Health and Fitness
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High-intensity exercise helps get the heart pumpingJun 24, 2013 6:00 am - Cardiovascular exercise is certainly an important aspect of a well-rounded fitness routine. “Cardio” comes in many different forms and intensities depending on your fit...
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Your health: Advances in hearing aidsJun 24, 2013 6:00 am - Say what? Seeing is believing, but hearing is belonging. It is joining in a conversation. It is sharing a joke, listening to a child’s excited retelling of a story,...
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Brain atlas reaches new levels of detailJun 24, 2013 5:55 am - A 65-year-old woman’s brain was cut into 7,400 slices to create the most detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brain ever made, bringing researchers one step clo...
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High-heeled shoes not toeing the line, doctors warnJun 24, 2013 5:45 am - Now is the season when women take their freshly pedicured toes al fresco, often courtesy of strappy high-heel sandals or open-toed pumps that look fabulous but sometimes...
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Couple inspire study of coconut oil, Alzheimer’s diseaseJun 24, 2013 5:29 am - In those first two years, her husband used chopsticks again. He also oiled door hinges, slow-danced at a party, remembered his hairdresser’s name. He re-watched “When Ha...
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Growing organs in lab could ease shortageJun 24, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got her recent lung transplant, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better s...
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Could nutrition play a role in Alzheimer's disease?Jun 24, 2013 5:00 am - Is it possible that one of the most serious medical conditions of our age, Alzheimer's disease may be the result of chronic nutritional deficiencies? A number of years a...
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Men with higher resting heart rates may be at riskJun 24, 2013 5:00 am - Q. I'm a man in my 50s. I'm in good shape and I exercise regularly, but I have a high resting heart rate. Is this cause for concern? A. Your heart rate changes from minu...
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Gettysburg set new standards for battlefield medicineJun 22, 2013 7:00 pm - GETTYSBURG, Pa. — As gunshots ravaged the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg, military doctors responded with a method of treatment that...
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Chicago officials warn of extreme heat, stormsJun 22, 2013 4:25 pm - Officials are warning residents and visitors to northeastern Illinois to prepare for extreme heat and storms. Temperatures are expected to rise this weekend, and the war...