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Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain Relief
Meditation increases pain tolerance, but you don't have to devote your life to the practice to derive benefits, new research shows.
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How to Treat Kids' Hard-to-Control Asthma
What's the next step when a child's controller drugs fail to prevent asthma attacks? Different kids do best with different step-up treatments, an NIH-funded study finds.
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When Stocks Go Down, Heart Attacks Go Up
When the stock market dips, your heart health may too. New research hints at a link between market volatility and rising heart attack rates.
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Clip Closes Door on Leaky Heart Valves
A clothespin-type device that clips together the partially open doors of leaky heart valves may obviate the need for open heart surgery in some patients, doctors say.
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Breast Cancer Treated by Freezing Tumors
In a small but promising study, researchers were able to kill breast cancer tumors by freezing them using a technique known as image-guided, multiprobe cryotherapy.

