Articles filed under Health
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FDA requires new warnings for smoking-cessation drugsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effect...
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Aurora rolls toward long-awaited skate parkJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Skaters have been busting out nose stalls, rail stands and ollies at skate parks on Aurora's far east and west sides for years. Now long-awaited plans for a new skate pa...
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FDA seeks to reduce painkiller overdosesJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But ...
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Childhood cancer survivors have more illnesses as adultsJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - People who survived childhood brain cancer were 13 times more likely to die within 30 years than others their age, a study found. The most common cause of death was recu...
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Food myths die hard -- here's the real story on healthy eatingJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Even if you're up on nutrition news, it can be hard to keep score on the latest super-food or the newest no-no. That's because science is still in the process of learnin...
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Prevention saves money? Maybe not as much as you'd thinkJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabet...
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Slow bouncing balls help beginners learn tennis ... and fastJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Young baseball players start with t-ball, basketball players start with lower hoops and smaller basketballs, but new tennis players usually get thrown right into their s...
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Food-safety lessons set to music tend to stick betterJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Stayin' Alive "Who left the food out? (Woof, woof, woof, woof)" If you don't like that Baha Men takeoff, see if this sounds familiar: "Oh yeah, I'll tell you something ...
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Missing sleep can harm blood vessels, organs, even immune systemJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - If your sleep habits are not what they could be, chances are, neither are your arteries. Scientists have found that the same molecule that makes us want to go to sleep a...
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How drugmakers' ads affect youJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - An estimated 1 million people flocked to their doctors in the months after TV commercials began airing for a new and ultimately short-lived drug to treat irritable bowel...