Articles filed under Health
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Patients put off health care to save money - and wind up in hospitalMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The cardiologist told his patient he needed to clear a clogged artery. The patient said he couldn't miss work or he'd lose his job. The doctor told the patient he might ...
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Medical maggots don't speed healing of a woundMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Maggots are no better in healing wounds than a commonly used gel, a study suggests. Nurses placed either the worm-like creatures or a hydrogel and surgical dressing on p...
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Watch it, whippersnappers: These seniors are schooled in Cane-FuMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - ZEPHYRHILLS, Florida -- Pay no mind to the groans that come with stretching, to hair that is gray or gone altogether. Ignore the cautiousness of their steps and the cane...
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Nurses share their own colon cancer stories to promote screeningMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As an oncology nurse, Trisha Simon can empathize with patients suffering from the pain, fatigue and nausea of cancer and its treatment. Though just 36, she has colon can...
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Verdict out on prostate cancer screeningMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Prostate cancer screening may save a small number of lives at best, while exposing many more men to side effects of treatment, according to studies in the U.S. and Europ...
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Your healthMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Walk this way You know you're supposed to do at the equivalent of 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity five days a week. But one person's "moderate" may be...
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Chronic steroid use can cause osteoporosisMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Most of my life, my doctors have prescribed steroids for my eczema and psoriasis. Now, a bone-density test shows that I have the bones of an elderly woman. (I am ...
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Former owner of state-closed nursing home takes over Palatine facilityMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The owner of a company that's taken over a nursing home in Palatine previously was administrator of a nursing home that the state shut down for "gross mismanagement," bu...
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Study: 'Smart drug' Provigil may be habit-formingMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A so-called "smart drug" popular with young people may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests. Scans of 10 healthy men showed th...
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Get your home exercise fix without dropping a lot of cashMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't worry if you are too frugal to spend 10 bucks on a fitness DVD. You don't have to. Here are some tech-savvy ways that you can get a fun workout without spending a ...