Articles filed under Health
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Latest cellulite treatments failing to show improvementAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Beauty magazines and spas are touting a new generation of high-tech treatments for cellulite, a common affliction that gives parts of women's bodies a dimpled, uneven ap...
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Growing pains are real - and can really hurtAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was 4 a.m. on a weekend when the 5-year-old's mother paged me to discuss her son's disturbing symptoms. She had become alarmed when her usually healthy little boy wok...
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Let's zumbaAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Whether you dance for fun or exercise, it's rare that you won't feel a hard-core sweat when you are done shaking your hips. So what do you get when you put Latin, danci...
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Some foreign herbal products found containing toxic metalsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - One in five herbal products used in so-called Ayurvedic medicine and sold over the Internet contain harmful levels of toxic metals, a study found. Herbal pills, powders ...
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Clearing up confusion over allergy warningsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. The warnings a...
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Learn to actively manage hypertensionAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It's all about the three E's - education, empowerment and some easy-to-use equipment - once you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure. But a surprising number of fo...
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Exercising together improves communication, builds intimacyAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Sure, you could see a movie or enjoy a mojito at a rooftop hot spot. You could catch a free concert or stroll around a lake. Or you could do what Cheryl and Jerry Rogers...
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Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical illsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Both are n...
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Popcorn safe for bowel conditionAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Men with abnormal pouches in their bowels can safely eat nuts and popcorn, and those foods may even lower the chance of intestinal flare-ups, a study found. The Universi...
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Why kids turn out the way they doAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - If there is one thing experts on child development agree on, it is that kids learn best when they are allowed to make mistakes and feel the consequences. So Mom and Dad ...