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Health Articles From 2012

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1)
What Is Neuropathy? Neuropathy Causes And Treatments
664,730 views
2)
How Many Calories Should I Eat?
535,258 views
3)
What are Blackheads? How to Get Rid of Blackheads
455,704 views
4)
What Is Male Candidiasis (Male Thrush)? What Is Penile Yeast Infection?
367,697 views
5)
What Is Normal Blood Pressure?
366,412 views
6)
Frequent Urination - Causes And Treatments
313,776 views
7)
What Causes Leg Pain?
310,939 views
8)
Leg Pain Can Mean Heart Danger, Expert Says
275,408 views
9)
Lower Limb Amputation Rates Associated With Diabetes Drop, US
234,282 views
10)
Fake Antimalarial Medications Undermine Africa Malaria Drive
231,838 views
11)
Electronic Cigarettes Harm The Lungs
229,626 views
12)
10 Neglected Tropical Diseases - Target For End Of Decade
216,183 views
13)
What Is Inflammation? What Causes Inflammation?
206,571 views
14)
US Cancer Screening Below National Targets
186,998 views
15)
Oral HPV Rates Higher In Men Than Women
184,783 views
16)
New Drug For Advanced Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise In Trial
181,516 views
17)
Tumors Continue Growing Even When Cells Get Old
180,333 views
18)
Statins Work As Well On Females As Males
179,548 views
19)
What Are The Top 10 Healthy Foods?
166,890 views
20)
Internet Addiction Linked To White Matter Differences In Teen Brains
162,696 views
21)
What Is AIDS? What Is HIV?
162,311 views
22)
Top Tips To Minimize Morning Sickness
160,647 views
23)
Sleep Apnea Has Higher Risk Of Cancer Mortality
159,505 views
24)
Erivedge - Treatment For Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer
146,180 views
25)
HPV Vaccine Not Linked To Autoimmune Disorders, Study
146,081 views
26)
Large Drop In Leg And Foot Amputations Among Adult Diabetics, CDC
131,650 views
27)
How To Get Rid Of Hiccups
127,935 views
28)
Pomegranate Seed Oil For Menopause No Better Than Placebo
123,459 views
29)
Diabetic Teenagers More Likely To Drop Out Of High School And Face Worse Job Prospects
122,828 views
30)
No Whooping Cough Deaths In California In 2011
119,378 views
31)
Adderall Shortage Set To Continue
118,096 views
32)
Red Wine Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
116,543 views
33)
Parents Often Forego Booster Seats When Carpooling Kids
116,012 views
34)
Breast Cancer Survival - Why Avastin And Sutent Don't Help
114,503 views
35)
Cancer Deaths - Enormous Drop Over Last 20 Years, USA
113,596 views
36)
Older Women On Statins Have Higher Risk Of Diabetes
108,563 views
37)
What Is DHT (Dihydrotestosterone)? What Is DHT's Role In Baldness?
106,593 views
38)
Incredible 200lb Tumor Removed From Man's Leg
106,488 views
39)
What Are Shin Splints? What Causes Shin Splints?
104,172 views
40)
Monkeys Born From Stem Cells
102,181 views
41)
What Is Scabies? What Causes Scabies?
100,049 views
42)
Lung Cancer CT Screening Guidelines Revised
99,898 views
43)
What Is Asperger's Syndrome?
97,951 views
44)
Junk Food Linked To Weight Gain In Schools? Apparently Not
97,480 views
45)
Kids Need To Use More Sunscreen
97,235 views
46)
What Is Bipolar Disorder? What Causes Bipolar Disorder?
95,804 views
47)
Dutasteride Slows Down Early Stage Prostate Cancer Progression
94,563 views
48)
A Broken Heart Breaks Your Heart, Literally !
89,780 views
49)
What Is HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)?
87,365 views
50)
What Is Glaucoma? What Causes Glaucoma?
87,090 views
51)
What Is Fatigue? What Causes Fatigue?
86,333 views
52)
What Is Breast Cancer? What Causes Breast Cancer?
83,737 views
53)
National Alzheimer's Plan, USA - HHS Sets 2025 Deadline
81,747 views
54)
Chemotherapy During Pregnancy Does Not Risk The Child's General Health
81,538 views
55)
The Upside Of "Gossip": Maintaining Social Order
81,109 views
56)
Swimming Lowered Blood Pressure In Sedentary Over 50s
80,878 views
57)
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Better Than Gastric Banding For Rapid And Safe Weight Loss
79,019 views
58)
Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA
78,352 views
59)
India Polio-Free For One Year
78,339 views
60)
University Of California Announces Blanket Smoking Ban
76,711 views
61)
200 Million Illicit Drug Users Worldwide
75,720 views
62)
What Is The Difference Between Arthritis And Rheumatism?
75,401 views
63)
What To Eat During Pregnancy
75,155 views
64)
Global Action Must Be Taken To Stop Physical Inactivity
75,021 views
65)
Gargling Sugar Water Can Boost Your Self-Control
72,724 views
66)
Smuggled Bushmeat, Wildlife Products Bring Viruses Into The US
72,010 views
67)
Sports Medicine Implants Market Sprints Ahead As Injuries Become More Common
71,709 views
68)
What is Gluten Intolerance? What is Celiac Disease?
71,006 views
69)
Propecia (finasteride) Permanent Sexual Dysfunction Risk
69,882 views
70)
What Is Female Genital Mutilation?
69,863 views
71)
Gossip Is Good For You!
68,623 views
72)
Statins Raise Diabetes Risk In Post-Menopausal Females
67,843 views
73)
How To Get Fit With 3 Minutes Of Exercise A Week: BBC Doc Tries "HIT"
67,596 views
74)
What Is Pus?
67,428 views
75)
Hep C Vaccine Shows Promise In First Trial
67,018 views
76)
1 In 5 Americans With Mental Illness, National Survey
66,927 views
77)
Cognitive Function Can Start Failing At 45 Years Of Age
66,414 views
78)
Lung Tumor Gene Test Predicts Surgery Outcomes
66,223 views
79)
South Africa Recalls Millions Of Condoms
65,418 views
80)
Paper Clips For Root Canals Lands Dentist In Jail
65,342 views
81)
Narcissistic Men May Pay With Their Health
64,313 views
82)
Normal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues
63,579 views
83)
Rise In Body Fat Driven By Calories Consumed Rather Than Protein
63,227 views
84)
Keeping Fit May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
62,910 views
85)
Some Women Orgasm During Exercise
62,405 views
86)
Jet Device Injects Drugs Without Needles
60,019 views
87)
Daily Aspirin - More Benefit Than Risk?
59,006 views
88)
What Are The Symptoms Of Depression?
55,225 views
89)
Breast Cancer Surgery Often Repeated To Take Out More Tissue
55,077 views
90)
What Is MS? What Is Multiple Sclerosis?
54,455 views
91)
Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug
54,220 views
92)
EMA Investigating Deficiencies In Roche Safety Reporting
53,813 views
93)
Vitamin D Doesn't Help Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
53,228 views
94)
H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic Potential Revealed
53,149 views
95)
Why Do We Get Brain Freeze? Scientists Explain
53,059 views
96)
What Is Achilles Tendon Inflammation? What Is Achilles Tendinitis?
53,056 views
97)
Bariatric Surgery Results In Fewer Deaths And Cardiovascular Events
52,985 views
98)
Researcher Who Studied Benefits Of Red Wine Falsified Data Says University
52,915 views
99)
What Is Gingivitis? What Causes Gingivitis?
52,108 views
100)
What Is Atherosclerosis? What Causes Atherosclerosis?
51,861 views
101)
What Is Hyperthyroidism? What Causes Hyperthyroidism?
51,140 views
102)
Virus Kills Cancer By Hitching Ride On Blood Cells
51,103 views
103)
Tiny Proportion Of Americans Practice Seven Heart Healthy Habits
51,092 views
104)
What Is Vitiligo? What Causes Vitiligo?
50,301 views
105)
Frying Food in Olive or Sunflower Oil Better For Heart
50,198 views
106)
Antibody Shrinks Tumors Of Seven Cancers
49,991 views
107)
Fewer Children Admitted To Hospital For Drowning Incidents
49,278 views
108)
Abortion Rates Stop Falling Globally
49,137 views
109)
What Is A Tumor?
48,359 views
110)
Testosterone Does Not Necessarily Wane With Age
48,204 views
111)
Obesity In Children - Virtually Unchanged In U.S.
47,898 views
112)
Scientists Isolate Hormone That Triggers Health Benefits Of Exercise
47,778 views
113)
FDA Bans Certain Uses Of Antibiotics In Food-Producing Animals
46,964 views
114)
Fake, Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Threaten Progress
46,672 views
115)
What Is a Hangover? What Causes a Hangover?
46,381 views
116)
Scientists Discover A Stem Cell That Causes Heart Disease
44,405 views
117)
What Are Sexually Transmitted Infections? What Are Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
44,174 views
118)
Amantadine: Flu / Parkinson's Drug In Treatment For Traumatic Brain Injury
43,551 views
119)
Facebook Addiction - New Psychological Scale
43,139 views
120)
Memantine Is Ineffective At Treating Alzheimer's Disease In Patients With Down's Syndrome
42,986 views
121)
Genetic Clue Discovered For Why Women Outlive Men
42,978 views
122)
Autism Overdiagnosed? Possibly, Because Many Children Seem To "Outgrow" It
42,889 views
123)
Improper Rinsing Of Sinuses With Neti Pots Can Be Dangerous, FDA Says
41,949 views
124)
Smoking Marijuana Not Bad For The Lungs
41,803 views
125)
What Is Arsenic Poisoning? What Is Arsenicosis?
41,498 views
126)
Physically Active Kids Appear To Do Better In Class
40,984 views
127)
Guilt In Depression Has Different Brain Response, Suggesting Freud Was Right
40,734 views
128)
Malignant Melanoma Recurrence - How To Avoid It After Targeted Treatment
40,688 views
129)
How Cat Litter Parasite Toxoplasma Gondii Influences The Brain
40,664 views
130)
Deodorant Preservative Found In Breast Tissue From Cancer Patients
40,604 views
131)
A Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid
39,615 views
132)
Self-HPV Testing Could Be An Effective Cervical Cancer Screening Method
39,383 views
133)
What Is Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine)?
39,337 views
134)
Novartis Recalls OTC Products Excedrin And NoDoz
38,874 views
135)
Severe Sleep Loss Affects Immune System Like Physical Stress Does
38,699 views
136)
Two Thirds Of New Mothers Have Trouble Breast Feeding
38,698 views
137)
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
38,456 views
138)
Irritable Bowel Linked To Gut Bacteria, Definitively
38,430 views
139)
Exercise Increasingly Recommended By Doctors, CDC
38,235 views
140)
Weaning From Gluten May Be Pointless For Many
37,862 views
141)
What Is Abilify (Aripiprazole)
37,680 views
142)
Processed Meat Consumption Linked To Higher Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer
37,597 views
143)
What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
36,652 views
144)
What Is Psychosis? What Causes Psychosis?
36,416 views
145)
Genital Herpes Vaccine Partially Successful
36,320 views
146)
Our Brains Make Men And Women See Things Differently
36,180 views
147)
Waist To Height Ratio Better Than BMI
35,760 views
148)
He Thought He Was A Man, But He Was Also A Woman
35,556 views
149)
7% Of Americans Have Oral HPV
34,799 views
150)
Electronic Cigarettes - Can They Help People Quit Tobacco Cigarettes?
34,634 views
151)
Memory Can Be Boosted By Stimulating Brain
34,439 views
152)
Hospital Noise Spoiling Patients' Sleep
34,271 views
153)
US Cancer Deaths Continue To Fall, ACS Report
33,718 views
154)
G-Spot Scientifically Identified
33,435 views
155)
Physical Activity Levels May Increase Due To Mobile Phone Technology
33,427 views
156)
Type 1 Diabetes Stem Cell Breakthrough Moves Toward Cure
33,220 views
157)
What Is Liposuction? Liposuction Risks And Benefits
33,143 views
158)
Chemical Contaminants Linked To Low Immune Response To Vaccines
32,925 views
159)
Does Propranolol Reduce Racism? Probably Yes, Subconsciously
32,566 views
160)
What Is Neuroticism? What Causes Neurosis?
32,292 views
161)
Swine Flu Deaths In 2009 Topped Quarter Million, Study
32,120 views
162)
Levaquin Approved For Treating Plague, USA
32,068 views
163)
New Drug Target For Schizophrenia Identified
31,516 views
164)
How To Treat A Cold
31,355 views
165)
What Is Adrenal Fatigue? What Causes Adrenal Fatigue?
31,191 views
166)
Emotional Memories Can Be Erased From Our Brains
31,065 views
167)
Nanostars Deliver Cancer Drugs Direct To Nucleus
31,043 views
168)
Drinking Coffee: More Good Than Harm?
30,705 views
169)
What Is An Ultrasound?
30,659 views
170)
Electronic Cigarettes - Are They Harmful Or Not?
30,442 views
171)
What Is Albinism? What Causes Albinism
30,327 views
172)
Breast Cancer Screening Should Start At 40, Says American Medical Association
30,266 views
173)
Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements May Not Offer Heart Benefits After All
30,243 views
174)
What Are Varicose Veins? What Causes Varicose Veins?
29,486 views
175)
Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants - Few Reasons To Carry On Using Them, FDA Panel Says
29,426 views
176)
Test Shows Subconscious 'Stop Signs' Can Help Control Overeating
29,253 views
177)
Regular Chocolate Consumption Linked To Leaner Bodies
29,237 views
178)
Bird Flu Kills Duck Farmer In Vietnam And Toddler In Cambodia
29,059 views
179)
Arthritis - Anxiety Twice As Common As Depression
28,853 views
180)
CT Scans Raise Cancer Risk For Children
28,808 views
181)
Gerber Baby Foods Recalled Because Of Strange Smell
28,771 views
182)
Stroke Treatment Using Stem Cells Shows Early Promise In Controversial Trial
28,271 views
183)
Exercise Linked To Change In DNA
28,065 views
184)
Long Term Insulin Not Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Cancer
27,997 views
185)
Antibiotic Amoxicillin No Better than Placebo for Most Sinus Infections
27,851 views
186)
What Is Ankylosing Spondylitis?
27,600 views
187)
Intravenous Oxygen Injection For Patients Who Cannot Breathe
27,590 views
188)
The Danger Of Magnets In The Home
27,441 views
189)
Magic Mushrooms For Depression
27,389 views
190)
Using Music To Evoke Positive Emotions
27,372 views
191)
Pink Slime - Good Enough For School Meals, Not McDonald's
27,229 views
192)
Diesel Exhaust Fumes Cause Cancer, WHO
27,223 views
193)
Lifelong Active Brains Have Fewer Deposits Of Alzheimer's Protein
26,983 views
194)
Asthma Risk In Kids Lowered By Having Pets
26,974 views
195)
What Is Physiology?
26,930 views
196)
Ketamine Relieves Depression Symptoms Within Hours
26,713 views
197)
What Is A Phobia? What Causes Phobia?
26,328 views
198)
What Is Echinacea? What Are The Benefits Of Echinacea?
26,078 views
199)
What Is Nicotine?
26,066 views
200)
Generic Versions Of Blood Thinning Plavix Approved By FDA
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