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FILE PHOTO: The Nutrition Facts label is seen on a box of Pop Tarts at a store in New York February 27, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid


Food Trends and Your Heart

Food Trends and Your Heart

Cambridge- The type and amount of fat, carbohydrate, sugar, and salt in our food supply has changed over the years — for better and for worse. Remember when packaged foods emblazoned with the words “fat free” seemed to be everywhere? Then came labels...
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A nurse vaccinates a patient as part of the start of the seasonal influenza vaccination campaign in Nice, southeastern France, October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard


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Scientists used the CRISPR-Cas9 system to ‘edit’ growing human embryos to see what would occur when a key gene was removed. Pictured is an edited embryo without OCT4 on the fifth day of development – it does not form a proper blastocyst


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Close-up of a model of the human heart


Should You Consider a Coronary Artery Calcium Scan?

Should You Consider a Coronary Artery Calcium Scan?

If you’re on the fence about whether to take a statin, this test might make sense. Cardiologists constantly seek better ways to predict who will have a heart attack. Among the many potentially helpful options is a coronary artery calcium scan. This test uses a special...
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Sleeping in Planes May Damage Hearing

Sleeping in Planes May Damage Hearing

London- A new research published by Harvard Medical School revealed that snoozing on planes really could mean losing hearing. If you are asleep on a plane during a sudden change in altitude, your ability to equalize the pressure in your eardrum might be compromised...