Articles filed under Health
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Your HealthJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Expect crying "What to Expect When You're Expecting" was your bible during pregnancy, and "What to Expect the First Year" got you through colic, 2 a.m. feedings and baby...
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Doctors combine breast cancer surgery, cosmetic repairJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Surgeons are increasingly offering an added benefit to their breast-cancer patients: removing the tumor and cosmetically repairing the breast at the same time. Women wit...
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Is it colic ... or heartburn?Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Olivia Manganello was 1 month old when she started screaming, usually right after she nursed. Her family tried switching to formula, then different formulas, but nothing...
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Climate change enables spread of disease worldwideJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Climate changes that enable Asian Tiger mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects and animals to flourish in Europe threaten the region's residents, the European Cen...
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Chinese feeling weight of obesityJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Waistlines in China are expanding faster than almost anywhere else, with nearly a quarter of residents in the Earth's most populous nation now overweight, according to a...
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Viagara aids women treated for depressionJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Viagra's effect in women has been disappointing, but a new small study finds those on antidepressants may benefit from taking the little blue pills. The research involvi...
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Temporary heart pump sometimes spurs muscle to rebuild itselfJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to hearts, Taneal Wilson won the lottery. A small pump implanted to keep the 31-year-old alive long enough for a heart transplant somehow helped Wilson's r...
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It's the little thingsJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Most people don't give the "little" things a second thought, until they become bigger things. In the past couple of weeks, I've moved to a new "facility" - the in-lingo ...
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Not all mosquito repellents are created equalJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Mosquito bites can be more than an annoyance. For the unlucky, getting bitten can lead to West Nile virus, a potentially serious illness that the U.S. Centers for Diseas...
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Cancer society bus coming to Naperville, SchaumburgJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is on tour, encouraging people to get involved in the political end of the fight against a disease that ranks among the...