By Daniella Emanuel, CNN (CNN)Greater consumption of coffee could lead to a longer life, according to two new studies published Monday. The findings have resurfaced the centuries-old conversation on coffee’s health effects. One study surveyed more than 520,000 people in 10 …

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By Fekadu Fullas (PhD) In the medical world, there is a phrase known as the “Lazarus phenomenon” to describe a rare situation where a person comes back to life (spontaneous self-resuscitation) after completely shutting down (in yet another common parlance, …

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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr  Health workers in November 2015 with Mibemba Soumah, infected by Ebola, at a treatment center in Conakry, Guinea. CreditSamuel Aranda for The New York Times In a scientific triumph that will change the way the …

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Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlin Elizabeth Renstrom—TIMEThe region of the Americas is the first in the world to be declared measles-free, after 22 years of work to banish the highly contagious infection that can result in pneumonia, blindness and death (stock photo) …

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By Julie Steenhuysen Genes taken from archived blood samples show the U.S. AIDS epidemic started in New York in the early 1970s, definitively debunking the long-held belief that the virus was spread in the early 1980s by a flight attendant …

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HIV preventative medicine is doing what it’s supposed to do, even for high-risk populations that aren’t using other forms of protection, according to new research from a health insurer. HIV, which stands for human immunodeficiency virus, can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, …

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