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Daily health headlines: Coffee may not be as dehydrating to your system as first thought, new test developed to detect high risk of having a heart attack, plus more top stories.
With more and more people being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, doctors say it’s critical to identify problems with memory and thinking as soon as possible. Now, a simple new test may help spot th more »
Daily health headlines: A new reason to enjoy your cup of coffee, brain training brings older adults benefits 10 years down the road, plus new HIV discoveries.
Daily health headlines: A new study confirms what many parents already think, reality television may have reduced teen pregnancy rates, plus more top stories.
For years, the scientific community has thought that only one side of the brain is used for speech. Now, new research out of NYU Langone Medical Center is challenging that belief. Vinita Nair reports.
Daily health headlines: Doctors link baby's breathing problems to mom's antidepressant use, new evidence working out can prevent diabetes, plus more top stories.
British researchers are testing a new form of gene therapy that has helped some blind people see. The operation replaces the defective gene inside of the eye which leads to an improvement in vision. R more »
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks with the chair of the urology department at NYC Langone Medical Center Dr. Herbert Leport about the ongoing controversy over the effectivenes more »
Daily health headlines: Serious head injury could have devastating effects later on, doctors warn two drinks a day could damage memory, plus a new hepatitis C treatment in the works and more top healt more »
Fifty years after the U.S. Surgeon General first linked smoking to lung cancer, a new report links smoking to new health risks. The new list of illnesses include diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and ere more »