Articles filed under Health
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Lung cancer CT screening leads to more false positivesApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A lung cancer screening technique promoted by some patient advocates leads to a false diagnosis of the disease in about 33 percent of patients after two annual tests, re...
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Get fit as a family: You can get teens outdoors (but you have to go, too)Apr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - It's a familiar refrain in homes with teenagers: "Shut off that television, get outside and get some exercise!" But parents, here's the bad news: If you want your teens ...
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Study shows brain games don't make you smarterApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played onl...
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Dark chocolate may be good for liver patientsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Dark chocolate may be just what the doctor ordered for patients with damaged livers. A Spanish study found chocolate can help lower blood pressure in the liver and reduc...
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Studies find tai chi could help arthritis sufferersApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - June Yiu likes the way tai chi introduces slow, graceful movement into her crowded, hectic day. "You do everything slowly, which I don't usually do," busy retiree Yiu, 6...
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Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggestsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Four common bad habits combined -- smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet -- can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. The findings are from...
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Researchers strike up a conversation with man in vegetative stateApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The inner voice of people who appear unconscious can now be heard. For the first time, researchers have struck up a conversation with a man diagnosed as being in a veget...
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Your Health: National health census in the areaApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A different census That person knocking on your door might not be looking for your census form. Another set of questioners is taking to area streets for a survey ...
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Northwest Community Hospital offers public tours SundayApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Yes, the new South Pavilion at Northwest Community Hospital looks spectacular, and private rooms seem like great perks, but this all contributes to better health care, t...
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With a few weeks left, contestants go for the winApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Heading into the home stretch of the Fittest Loser competition, five suburban men and women know they have to make the most of the remaining weeks of intensive physical ...