Health and Fitness
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New efforts try to broaden acne treatmentsNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - The best method of winning a war is to have more soldiers on the battlefield than the enemy. When the enemy is vaster, it can cause pillage and plunder. That’s what happ...
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Scientists finding more benefits to teaNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - A tea timeout is my favorite way to de-stress a day. It feels so civilized to relax with a warm cup of jasmine-scented green tea or perhaps the traditional English treat...
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Stem cells show promise for ill heart patientsNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - They’re called “no-option patients.” They’ve endured angioplasty, stent procedures, bypasses and a long line of medications. None of the treatments has fixed the plaque-...
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Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough shotNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - ATLANTA — An expert panel is urging every expecting mother to get a shot preventing whooping cough, preferably in the last three months of her pregnancy to help protect ...
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Overnight dementia care gives caregivers some restNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Just after 10 p.m., when most people their age are going to sleep, a group of elderly folks suffering from dementia are just getting started, dancing and shak...
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Fodmap diet shows promise taming stomachsNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia — Sue Shepherd says she never expected to become famous for taming cantankerous tummies. In her early 20s, the dietitian invented a food regimen to ...
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How to stay fit while travelingNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - Don’t fall off the fitness bandwagon. It takes longer to gain fitness than to lose it, and you can quickly lose all of your hard-earned fitness gains if you stop exercis...
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Study offers insights into why some are easily hypnotizedNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - Despite what Halloween lore might have you believe, hypnosis isn’t all about swinging watches, magic spells and mind control. It is the oldest Western conception of psyc...
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CrossFit workout ever-changing, challengingNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - Inside a warehouse-style gym, a mid-20s woman of pure muscle hoists more than 100 pounds above her head and then sprints to the horizontal bars for pull-ups. Nearby, a n...
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Alzheimer’s plaques may play bigger role in impairmentNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - People with plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease may have a greater risk for cognitive impairment than those who have a gene tied to the dementia-cau...