Articles filed under Health
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Escalator problems reported with CrocsSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalator...
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Alternate laser eye surgery gains convertsSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Years of refinement have made laser eye surgery better, but patients still face risks. When Cindy Duong decided to pitch her contact lenses and have surgery in 2006 to ...
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Your healthSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Now hear this Can you listen to your voice mail in one ear while your co-worker talks in the other? If so, credit your genes. Researchers with the National Institutes of...
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Thinning hair leaves woman, doctors baffledSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I have a rather simple problem as compared to many. My hair is thinning and falling out. I am a 54-year-old female in otherwise good health and have completed me...
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'Nothing adds up'Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A few hours before she died this summer at the age of 36, Jolee Mohr lay in a Chicago hospital so swollen by internal bleeding and her failing kidneys that her husband d...
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Why won't your kid eat his veggies?Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't blame your kids the next time they say "Yuck!" to broccoli -- it might be your fault. New research suggests food fussiness is just as heritable as height and weigh...
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Hair-loss drug may stop prostate cancer, researchers reportSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A hair-loss drug that can also prevent prostate cancer may offer a third benefit by helping doctors detect the most aggressive prostate tumors earlier, U.S. and Israeli ...
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Reducing your baby's risk of SIDSSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Babies should sleep on their backs on a firm, sheet-covered mattress to reduce the risk of SIDS. The nurse shook her head as she wheeled the newborn's bassinette back i...
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Szopa meets goal to lose 30 poundsSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - In September, Ron Szopa's scale finally hit 250. That means the 53-year-old Elgin attorney met his original goal to lose 30 pounds. "So I'm pretty pleased about that,"...
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Cancer patients finally get alternative adviceSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Acupuncture might help with pain or nausea, but herbal treatments show little benefit for lung cancer patients, new guidelines say. Every day, cancer patients walk into ...