Articles filed under Health
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Flu vaccine aimed at key flu spreaders -- childrenSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Lots of youngsters on your street? Watch out: Flu may strike your community sooner and harder than it hits the hip singles neighborhood down the road. Flu-...
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Fighting back against a little-known neurological disorderSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Erin McGrath felt like she was being stabbed in the head with an ice pick - all day, every day. The pain left the Arlington Heights woman bedridden, forcing her to withd...
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What to expect from some common medical proceduresSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a fact of midlife: After 40, we're more likely to need certain medical tests to preserve our health. Learning that you have to undergo something with a hard-to-pron...
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Third World diseases making their way into U.S. populationSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Preventable diseases commonly seen among impoverished people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are infecting millions of U.S. residents, mostly poor women and children, ...
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Healthy snacks can give athletes a boostSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Along with new classes, textbooks and homework, the new academic year also signals the return of after-school sports. The long hours away from home for practices and gam...
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Celebrex or Celexa? Clonidine or Klonopin?Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike - like this trio - is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. Now new efforts are ai...
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Modern wives' talesSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Does reading in low light really hurt your eyes? How about sitting too close to the TV? (No, and no.) Why are you better off drinking exactly eight glasses of water per ...
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Squash is a blast -- and a workoutSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - When you hear the word squash what do you immediately think of? The yellow vegetable that you did not like as a kid, but find somewhat appetizing now or do you think of ...
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FDA wary of deaths with Pfizer osteoporosis drugSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say a drug from Pfizer and Ligand Pharmaceuticals effectively treats osteoporosis, though they are concerned about deaths, blood clots a...
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Study: Getting arrested can cause heart attackSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - MUNICH, Germany -- For a minority of people stopped by the police, getting arrested is not the worst thing that happens. Spanish doctors reported Tuesday that a small pe...