Articles filed under Health
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Your health: Don't take 'worried to death' literallyAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Worried to death It's well known that people who are anxious, worried and prone to depression have a higher risk of early death. Purdue University researchers studying ...
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The downside of flip-flops: They alter how you walkAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Flip-flops are named for the sound they make when you walk, but they could have been called ouch-umphs - the sound you'll make after wearing them all the time. This isn'...
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One triathlete's advice for boosting performance past 50Aug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Debi Bernardes finished fifth among amateur females in a recent triathlon in Washington, D.C. Moreover, she racked up her best time ever at the Olympic-distance race: 2:...
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Listen to the people, Sen. DurbinAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Dick Durbin is, presumably, the second-most influential person in the U.S. Senate, the assistant majority leader, sometimes referred to as the majority whip, at a time w...
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Any spread of breast cancer raises risk of returnAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Breast cancer patients with even the tiniest spread of the disease to a lymph node have a much higher risk of it recurring years later and may need more treatment than j...
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Living in U.S. raises cancer risk for HispanicsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hispanics who move to the U.S. are at greater risk for getting cancer than those living in their countries of origin, whether they're from Mexico, Puerto Rico or Cuba. C...
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Your Health: Teens and HIV testsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Teens and HIV tests Almost 50 percent of HIV-positive American teens and young adults don't know they are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivorsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Breast cancer survivors have been getting bum advice. For decades, many doctors warned that lifting weights or even heavy groceries could cause painful arm swelling. New...
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Will ERs be flooded with the not-so-sick as swine flu reappears?Aug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn't arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it. Fearing swamped ERs, the government...
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New osteoporosis drug cuts fracture riskAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two studies suggest a first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines. The genetically engineered drug,...