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Team sports can increase self-esteem and help vulnerable adolescents feel socially accepted and connected. These benefits can help build resilience, the study author said.

Team sports can increase self-esteem and help vulnerable adolescents feel socially accepted and connected. These benefits can help build resilience, the study author said.

In the clinical trial, 49 patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer received intensive chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as the blood pressure drug losartan.

Kids who had been teased more about their weight gained more weight and fat over time, and they gained it faster, said study author said.

They include not only "junk food" -- like chips, sweets and fast food -- but also the breads, processed meats, jarred sauces and frozen meals that many people consider staples.

On Instagram, the pop star said she had "an unfortunate allergic reaction to tomatoes and my throat pretty much closed."

The fact that osteopenia was just as common in men came as a surprise, said researcher Allison Ford, a professor of health and exercise science at the University of Mississippi.

Previously, all forms of marijuana were prohibited in carry-on bags and checked luggage, the Associated Press reported.

The researchers developed the glove to help improve the fine motor skills of robot hands

“Physical activity is good for you. What's new and striking is how little you need to do to make a difference," the study's lead author said.

A combination of an exercise app, an activity tracker and personal counseling increased women's physical activity levels, researchers found.

The findings could lead to new treatments for mental decline in older adults, the researchers said.

Possible reasons for the decline include changes in testing and getting people to make healthy lifestyle changes before they develop diabetes, the AP reported.

The term gender incongruence is used by the WHO to describe people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were assigned at birth.

Ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease is the latest in the growing field of focused ultrasound. With focused ultrasound, doctors use the sound waves to actively treat a condition rather than passively produce images of it.

The case, Oklahoma vs. J&J, is being closely watched by lawyers in nearly 1,900 similar state and federal cases in the U.S.

The FDA has cleared a noninvasive device that uses smartphone-controlled electronic pulses to relieve acute migraine pain.

If research confirms that high cholesterol plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, officials may need to reduce our target levels for “bad” LDL cholesterol, the study author said.

The reasons for the opioid prescriptions ranged from bone fractures and sprained ankles to dental problems and low back pain, the study authors said.

The study shows that the risk of a particular kind of heart failure that happens in pregnancy, peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), is five times higher in women who have fertility treatment,