Health and Fitness
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Rx for success? Pharmacies embrace expanded role with patientsNov 09, 2010 10:25 am - After years of adding everything from groceries to grills to their inventory, drugstore chains are once again emphasizing their pharmacies. Pharmacists are being asked ...
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Knowing signs of polycystic ovary syndrome in teensNov 07, 2010 8:32 am - My teenage patient seemed well-adjusted to high school and voiced no real physical or emotional complaints, but I was still bothered by some of the things I observed dur...
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New options to treat drug addictionOct 31, 2010 2:49 pm - WASHINGTON — New treatments for addiction to heroin or narcotic painkillers promise longer-lasting relief that may remove some day-to-day uncertainty of care: A once-a-m...
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Jumping rope burns up caloriesNov 02, 2010 2:25 pm - He heard about it from a buddy who knew this boxer. “Jumping rope ... what's the big deal,” Len Cucinotta thought on that fateful day back in 1975. “It seemed like a goo...
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Avoiding unhealthy ingredients in your dietOct 31, 2010 2:49 pm - Q. Josh, I feel like I eat pretty well, but lately I've been looking more closely at the ingredients in the foods I buy and I'm overwhelmed by the amount of ingredie...
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Trying out cardio-kickboxingNov 02, 2010 2:25 pm - TAMPA, Fla.— It smells a little musty when you open the door to the SweatShop Urban Gym. As you walk up the stairs, you expect to find Sylvester Stallone banging away o...
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More awareness about high blood pressureNov 01, 2010 4:05 pm - ATLANTA — More American adults are aware they have high blood pressure, and more are taking medicine to try to control it, according to a new government report. Yet the ...
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Panel: Parents, get your kids whooping cough shotOct 31, 2010 2:49 pm - ATLANTA — A federal advisory panel is recommending that people 65 and older who are around infants get vaccinated against whooping cough. The Advisory Committee on Immun...
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Health overhaul may lead to free birth controlNov 01, 2010 7:22 pm - WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care ...
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Social networking adds to infertility angstNov 01, 2010 4:05 pm - Diane Colling, an occupational therapist and fertility patient, was scrolling through her Facebook page last week when, once again, she was bombarded by a friend's exube...