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ADHD Linked to 'Western Diet' of Takeout, Fried Food and Candy

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(July 30) -- Yet another reason to rethink a diet heavy in fried, packaged and processed foods: It could be the culprit to blame for the childhood development of attention deficit hyperactivity disor ...

Study Asserts a Dark Side to Calcium Supplements

3 hours 15 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 30) -- Calcium supplements, an oft-touted aid in the fight against bone loss and osteoporosis, might actually do more harm than good. That's the suggestion of a growing body of research, that ...

Army Finds 'Alarming' Rise in Suicides, Risky Behavior

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D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Army / AP

(July 29) -- Increasing rates of drug abuse among soldiers and deteriorating leadership oversight are among the problems contributing to an alarming rise in suicides and other mental-health-related p ...

Study: Med Students Need More Sex (And More Sex Ed)

23 hours 8 minutes ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- Medical school students aren't adequately prepared to talk to patients about sex -- because they're not leaving college well-versed in carnal matters. And yes, that goes for the bedroom ...

Why Have Portion Sizes Depicted in Jesus' Last Supper Paintings Gotten Larger?

1 day 1 hour ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- You can't blame McDonald's for this one. A recent study in the International Journal of Obesity, just picked up by Artnews magazine, indicates that depictions of portion sizes in Last Su ...

Army Preps Massive Study to Target Record High Troop Suicides

1 day 2 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 29) -- A survey expected to include 400,000 troops is set to start this summer, in a Pentagon-backed bid to rein in the alarming number of military suicides, which reached an all-time high this ...

Congress Cuts Sentencing Disparity Between Crack Cocaine and Powder, but How Similar Are the Drugs?

1 day 19 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 28) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Congress took the somewhat unusual step of passing legislation to actually make the federal drug laws less severe. Before the new guidelines, a person arrested fo ...

Study Says Friends Extend Lives. Do Virtual Ones, Too?

1 day 21 hours ago |AOL News

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(July 28) -- Looking to live longer? You may be better off going out for a few drinks with friends than staying at home alone. According to a new analysis of 148 studies from around the world, loneli ...

Spain's Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Vote

2 days 4 hours ago |AOL News

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(July 28) -- Lawmakers in the Catalonia region of Spain voted after an emotional debate today to ban bullfighting, a decision that some hope will signal the end of the controversial spectacle through ...

A Decade of Tummy Tucks: 5 Superlative Stats From the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

2 days 20 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

(July 27) -- You just can't stop modern science -- especially if it's the science of plastic surgery. The $10 billion industry (that's the U.S. alone) has grown exponentially from its early days. Wit ...

How to Survive a Cranial Impalement: Jessiah Jackson Edition

2 days 20 hours ago |AOL News Surge Desk

University of North Carolina Hospitals / MCT

(July 27) -- Jessiah Jackson, a 17-month-old boy who was impaled in the head by the metal hook of a pressure washer, is lucky to be alive. Jessiah, who was airlifted to a North Carolina hospital 10 ...

The Lowdown: 5 Things to Know About Bedbugs

2 days 22 hours ago |AOL News

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(July 27) -- Bedbugs seem to be everywhere this summer. They've ventured far from the boudoir, creeping into the lining of Hollister hoodies and Victoria's Secret lingerie. The bloodsucking beasties ...