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Aspirin May Cut Cancer Deaths, but Caution Is Urged

9 hours 24 minutes ago |AP

LONDON (Dec. 7) -- A new report from British scientists suggests that long-term, low-dose aspirin use may modestly reduce the risk of dying of certain cancers, though experts warn the study isn't str ...

Facebook Is -- Literally -- a Lifesaver

1 day 10 hours ago |Special to AOL News

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(Dec. 6) -- Americans find long-lost friends on Facebook. They meet on Facebook. They post pictures of parties, vacations or even family photos on Facebook. But what Mark Zuckerberg probably never dr ...

Arizona Budget Cuts Boot Patients From Transplant List

4 days 3 hours ago |AOL News

(Dec. 3) -- Anger is growing in Arizona after the state cut critical funding to low-income transplant patients and left dozens of gravely ill people scrambling to raise the funds for the lifesaving p ...

Scientist Urges Army to Study 'Smart Drugs' for Soldiers

5 days 2 hours ago |AOL News

ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 2) -- A prominent neuroscientist is urging the Army to study the effects of cognitive-enhancing pharmaceuticals -- so-called "smart drugs" -- on soldiers in the battlefield. The r ...

Army Plans 'Virtual Afghanistan' to Help Treat PTSD

5 days 4 hours ago |AOL News

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ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 2) -- An Army-funded institute that has used virtual reality to help treat traumatized veterans of the war in Iraq is now moving to build an even more detailed virtual world of Af ...

Family Shares Birthday: What Are the Odds?

5 days 9 hours ago |AOL News

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(Dec. 2) -- Unless you're a twin, the odds that you'll share a birthday with a member of your family are pretty low. And the chances of falling in love with someone born on the same day as you and th ...

Short Index Fingers Mean Higher Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Finds

6 days 4 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 1) -- Fellas, quick, take a look. Which is longer: your ring finger or your index finger? A longer index finger gives men a lower risk of prostate cancer, Reuters reports. Men with an index fin ...

Food Safety Bill a Rare Moment of Bipartisanship

7 days 1 hour ago |AOL News

(Nov. 30) -- The Senate, expecting gridlock on key issues such as tax cuts and arms treaties, had an unusual moment of aisle-crossing today when it passed a hotly debated measure designed to beef up ...

Food Safety Bill Passed in Senate, With a Side of Pork

7 days 1 hour ago |AOL News Surge Desk

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(Nov. 30) -- What's cookin'? In a rare case of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a $1.4 billion food safety bill today designed to grant the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over recall ...

World AIDS Day Question: How Close Are We to a Cure?

7 days 5 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 30) -- Wednesday is World AIDS Day, where people around the world rally to raise funds and awareness to combat the still-potent global pandemic. But 30 years after the auto-immune disease surfa ...

Report: Skip the Megadose of Vitamin D

7 days 7 hours ago |AOL News

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(Nov. 30) -- Dietary guidelines being released today call for a slight increase in the amount of vitamin D people need every day for good health but warn against megadoses of the "sunshine vitamin," ...

Conjoined Twins See Through Each Other's Eyes

7 days 8 hours ago |AOL News

(Nov. 30) -- Twins share a unique bond, often claiming to know each other's thoughts and frequently finishing each other's sentences. But one set of sisters has taken twin powers to a whole new level ...