Health and Fitness
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Long-distance care questions loom as boomers ageOct 01, 2012 6:15 am - In a crisis, the highway seems to stretch out forever. Robyn Miller’s loved ones live in Pinole, almost 70 miles southwest of Sacramento, Calif., an 80-minute drive on a...
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Early isolation may impair brain connections laterOct 01, 2012 6:14 am - During the 1980s, thousands of infants in Romanian orphanages spent up to 20 hours a day lying untouched in their cribs, deprived of human contact. As they grew up, neur...
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New approach to the way school lunches are madeOct 01, 2012 6:05 am - For years, Brenda Kovacs has been head cafeteria worker for Quaker Valley Middle School in Sewickley, Pa., but her job isn’t the same as it was a few months ago. As usua...
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Bizarre tumor case may spur custom cancer careOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - It's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, thr...
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Concierge medicine has its pros and consOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - Would you pay an additional $1,000 or $2,000 per year to have unlimited access to your doctor, office visits that last over an hour and an individualized medical approac...
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WHO urges doctors to watch for new SARS-like virusOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - LONDON — Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like the res...
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Make collagen protein part of a balanced dietOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - Protein is an undeniably important part of our makeup. Protein is the foundation for enzymes, hormones, organ tissue, muscles, bones and many other facets of the body. S...
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Your health: Don't forgetOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - Memory boosters As you've gotten older, have you noticed that you often find yourself marching around the house in a huff, searching for misplaced car keys or eyegl...
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Families, docs key in getting elderly to quit drivingOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Families may have to watch for dings in the car and plead with an older driver to give up the keys — but there’s new evidence that doctors could have more o...
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This year’s flu vaccine guards against new strainsOct 01, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Time to get your flu vaccine. And remember: Last year’s shot won’t protect you this year. Federal health authorities said that this year’s vaccine contains ...