Online conspiracy theories may hurt fight against Zika virus, researchers say and other top stories.

• Online conspiracy theories may hurt fight against Zika virus, researchers say

  WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Researchers are becoming concerned conspiracy theories shared on social media could undermine the massive public effort to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, according to a recent study. The international response to the spread of the Zika virus -- from verifying its links to health threats such as microcephaly to the development of a vaccine -- has been swift since it began to spread through the Americas in late 2015. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University notic..

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• For Female Fruit Flies, Mr. Right Has The Biggest Sperm

  

  Female Drosophila bifurca flies have an organ to store sperm (right) that male flies compete to fill, crowding out rivals. Scott Pitnick/Nature hide caption toggle caption Scott Pitnick/Nature Female Drosophila bifurca flies have an organ to store sperm (right) that male flies compete to fill, crowding out rivals. Scott Pitnick/N..

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• Balloon-in-a-pill might be new weight loss tool

  

  A new ingestible and inflatable balloon system seems to be a noninvasive way to fill up the stomach and curb appetite, researchers report.The balloon system, known as Obalon, helped obese people lose nearly 7 percent of their body weight, the investigators added.So, how exactly does such as system work?"Patients swallow a capsule containing a balloon tethered to a small catheter," said study author Dr. Shelby Sullivan, director of bariatric endoscopy at Washington University School of Medicine ..

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• Military Suicides: Most Attempts Come Before Soldiers Ever See Combat

  

  Most soldiers who attempt suicide haven't even been deployed yet, a new study finds. The period of highest risk was just two months after starting military service, according to the study of more than 163,000 men and women in the Army. It found that 61 percent of those who tried to take their own lives had not yet been deployed. The findings suggest it might be times of transition, rather than the ongoing strain of combat and long deployments, that stress veterans the most. Two months in..

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