Articles filed under Health
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Cholesterol-cutting drugs raise diabetes riskFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Lipitor, Crestor and rival drugs to lower cholesterol also boost diabetes rates by about 9 percent, according to a study that quantified a complication that doctors only...
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Millions missing out on colon cancer screeningFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer - colorectal cancer - miss them, despite years of public efforts to ma...
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FDA scrutiny spurs drugmakers to tone down adsFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Instead of middle-aged bikers singing "Viva Viagra," as seen in a 2007 commercial, the latest Viagra ad shows a gray-haired man meeting with a doctor. After Pfizer's qui...
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Capitalizing on chocolate's health benefits might take the fun out of itFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - If the healthful benefits of broccoli could be distilled into a pill, veggie haters worldwide would rejoice. But who would choose to get their chocolate fix by gulping a...
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Smaller machines, 'virtual' workouts make it easy to exercise at homeFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Not long ago, a home workout area might have seemed out of the question, with bulky workout equipment and weights requiring too much space. Today's more versatile equipm...
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No cure for heart disease, Clinton's case showsFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Bill Clinton has a new lease on life, but there's no cure for the heart disease that has twice forced the former president to get blocked arteries fixed. Treatments like...
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Pediatricians urge choking warning labels for foodFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous. Some food...
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Teeth-whitening options vary in cost and effectivenessFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Maybe it was your 35th high school reunion photograph or perhaps an innocent remark by a child, but now you're self-conscious about your dingy teeth, and you're thinking...
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New study to attack childhood cancerFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In an unprecedented effort to attack childhood cancer at its root causes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. and Washington University School of Med...
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Fighting swine flu fatigue with clever marketingFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Marco Torres stood on a busy road in Riverside, Calif. and waved an oversized yellow arrow with an unconventional message for a street marketing campaign: "FREE TODAY: H...