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Also: A study shows chain restaurants largely don’t meet U.S. government nutritional guidelines; an antibiotic is linked with rare, but fatal, heart risk; and two paralyzed people moved a robot arm with their thoughts.

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Healthy food isn’t necessarily more expensive than junk food, according to a new government report.

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Coffee drinkers are getting a bit more reassurance that their beverage of choice may not be bad for them, and might even be linked to living longer.

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Here’s what’s making health news this morning:

New Bid to Prevent Alzheimer’s Early (WSJ): An Alzheimer’s drug to be tested mostly on an extended family predisposed to the disease will mark the first large-scale trial of an experimental treatment on people who don’t yet show signs of memory loss.

Memory-foam mattresses are the fastest-growing category of mattresses, but for some buyers, there’s a tradeoff….

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Cheaper genome sequencing means relatively soon you may get a chance to find your risks for different diseases. But do you really want to know?

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Here’s what’s making health news this morning:

Websites Use DNA to Create Family Trees (WSJ): Detailed maps of the human genome have become less expensive, and they’re going social, enabling users to build personal online networks that become more useful as more people sign up. Ancestry.com, a genealogy website with about 1.9 million subscribers, rolled out a $99 DNA service that lets users compare points on their own genome with others.

Stanford University School of Medicine’s Michael Snyder has learned firsthand how gene sequencing can change a person’s daily life.

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The FDA says the only oral multiple-sclerosis drug on the market shouldn’t be used in patients with a recent history of stroke or some heart problems.

Original post: New Caution Urged Over Sole Oral MS Drug On the Market

A new method for performing a “virtual” colonoscopy was shown to accurately detect larger precancerous polyps—and was a better experience for patients.

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