Health and Fitness
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Exercise may improve memory, researchers sayJul 30, 2012 6:00 am - Simple exercise, such as walking and resistance training, improved thinking and memory in older adults in several new studies that suggest physical activity should be a ...
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Doctors’ patient connections can affect careJul 30, 2012 5:24 am - Although the image of the lone physician motoring down back roads for house calls or tending to a waiting room full of patients in a quaint office might be charming, the...
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Protecting kids from whooping cough starts with vaccineJul 30, 2012 5:11 am - ATLANTA — Whooping cough was once a terrible menace to U.S. children, with hundreds of thousands of cases reported annually. Then a vaccine drove cases down, and the ill...
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Studies show placebo remedies often effectiveJul 30, 2012 5:10 am - Sugar pills deserve more respect. That’s the conclusion of international researchers who examined how scientists treated placebo medications in comparison with the “acti...
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More black teenagers practicing safe sexJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Dramatically fewer black high school students are taking part in sexual behavior that puts them at risk for contracting HIV than they were 20 years ago. How...
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With Alzheimer's, hospital stays can be a hazardJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — For people with Alzheimer's disease, a hospital stay may prove catastrophic. People with dementia are far more likely to be hospitalized than other older ad...
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Maine Twp. offers help with medicinesJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - Recently Gov. Quinn cut the Illinois Care RX program, which assists income-qualified seniors with medication expenses. Prescription coverage under Medicaid (medical bene...
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Why is weight loss often temporary?Jul 30, 2012 5:00 am - The United States is well into its fourth decade of the “obesity epidemic,” and no matter how loudly we repeat the refrain “eat less and exercise more,” the numbers on o...
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A virtual sense of life with dementiaJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. — After her sister wandered away from home recently, Pat Herzberg knew that she needed help to care for Marcella, who suffers from dementia. Herzbe...
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Keeping up to date on hepatitis viruses, vaccinesJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - The two boys had just finished their checkups and little sister was going last, as usual. Not to be outdone by her two older brothers, the 6-year-old brushed off all off...