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Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory
(AP) — Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory that helps us see the […]

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Print Story: Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS - Yahoo! News
Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS
By PATRICK McGROARTY,
BERLIN – An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors […]

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BBC NEWS | Health | Lungs ‘boosted’ by breastfeeding
Lungs ‘boosted’ by breastfeeding
A woman breastfeeding a baby
Breastfeeding can be quite hard work for a baby
The sheer physical effort involved in breastfeeding may leave babies with stronger lungs well into childhood, researchers suggest.

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Cheers! Red Wine Keeps You From Aging
How Red Wine May Keep You Young
Property in Red Wines May Help Protect Body Tissues
By DAVID MUIR
A group of scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison says there is a new reason to toast to the benefits of red wine.

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French scientists say they have found a drug that tricks the body into burning off fat even when on a high-fat diet.

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