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Health Articles From 2011

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574,089 views
1)
What Is Heart Rate? What Is A Healthy Heart Rate?
538,841 views
2)
Why Is Smoking Bad For You?
531,741 views
3)
What Are Piles? What Causes Piles?
318,344 views
4)
What Is Serotonin? What Does Serotonin Do?
277,113 views
5)
Magic Mushrooms Can Bring About Lasting Personality Changes
256,627 views
6)
What Is An Orgasm?
220,087 views
7)
What Is Heartburn? What Causes Heartburn?
217,993 views
8)
What Is E. Coli? (Escherichia Coli)
151,899 views
9)
Regaining Weight Bad For The Health
147,592 views
10)
Dangers Of Staggered Overdose Of Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Paracetamol)
137,250 views
11)
Roche's Avastin Receives EU Approval For Ovarian Cancer
124,022 views
12)
What Is Vitamin E? What Does Vitamin E Do?
119,976 views
13)
Non-Disease Virus Kills Breast Cancer Cells In Lab
113,931 views
14)
What Is Alcohol Poisoning? How Dangerous Is Alcohol Poisoning?
111,870 views
15)
Tylenol Maximum Daily Dosage To Drop To 3,000mg Per Day From 4,000mg
105,990 views
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Parental Smoking Causes Vascular Damage In Young Children
103,766 views
17)
Twelve Swine Flu Cases Reported In Five States, Says CDC, USA
103,678 views
18)
Poor Diet Of Shift Workers An "Occupational Health Hazard"
96,606 views
19)
What is Penicillin? How Do Penicillins Work?
95,795 views
20)
Brain-Eating Ameba Kills Two People After Using Neti Pots
90,831 views
21)
Routine Breast Screening May Do More Harm Than Good
87,805 views
22)
Working Moms Are Happier And Healthier
87,029 views
23)
Female Orgasm - Brain Activity Captured In FMRI Imaging Device
86,948 views
24)
What is Claustrophobia? What Causes Claustrophobia?
86,233 views
25)
ADHD - Four Genes Linked To The Disorder
85,470 views
26)
What is the Dukan Diet?
82,753 views
27)
What Is Emphysema? What Causes Emphysema?
82,501 views
28)
Prostate Cancer - Cardiovascular Risks Linked To Androgen Suppression Therapy Ignored
77,770 views
29)
Wi-Fi Laptops Harm Sperm Motility And Increase Sperm DNA Fragmentation
77,542 views
30)
How Meditation Benefits The Brain
74,507 views
31)
Durezol And Durasal, Don't Get Them Mixed Up, FDA Warns
73,845 views
32)
What Is Vitamin A? What Does Vitamin A Do?
72,770 views
33)
What Is Vitamin K?
68,669 views
34)
Chicken Pox Parties Is "Middle Ages Vigilante Vaccination"
68,468 views
35)
Children With High IQ More Likely To Subsequently Use Illegal Drugs
68,051 views
36)
Kids' Sugary Drink Intake Drops When Calorie Data Is Displayed
67,767 views
37)
Patient Has Buttocks Injected With Flat-tire Sealant, Cement And Mineral Oil By Fake Doctor
67,679 views
38)
Hip Implants - Traditional Ones As Good As New Ones
67,136 views
39)
What Is Sjogren's Syndrome? What Causes Sjogren's Syndrome?
64,626 views
40)
Cookie Dough E. Coli Risk
64,531 views
41)
Norovirus Vaccine Provides Significant Protection
63,937 views
42)
Breast Cancer Prevention - Part Time Low Carb Diet Better Than Standard Full Time Diets
63,330 views
43)
Salmonella Tainted Cilantro - Over 6,000 Cartons Recalled, USA
61,962 views
44)
What Is Cocaine? How Addictive Is Cocaine?
61,230 views
45)
Flu Vaccines Will Be Enough For Half The Population - So Who Should Get Them?
60,793 views
46)
What Is The Difference Between Sex And Gender?
60,510 views
47)
Reversing Early Sign of Alzheimer's - Animal Experiment Successful, For A While
59,480 views
48)
FDA Committee Recommends Approval Of ADASUVE For Bipolar And Schizophrenia
59,006 views
49)
Artificial Pancreas - FDA Provides Options For Designs And Studies
58,567 views
50)
High Level Of Waste In Health Spending, Says Medicare And Medicaid Boss
57,882 views
51)
FDA Approves Philips Whole Body PET / MR Imaging System
57,514 views
52)
First Time Mothers' Home Births Have A Higher Risk Of Complications
56,237 views
53)
What Are Pheromones? Do Humans Have Pheromones?
55,697 views
54)
HIV Prevention Scientific Breakthrough Of 2011
55,536 views
55)
Addressing Drug Shortages In The USA - Statement By GPhA
55,289 views
56)
Nutrients May Stop Brain Shrinkage Linked To Alzheimer's
54,970 views
57)
Up To 4,000 Nurses To Strike, Says Nursing Union, California
53,813 views
58)
What Is Heart Disease?
53,709 views
59)
New Stent Type Has Rare But Potentially Serious Problem, FDA Investigates
53,677 views
60)
What Is Mumps? What Causes Mumps?
53,627 views
61)
Alzheimer's And Parkinson's - Elan-Cambridge New Research Center
53,355 views
62)
Ocean Spray Original Flavor Craisins Recalled, Hair-like Metal Fragments Found
52,551 views
63)
Most Parents Not Told By Doctors Their Child Is Overweight, USA
51,465 views
64)
Want To Lose Belly Fat? Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights
51,211 views
65)
What Is Folic Acid? What Is Vitamin B9?
50,796 views
66)
New Hair Loss Prevention Robot Approved By FDA
49,824 views
67)
Syphilis Rises 36% In USA In Four Years
48,871 views
68)
Unpleasant Smell Linked To Gonorrhea In Men
48,476 views
69)
Weight Loss Undermined By Mid-Morning Snacks
47,843 views
70)
Bullying Pushes 7-year Old To Opt For Plastic Surgery On Her Ears
47,772 views
71)
Wine Consumption May Protect Against Nasty Sunburn
47,304 views
72)
Do All Women "Experiment" With Lesbianism In College? Not Even Close
46,797 views
73)
Pink Bibles Recalled, Linked To Planned Parenthood Funding
46,705 views
74)
High Fruit And Veggie Diet In Females Reduces Stroke Risk
46,287 views
75)
What Is Melatonin?
45,641 views
76)
What Is Cradle Cap? What Causes Cradle Cap?
45,573 views
77)
Mixing Red Bull And Alcohol To Stay Awake At Parties Can Be A Dangerous Combination
45,400 views
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Check Children's Cholesterol Levels, New Guidelines, USA
44,691 views
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Salt Consumption - Policy Makers Consume Too Much Of It
44,116 views
80)
Just 51% Of US Adults Married Today, Compared To 72% Fifty Years Ago
43,463 views
81)
Coffee Emerges As Protective Against Cancer And Other Diseases
42,945 views
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Early Stage Diabetes Reversible With Two Month 600 Calorie Per Day Diet
42,543 views
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Many HIV Positive Americans Are Unaware
42,200 views
84)
What Is Angioedema?
42,005 views
85)
"Think Hard Before Using Antibiotics" Message To UK Hospitals
41,835 views
86)
Ready Packed Salad Product Recalled By Ready Pac Foods Due To E. Coli
41,816 views
87)
Younger Americans' Health Disparity Gets Worse
41,603 views
88)
What Is Erectile Dysfunction? What Is Impotence?
41,529 views
89)
Gene Associated with Herpes-Related Cold Sores Identified
41,464 views
90)
Knee Pain Common In Older Women
41,112 views
91)
Man Drops From 350 To 175 Lbs Because He Was Scared Of Diagnosis
41,105 views
92)
Breast Cancer Survival In Younger Breast Cancer Patients Improves With Bone Drug
40,973 views
93)
New Bed Bug Infestations Established Through Inbreeding, Scientists Say
40,838 views
94)
Teen Smoking And Drinking Drops, Marijuana Consumption Rises, USA
40,706 views
95)
Bowel Cancer Screening Working Up To A Point, Results Of First Million Tests In England
40,322 views
96)
How Not To Put On Weight During Thanksgiving - 15 Useful Suggestions
39,806 views
97)
Obesity And Diabetes Undermining America's Overall Health
39,732 views
98)
Cancer Vaccine Significantly Reduces Tumor Size
38,916 views
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Extremely Obese Man Stuck To Chair For Two Years Found Unconscious And Dies
38,756 views
100)
Malaria Vaccine A Game Changer
38,403 views
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Gene Mutation Is A Risk For Breast Cancer Survivors
38,294 views
102)
What Are The Effects Of Radiation On Humans? What Is Radiation Poisoning?
38,214 views
103)
Thousands Of Seniors Hospitalized Due To Diabetes Drugs And Blood Thinners Annually, USA
38,029 views
104)
Health Reform - Individual States Given More Flexibility And Freedom, USA
37,960 views
105)
Dream Sleep Eases Painful Memories
37,882 views
106)
What Are The Signs And Symptoms Of Neuropathy?
37,778 views
107)
What Is Artificial Insemination? Why Is Artificial Insemination Used?
37,615 views
108)
Silicon Breast Implants Must Be Removed?
37,546 views
109)
Magnetic Stimulation Of Brain For Stroke Recovery
37,296 views
110)
Baby Who Developed Outside The Womb Is Born
37,154 views
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Love Study: Brain Reacts To Heartbreak Same As Physical Pain
37,088 views
112)
Anemia In Dialysis Patients - Peginesatide Gets Green Light From FDA Advisory Panel
36,807 views
113)
Teen Births Hit Record Low, C-Sections Down, CDC Reports For 2010
36,407 views
114)
How To Lose Weight
35,821 views
115)
Water Walking Balls Have Risk Of Suffocation Drowning And Injury
35,599 views
116)
Woman Comes Out Of Dental Surgery With Foreign Accent
35,408 views
117)
Geron Abandons Stem Cell Programs
34,063 views
118)
Nucynta ER Approved For Moderate To Severe Chronic Pain Control
33,897 views
119)
Antibiotic Rifaximin Extremely Effective In Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment
33,364 views
120)
16-Pound Baby Born In Texas
33,219 views
121)
Neuron Transplants Can Repair Brain Circuits
32,924 views
122)
What Are Amphetamines? What Do Amphetamines Do?
32,876 views
123)
World AIDS Day, December 1, "The End Is In Sight"
32,391 views
124)
What Is Alcoholic Liver Disease?
32,114 views
125)
What Is A Parasite? What Do Parasites Do?
31,907 views
126)
GSK Lupus Treatment Benlysta Reaches Europe After US Approval
31,882 views
127)
Facebook Stunner: Child's Kawasaki Disease Mystery Solved By Users
31,810 views
128)
Crossing Arms Reduces Pain Intensity By Confusing The Brain
31,610 views
129)
New Study Says Men Are Not Sex Crazed After All
31,566 views
130)
What Is BPA (Bisphenol A)? Is BPA Harmful?
31,555 views
131)
Are Birth Control Pills Unsafe ?
31,511 views
132)
Woman Shows Her Transplanted Hand For The First Time
31,311 views
133)
What Is A Varicocele? What Causes Varicocele?
30,725 views
134)
Prostate Cancer - Androgen Deprivation Therapy Does Not Raise Cardiovascular Death Risk
30,533 views
135)
Protein JAK Makes Cancer Cells Contract, So They Can Squeeze Out Of A Tumor
30,476 views
136)
Man Holds Up Bank For $1 In Attempt To Get Medical Treatment In Prison
30,430 views
137)
Eggs May Increase Risk Of Lethal Prostate Cancer In Healthy Men
30,240 views
138)
Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Appearing In Various Parts Of The USA
30,101 views
139)
Creative Thinkers Can Be Less Honest, Study
30,043 views
140)
Undiagnosed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Responsible For Time Off School For 1% Of Children
29,629 views
141)
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men
29,524 views
142)
Hot-Dog Health Warning Outside NASCAR Event In Indianapolis
29,471 views
143)
Foster Kids Get More Psychiatric Drugs
29,312 views
144)
Measles In Europe - WHO Warns Of Serious Public Health And Economic Implications
29,249 views
145)
Male Health In Europe In Urgent Need Of Improvement
28,786 views
146)
Less Exercise, More TV Hours Linked To Higher Depression Risk In Women
28,581 views
147)
Baby Boomers' Aging Future Studies Reveal All; Optimism, Drugs
28,235 views
148)
Starch Consumption Raises Risk Of Breast Cancer Coming Back
28,118 views
149)
Salmonella Scare Hits Smucker Peanut Butter, USA
27,779 views
150)
Woman Shows Her New Face After Being Attacked By A Chimpanzee
27,697 views
151)
Children's Cardiac Assist Device Approved By FDA
27,668 views
152)
Women Need ADHD Meds As Well ...
27,012 views
153)
Carcinogens - Eight Substances Added To The List
26,782 views
154)
Chronic Pain Gene - HCN2 - Identified, Hopes For New Targeted Pain Drugs
26,728 views
155)
Why Did I Come In Here? How Walking Through Doorways Makes Us Forget
26,606 views
156)
Alcohol Fuels Unsafe Sex
26,483 views
157)
Attending Religious Services Lowers Depression Risk And Raises Optimism
26,259 views
158)
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism Or Type 1 Diabetes, Institute Of Medicine Report
26,136 views
159)
Soccer Headers Can Cause Brain Injury
25,863 views
160)
Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives
25,697 views
161)
Jakafi (ruxolitinib) Approved For Bone Marrow Disease Myelofibrosis, US FDA
25,679 views
162)
Columbus Brought Syphilis Back From The New World
25,602 views
163)
E. Coli Infection - Cook Cookie Dough Before Eating
25,584 views
164)
Cialis (Tadalafil) Approved For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treatment, USA
25,526 views
165)
Desk Toy Magnets Pose Deadly Hazard to Children Says US Regulator
25,261 views
166)
575-pound Spokesman For The Heart Attack Grill Dies Aged 29
25,138 views
167)
Potentially Salmonella Tainted Cucumbers Recalled In 9 US States
25,107 views
168)
What Are Adenoids? What Is Adenoidectomy?
24,880 views
169)
Promising Progress With Vaccine For Ebola
24,863 views
170)
Workload Recovery Influenced By Housework And Leisure Activity Balance
24,810 views
171)
Proton Pump Inhibitors Should Have Black-box Warnings, Group Tell FDA
24,698 views
172)
1 In 6 Cell Phones Carries Fecal Matter, UK Research
24,645 views
173)
Rinderpest Is Dead; Second Disease In History Declared Eradicated
24,344 views
174)
Working Mothers Multitask More Than Fathers, And Don't Like It
24,318 views
175)
What Is Vitamin B1? What Is Thiamine?
24,235 views
176)
BPA Levels Rise 1,221% After 5 Days Eating Canned Soup
24,221 views
177)
Hemacord - First Cord Blood Product Approved By FDA
24,217 views
178)
What Is Chickenpox (Varicella)? What Causes Chickenpox?
24,203 views
179)
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott Battles Graves' Disease, What Is It?
24,145 views
180)
Kidney Transplant Recipient Infected With HIV From Live Donor - Procedure Needs Reviewing
24,026 views
181)
Malaria Global Mortality Down 25% In Ten Years
24,014 views
182)
Binge Drinking Damages Teenage Girls' Brains More Than Boys'
23,874 views
183)
Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Ducklings Or Chicks, Ohio Investigates
23,579 views
184)
Paralyzed Patient Moves Prosthetic Arm With Thoughts Alone
23,540 views
185)
Colon Cleansing? Serious Side Effects Related To The Procedure
23,463 views
186)
Sicker US Adults Have More Financial Problems Than In Other Countries
23,445 views
187)
Medicare To Gain 7,000 New Baby Boomers Per Day In 2011
23,303 views
188)
Nutrient Balance As Sensed By The Brain
23,287 views
189)
Substantial Health Disparities Among Young US Adults
23,070 views
190)
Exercise May Encourage Healthy Eating Via Brain Changes
22,947 views
191)
Afinitor (Everolimus) For Rare Pancreatic Cancer Approved By FDA
22,911 views
192)
Want A Longer Penis? Traction Beats Surgery, Say Researchers
22,887 views
193)
What Is Spina Bifida? What Causes Spina Bifida?
22,860 views
194)
What Is Vitamin B7 Or Vitamin H? What Is Biotin?
22,858 views
195)
HPV DNA Testing Advised For Females Over 30
22,656 views
196)
HIV Vaginal Gel Dropped From Study - Not Effective, Trial Review Found
22,530 views
197)
CDC Swoops On Smallpox Scab In Historical Society Exhibition
22,507 views
198)
Sunscreens - FDA Moves To Help Consumers Be Better Informed
22,416 views
199)
Risperdal Recalled Due To Strange Smell
22,385 views
200)
Food Pyramid Gives Way To Food Plate, USA
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