Health and Fitness
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Your health: Parents and kids should get outdoorsApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Go out and play Recently published research shows that most young children's parents don't spend enough time outdoors with them. The Washington Post reports that k...
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Therapy can keep voice from sounding ‘old’Apr 16, 2012 6:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Aging baby boomers have long used exercise, surgery and collagen as they try to slow the natural processes of aging. Now, some are flocking to do the...
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Heart bypass may lower death risk more than angioplastyApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Older patients with clogged heart arteries may have a little lower death risk over time if they get bypass operations instead of angioplasty and stents to fix the proble...
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Learn which foods to choose for a nutrient-rich dietApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Take a moment and think back to the last meal you ate. How nutritionally complete was that meal? The question is — did you truly nourish your body with the food you ate,...
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Study finds more black women die of breast cancerApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Nearly five black women per day die needlessly from breast cancer because they don't have information and access to proper care, according to a new study. The report sa...
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New treatments give spinal injury patients hopeApr 16, 2012 6:00 am - Brandon Loney can't move his legs, but once a week, he sure does run. Suspended by a harness from the ceiling at Courage Center in Golden Valley, Minn., the 23-year-old ...
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Autistic mutations may be linked to older fathersApr 16, 2012 5:59 am - NEW YORK — Newly found gene mutations tied to autism may one day help scientists classify types of the developmental disorder and shape treatments based on their DNA pro...
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Curcumin shows promise in easing rheumatoid arthitis painApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - For centuries, spices have been used as medicines. Today their healing potential is again being rediscovered, especially curcumin. In one recent medical study, curcumin ...
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Family, friends motivate Fittest Loser contestantsApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - Weight loss isn't easy. Exercise takes time. Dieting takes discipline. Unlike their television counterparts on the “Biggest Loser,” the Fittest Losers are not living on...
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Study says jasmine could keep Cubs and Sox from stinkingApr 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Jasmine improves batting, study finds