Articles filed under Health
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Your healthNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - An upside to migraines? Here's something to think about the next time you're bedridden with a throbbing migraine: You might be less likely to get breast cancer than wome...
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Finally finding relief for celiac sprue syndromeNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I have been reading your column for a long time. I am very thankful for all the information you provide, including natural and home remedies. Every time I get the...
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Brain slows at 40, starts body declineNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older? Blame the brain, too: The part in charge of motion may start a gradual downhill slide at age 40. How ...
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The ongoing debate over fluoridationNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - As a baby boomer growing up without fluoridation, I had 14 cavities before my 18th birthday, including seven at one particularly mortifying dental visit. A generation la...
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Amputees fight caps in coverage for prostheticsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - After bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee, Eileen Casey got even more bad news: Her insurer told her that she had s...
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Eat your veggies, get good grades - here's the proofNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Can food and vitamins improve academic performance in children? The answer is yes. In two recent clinical trials, consuming fruits and vegetables as well as a multivitam...
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Inhaler lung drugs tied to heart problems, deathsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests. The results aren't...
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The young and the anxiousNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Last fall, 12-year-old John Morganti was a very anxious kid. He was too scared to ride the bus to school or have sleepovers at friends' houses. He had frequent stomachac...
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That extra digit needn't be a problemNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - After giving birth to twin girls, Julia Styrczula-Di Tullio was shocked to learn one of her daughters had an extra thumb. She worried her child Marina might be ostracize...
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Sometimes getting yourself to the gym is the hardest partNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - We all have those moments when we wake up in the morning and prepare ourselves to go work out, but pretty soon we are rolling over to sleep another hour or we head right...