Articles filed under Health
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Lack of milk, sunshine and exercise hurts kids' bonesDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It's an anti-bone trifecta. And for some kids, shockingly, it's leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. Bu...
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Spices good for your health, and palateDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Some spices improve your health, as well as your cooking. Tip sheet's Anna Kuchment asked Dr. Mark Lee, medical editor of the "Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine" ...
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Advocates will join panel on autism researchDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Advocates who believe vaccines may cause autism will join mental health professionals and neurologists on a new federal panel to coordinate autism research and education...
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Get a real kitchen education in books of James PetersonNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Cookbooks have helped many folks, myself included, learn to cook. Whether you're a seasoned pro or kitchen novice you'll want a copy of James Peterson's "Cooking: 600 Re...
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Improving male cancer patients' odds at fatherhoodNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Before David Goodack underwent cancer treatment at age 20, nobody suggested he preserve a sample of his sperm. Goodack himself didn't think of it, even though his physic...
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Your healthNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Everything counts I suspected caring for a toddler should count as exercise. Now there's scientific proof. The American Council on Exercise commissioned a study of the c...
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Pedometers can help encourage weight lossNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - A $20 fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional mile each day -- but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered...
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Doctors' business tiesNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Orthopedic surgeon Joseph Zuckerman recently started giving his patients some additional information before they undergo surgery. It is a letter revealing that Zuckerma...
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Healing touch therapy thrives despite skepticsNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not traditional medicine but patients love it: an unconventional therapy called the healing touch that is gaining acceptance in some U.S. hospitals. The technique u...
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A set of symptoms may point to ovarian cancerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Ovarian cancer has long been called a "silent killer" because symptoms are thought to develop only after the disease has reached an advanced stage and is largely incurab...