Health and Fitness
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Low risk of heart incidents found for marathonersMar 05, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — It’s dramatic news when a marathon runner collapses with no pulse. Now a big study finds such calamities are rare and usually because of a pre-existing heart ...
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Your health: Down side of energy drinksMar 05, 2012 5:00 am - A wake-up call For people on the go, an energy drink may seem like the only way to get through the day. But according to experts cited in the article “Alternative ...
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Yoga showing off its popularityMar 05, 2012 5:00 am - Everybody's doing it. Celebrities, seniors, young adults, teens and young children. Even cats and dogs. People of every race and religious group are catching on to the b...
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Coping with high cost of treating cancerMar 05, 2012 5:00 am - Patti Tyree was afraid that cancer would steal her future. Instead, the cost of treating it has. She had hoped to buy a small farm with money inherited from her mother. ...
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A new workout world for Fittest Loser contestantsMar 05, 2012 5:00 am - Some were high school and college athletes, others were fit and trim while in the military, and there are those who remember thinner days before babies came along. But f...
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Push, feed and rest your body to see resultsMar 05, 2012 4:25 am - Q. I’ve been working out since the beginning of January and was able to lose 12 pounds in the first six weeks. I’m still working out six days per week, mostly cardio...
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Parkinson’s patients could benefit from tai chiMar 05, 2012 4:00 am - Can practicing a centuries-old martial art improve balance in patients with Parkinson’s disease? One research study suggests that the regular practice of tai chi can imp...
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How the world got the AIDS epidemicMar 04, 2012 5:00 am - We are unlikely to ever know all the details of the birth of the AIDS epidemic. But a series of recent genetic discoveries have shed new light on it, starting with the m...
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With more policies being sold, insurers setting up shopMar 03, 2012 10:00 pm - When Ronda Austin's employer stopped offering health coverage last spring, she bought an individual policy from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. A month later she ...
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Health coverage search should start with key stepsMar 03, 2012 10:00 pm - Help is on the way for consumers flummoxed by health insurance forms, but they'll need to be patient. The healthcare overhaul, which aims to provide coverage for million...