How to lose visceral fat: Best oil to cook with if you want to reduce harmful belly fat

Carrying excess visceral fat – that sticks around important organs, such as the liver, pancreas and intestines – increases the risk of long-term, life-threatening medical conditions. These include: Heart attacks and heart disease Type 2 diabetes Stroke Breast cancer Colorectal cancer Alzheimer’s disease READ MORE How to lose visceral fat: Eat more of these foods to reduce belly fat This […]

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Girl, five, with 'childhood dementia' has forgotten how to say 'mummy'

The little girl who has forgotten how to say ‘mummy’: Heartbroken parents of five-year-old girl with ‘childhood dementia’ who won’t live past her teens say their daughter has lost her ability to talk Penny Mills was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome aged four Her rare genetic disease causes dementia-like symptoms and early death Parents Kelly, 40, and Andrew 44, hope to […]

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Judges deny abortion care to teens

Minors seeking abortions without notifying their parents in states that require it are denied by judges as much as 13% of the time, suggests a new CU Boulder-led study published Jan. 16 in the American Journal of Public Health. “We found that judges are denying girls abortion care with impunity, potentially based on their own personal political opinions,” said lead […]

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A first-of-its-kind heart transplant in New England

A team of surgeons and specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is announcing an achievement in transplant surgery today, having recently performed the largest number of adult heart transplants in the country using what are known as Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donor hearts. The five transplants also include the first surgery of this kind for the New England region. […]

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Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus

As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party’s central political and legal affairs commission issued a stern warning: “Whoever deliberately delays and conceals reports will forever be nailed to history’s pillar of shame.” The proclamation Tuesday signaled both China’s growing confidence and its greater awareness of censorship’s pitfalls. The threat […]

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