Articles filed under Health
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Cheap drug cocktail may halve heart disease riskApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A cocktail of aspirin and four other generic drugs, combined in a single pill, may halve the risk of heart disease in middle-aged people, researchers said. A study of 2,...
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How to create a personal health recordApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - A personal record allows an individual to gather all his or her medical information and keep it in one place, usually in an electronic format, so that it can be used for...
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Rare carcinoma on the riseApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Would you please write a column about Merkel cell carcinoma? I was diagnosed with this and understand the enormity of it. There is a lack of knowledge about it in...
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Electronic health records can save lives, threaten privacyApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Elmhurst Clinic converted from paper to computerized records, patients embraced the change. Some doctors, it turned out, were the ones who had to be dragged kicking...
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Growth spurt may be behind adolescent's sore kneesApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - My "real" patient that morning was the young lady who was in for her third and final cervical cancer vaccine. Since it was a school holiday, her 13-year-old brother was ...
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Haircuts and health screenings: Some barbershops offer bothApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Robert Hibler stopped by his barber, he got a new haircut - and a wake-up call. Two nursing students visited Flotrin's Barber Shop in north St. Louis offering to ta...
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West African dance is art, and a workoutApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana, Ill. She looks physi...
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FDA switch OKs hospice painkillerApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests ab...
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Pounds flying off Fittest Loser contestantsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Our five contestants in the Fittest Loser Challenge all continue to lose weight and get more fit. They are now in the home stretch, with only three more weeks of trainin...
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Among 4-year-olds, 1 in 5 obese, study findsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obes...