Health and Fitness
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Study shows need for kids' doctors in rural areasDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - There are enough children's doctors in the United States, they just work in the wrong places, a new study finds. Some wealthy areas are oversaturated with pediatricians ...
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Your health: No Christmas crunchesDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Holiday flabs or abs? If you're eating your fair share of cookies, cakes and who knows what other holiday treats this time of year, an ab workout without hundreds o...
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Even one cigarette causes damage, report warnsDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Think the occasional cigarette won't hurt? Even a bit of social smoking or inhaling someone else's secondhand smoke could be enough to block your arteries...
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Concerns about safety of kids' medicinesDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - New research is rekindling concerns about the safety of some popular over-the-counter liquid medications for children. Shonna Yin of the New York University School of Me...
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Even with precautions, guns in homes with kids pose a dangerDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - The father was beaming with pride as he described his little girl's verbal skills and manual dexterity. The toddler really did sound accomplished, already displaying qui...
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Study: Even being a bit overweight is riskyDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Lugging around a few extra pounds? One of the largest studies to look at health and weight finds that you don't have to be obese to raise your risk of prematu...
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'Speech' opens window into stuttering treatmentDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Long before King George VI of Britain helped his country unite to fight Adolf Hitler, he faced his own battle. The enemy: a new technology called radio. “The King's Spee...
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Yogurt in, soda out as Army revamps training dietDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — At Army training sites across the nation, the mess hall is beginning to look different. Milk and juice dispensers are replacing soda fountains, ...
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Toenail fungus plaguing — even in the winterDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I often have a problem with toenail fungus in the summertime, but it's understandable because I spend a lot of time at our town pool and in the locker room afterw...
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Waking up to the reasons behind that contagious yawningDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Ho-hum. Although everyone yawns, not everyone finds it easy to “catch” a yawn. Studies have shown that only 50 percent to 60 percent of us will yawn when someone else ya...