Study: "Gaydar" might be real
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The research, published in the May 16 issue of PLoS One, showed that both men and women correctly judged a person's sexual orientation by simply looking at the person's picture more frequently than they would by chance. Participants were able to pick a woman's sexual orientation in over two-thirds of the cases, the study showed.
Continue »CDC wants all baby boomers tested for hepatitis C
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(CBS/AP) All adults born between 1945 and 1965 should get a blood test to see if they have hepatitis C, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in draft recommendations issued Friday.
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Baby boomers account for 2 million of the 3.2 million Americans infected with the blood-borne liver-destroying virus. CDC officials believe the new measure could lead 800,000 more boomers to get treatment and could save more than 120,000 lives.
Continue »FDA approves 7 companies to sell generic Plavix
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(CBS/AP) The popular blood thinner Plavix is going generic, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, giving lower cost options for the people who take the blood thinner to reduce their risk for stroke and heart attack.
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The patent for Plavix, the world's second-best-selling medicine just expired, and the FDA said it gave seven companies permission to sell generic Plavix or clopidogrel in the standard 75-milligram dose.
Continue »Flesh-eating victim on amputations: Let's do this
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(CBS News) Aimee Copeland was told that she will have her hands and remaining foot amputated, complications from blood vessels dying after a two-week battle with the flesh-eating infection necrotizing fasciitis, her father wrote on Facebook Friday.
Her response? "Let's do this."
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Her father Andy has been updating a blog on a University of Georgia psychology department's student website ever since Aimee was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis. She suffered a deep gash in her leg after falling May 1 from a homemade zip line over a Georgia river, and the flesh-eating bacteria, Aeromonas hydrophila, entered the wound.
Continue »Study: Diet during pregnancy safe and beneficial
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(CBS News) Is it safe for a pregnant woman to go on a diet? According to a new study, not only is it safe, but it can even be beneficial and reduce the risk of dangerous complications.
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Doctors already know that piling on excess pounds during pregnancy increases the risk for complications such as pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes, but many are cautious of giving weight loss advice out of concerns for adverse events that would harm a mom and baby's health.
Continue »Sugary diet might make you dumber, study finds
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(CBS News) A sugar-laden diet could make you dumber, according to the authors of a new study. But, don't fret: Omega-3 fatty acids may be able to mitigate the effects.
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
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A UCLA study showed that when a fructose solution was given to rats, they had a harder time figuring out a complicated maze. However, when rats were given both the sugary substance and a supplement high in omega-3 fatty acids, they were able to get through the maze much faster than rats that didn't receive omega-3's.
Report: Aimee Copeland asks family about hands
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(Credit: Personal photo)(CBS/AP) Aimee Copeland looked at her hands ravaged by a flesh-eating bacterial infection and asked her father about the damage without tears, Andy Copeland said Wednesday.
"Her fingers are basically mummified. The flesh is dead," Andy said in a phone interview from Doctors Hospital in Augusta more than two weeks after a zip-lining accident left a gash in his daughter's leg that developed into the infection, necrotizing fasciitis.
New case of flesh-eating bacteria reported in S.C. mom
Blood drive planned for Aimee Copeland, 24-year-old battling flesh-eating infection
PICTURES: Ga. student fights to survive flesh-eating bacterial infection
What Aimee Copeland still doesn't know is that doctors plan to amputate her all of her fingers, just as they had to remove most of her left leg in order to save her life.
Continue »Why FTC found fault with Skechers toning shoes
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(Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)You may have seen the advertisements in question for Skechers' "toning shoes," which include Shape-ups, Resistance Runner, Toners and Tone-ups, and claim added health benefits. The curved shape of the sole supposedly made the wearer exert extra physical effort, which in turn toned muscles, improved posture and led to weight loss.
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HDL cholesterol not so "good" for you after all?
(CBS News) We've heard it all before: There's "good" cholesterol, called high-density lipoprotein (HDL), that provides protective benefits against heart attacks and then there's "bad" LDL cholesterol, which raises risk for heart problems in high levels.
Dark chocolate outperforms white chocolate in heart benefits study
CDC: Only 13 percent of Americans have high cholesterol
Raising 'good' cholesterol may cut heart risk in diabetes patients
A new study finds that HDL cholesterol might not boost your heart health as doctors once thought.
Continue »Report: S.C. mom contracts flesh-eating illness
Lana Kuykendall discovered she had been infected with necrotizing fascitis soon after she gave birth to twins.
(Credit: WLTX)(CBS News) A separate case of the flesh-eating disease necrotizing fasciitis has been reported in a South Carolina woman, and she remains in critical condition. Lana Kuykendall, 36, is currently hospitalized at Greenville Memorial Hospital after she was infected with the bacterial infection, shortly after giving birth to twins.
Father: Ga. woman with flesh-eating bug wants book
Blood drive planned for Aimee Copeland, 24-year-old battling flesh-eating infection
PICTURES: Ga. student fights to survive flesh-eating bacterial infection
"Right now, (I'm) just very worried, very upset," the victim's friend Krissy Davison told CBS affiliate WLTX in Columbia, S.C. "(I'm) still in disbelief that here is my friend, who just had these two beautiful babies, and now she is incubated upstairs and not able to enjoy the bonding experience and enjoy the babies."
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