Articles filed under Health
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Ideas for planning an accessible vacationAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - While some folks get ready for school, retirees get ready for vacation. Fall is the perfect travel season - even for folks who use wheelchairs or have trouble getting ar...
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Chewing gun helps recovery from colon surgery, study findsAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - After colon surgery, patients often have trouble passing gas and having a bowel movement leading to abdominal swelling, nausea, vomiting and cramping. Gum chewing may st...
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Free program teaches you basics about runningAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - If you have always wanted to give running a try, but can't make it to the mailbox and back, Deb Hawney has some words of encouragement for you. "Even the worst runner w...
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New lens implant offers hope for kids with lazy eyeAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Dr. Paul Dougherty delicately slipped a tiny lens inside the right eye of 7-year-old Megan Garvin - a last-ditch shot at saving her sight in that eye. The California gi...
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Recovering from concussions may take more timeAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Your brain needs more of a timeout than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active - not just on ...
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Families need to take rabies risk seriouslyAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Bats are our friends in the night sky, doing their part to keep the pesky mosquito population under control, but they are surely not welcome in our homes on a hot summer...
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Implantable defibrillators underused by U.S. hospitals, study saysAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Fewer than half of eligible patients in the U.S. received medical devices to shock their faulty hearts back into rhythm, though the products can cut death rates by more ...
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Your HealthAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - High BMI, low PSA If your build is more shot putter than marathon runner, don't be entirely reassured if your PSA level is low. Levels of prostate-specific antigen - th...
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FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug ByettaAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. after deaths...
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Antibiotics are unlikely to help sinusitisAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Sinus infections are among the most common and aggravating medical conditions, diagnosed in around 31 million Americans each year. And for most patients, treatment has l...