Health and Fitness
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Your Health: Some healthy 'facts' are just mythsOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Rethink healthy We all know that genuinely healthy foods exist naturally — in nature — and that we should be skeptical of anything that does not. Website FabFitFun....
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Washing hands is simple task, but you've got to do it rightOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Q. Is there a “right” way to wash your hands? I wash my hands regularly but still get sick. A. I answer a lot of questions about complicated, serious diseases. Y...
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U.S. deaths reach record as population grows, agesOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — U.S. deaths surpassed 2.5 million for the first time last year, reflecting the nation’s growing and aging population. The increase of about 45,000 more deaths...
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Doctor’s tale adds credibility to out-of-body experiencesOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Every once in a while, I come across an article that I consider to be groundbreaking. In the recent issue of Newsweek, a neurosurgeon who was in a coma for several days ...
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Group: More than half in 39 states will be obeseOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — We Americans already know how fat we are. Can it get much worse? Apparently, yes, according to an advocacy group that predicts that by 2030 more than half the...
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Staying sharp means exercising mind and bodyOct 15, 2012 6:00 am - Are you fearful that your cognitive powers are spiraling out of control as a result of the aging process? While it is true that cognitive decline begins a slow, gradual ...
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Batavia woman starts breast cancer website with personalityOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - After Britta Wilk McKenna was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, one of the first things she did was what many Internet users do: hit Google to learn about her diseas...
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Shootings expose cracks in U.S. mental health systemOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Engeldinger’s parents pushed him for two years to seek treatment for what they suspected was mental illness, but even though he became increasingly ...
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Do holes make you queasy or even fearful?Oct 15, 2012 5:00 am - During an introductory psychology course at Britain's University of Essex in 2009, Arnold Wilkins asked his class to participate in a quick experiment. Wilkins projected...
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentumOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - DALLAS — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realiz...