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First aid for choking

Choking is frightening. Most of the time coughing is enough to dislodge or expel the object blocking the throat... READ MORE

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Wrist osteoarthritis

The wrist that you broke all those years ago has been causing a dull ache in recent months. After... READ MORE

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Picnic safety

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New spray to help stop internal gastrointestinal bleeding

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Tinnitus

Tinnitus — Feature on a sound only you hear.

Anxiety: Short-course therapy can be effective

Advances in emergency stroke care

News and our views — Advances in emergency stroke care.

Fitness and weight control both matter for heart health

When sex hurts

When sex hurts — Feature on the reasons it doesn't have to.

Reducing soreness after exercise

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Vitamin D — Feature on how to know if you need a supplement.

Video: Should older people take statins?

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July 2020
Cover Story

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X-rays, MRI, CT scans and PET scans

Imaging tests are common, but having your body scanned in a tube can seem more like science fiction than medical science. Learn about the ways health professionals view the inside of your body detect, diagnose, treat or monitor disease.

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Blisters

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Second Opinion

Do brain training memory apps for smartphones work as advertised? I'm looking to slow the memory loss that I feel I've been experiencing.

There's some promising evidence that brain-training smartphone apps — with popular choices being Lumosity, BrainHQ, Elevate or Peak — may have a mild to moderate effect on improving memory and other types of thinking in older adults with age-related cognitive decline or those with mild cognitive impairment.

While brain-training apps may provide a boost, there's no substantial evidence that they can prevent or slow cognitive decline. They also don't seem to help people with cognitive decline that has progressed to dementia. There's also considerable debate as to whether brain-training apps simply make you better at the brain-training exercises or tests, or whether the improved cognition extends into tasks of everyday life.

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