Articles filed under Health
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Doctors search for clues to miscarriagesFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Women who have struggled through a miscarriage are often desperate for clues to what went wrong, and what they can do differently the next time. But doctors seldom have ...
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Hold that tissue!Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The cold season has arrived, a cure hasn't, and even efforts at treating the symptoms seem like a dubious proposition these days. Over-the-counter cold remedies have co...
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Suction method attacks clogged arteriesFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it doe...
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Treadmill desk puts the work in workoutFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Jay Buster of Boulder, Colo., spends about seven hours a day working at his treadmill desk. And he says typing while walking is about as easy as chewing gum while walkin...
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Think you're green enough?Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - You recycle regularly, use compact fluorescent lightbulbs, and try to buy organic. But we're betting there's a lot more you can do to turn your home into a healthier, sa...
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Some memory loss can be curedFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. My wife, who is 68 years old, is having short-term memory loss. She has had a CT scan and MRI of the brain. No abnormalities were detected. She has seen a neurolo...
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When winter weather takes its toll,Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - When the weather outside is frightful, chances are your skin isn't feeling too delightful. The recent cold snap and strong winds seem to have brought on a rash of dry sk...
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Poor health may have contributed to Black DeathFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Black Death that decimated populations in Europe and elsewhere during the middle of the 14th century may not have been a blindly indiscriminate killer, as some exper...
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The incredible, edible ice cube?Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - When Kyle Burkhalter gets up in the morning, he goes into the kitchen and fixes himself a nice cup of ice. The 24-year-old director of research for a Web site chews the ...
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Rare form of amnesia often sends its victims far from homeFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - In September 2006, Jeff Ingram, 40, drove from his home in Olympia, Wash., to visit a terminally ill friend in Alberta. Four days later, he woke up on a street in Denver...