Health and Fitness
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3 men 1st to get reconstructed bionic hands after amputationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their legs. T...
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Andie MacDowell espouses taking care of yourselfFeb 24, 2015 5:00 am - Seemingly calm and reserved, “Cedar Cove” actress Andie MacDowell is really a ball of energy. She's been that way since growing up as a young girl in South Carolina. “I ...
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Healthy Lombard campaign continues to build momentumFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Healthy Lombard campaign continues to build momentum
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Asia may have seeded European plague outbreaks, study saysFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say they may have solved a centuries-old whodunit: Why did Europe experience outbreaks of bubonic plague over hundreds of years, starting with...
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UK 1st country to allow creation of embryos from 3 peopleFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Britain has become the first country in the world to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a technique intended to help mothers...
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IUDs, hormone implants growing more popular among US womenFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Long-acting but reversible methods of birth control are becoming increasingly popular among U.S. women, with IUDs redesigned after safety scares and the d...
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Pills before and after sex can help prevent HIV, study findsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - For the first time, a study shows that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it when taken before and after risky sex by gay men. The r...
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Drugs that help prevent breast cancer exist, but few women take themFeb 23, 2015 4:45 am - Every year, many U.S. women get the grim news that they have breast cancer. In 2013 alone, according to the American Cancer Society, more than 230,000 were given that di...
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What's your cancer risk?Feb 23, 2015 4:45 am - There is still a lot that we don't know about what contributes to the development of breast cancer, but the factors below have been associated in many studies with an in...
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Mastectomies gain favor over lumpectomiesFeb 23, 2015 4:45 am - Nearly 25 years ago, the National Cancer Institute declared that women with early-stage breast cancer could be spared mastectomies. The institute acted after studies fo...