Articles filed under Health
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Should I double my aspirin during a heart attack?Apr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I've heard you should take an aspirin if you think you're having a heart attack. I already take aspirin (325 mg) every day. Should I still take an aspirin if I feel a...
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Contestants already reaping health benefits of exercise, dietApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - In order to participate in the Fittest Loser competition, each of the five candidates had to meet with two doctors. Each had to get permission from his or her primary ph...
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Can cheering on my team harm my health?Apr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I like sports, and now that I'm in my 60s and have had some trouble with my heart, I mainly enjoy them on television. My family sees how excited I sometimes get watch...
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Study looks to slash test time for new breast cancer drugsApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Breast cancer researchers say they could cut years off the time required to test new drugs for treating certain kinds of tumors under a study about to begin at cancer ce...
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Your Health: Can the Pill change a woman's taste in men?Apr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Pill perception Can the Pill change women's taste in men? A study by the University of Sheffield says that women taking the oral contraceptive drug had a great...
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Docs take increasingly darker view of tanning bedsApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Dermatologists have been making the case for more than a decade that there is no such thing as a good, or safe, suntan. Yet studies suggest that nearly a third of Americ...
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New hope for people with memory loss from brain injuriesApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Elianne Parent was on her way to celebrate her 18th birthday with friends when a drunken driver smashed into their car. She suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and ...
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More doctors opt for costlier, riskier spinal surgeryApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise - and sometimes done unnecessarily - for a common lower back condi...
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Eating five times a day, and losing weightApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Fittest Loser competitors were ready - though apprehensive - for the workouts. They were ready for the weigh-ins and the examinations and the exhaustion. They were n...
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Running the way nature intended can have its benefitsApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Barefoot guru Hank Campbell insists that he is not opposed to running shoes. "They have their place," said Campbell, one of the top road runners in the Tampa Bay area in...