Articles filed under Health
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Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some menAug 24, 2009 11:00 pm - A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who've had serious heart problems. Hormone therapy suppresses the amount o...
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Images from Mark Kirk's town hall meeting, Aug. 24Aug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - ...
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Health insurers jump on the medical tourism bandwagonAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Elizabeth Kunz left her dentist's office this spring with a mouth full of problems and no way to pay for them. The South Carolina resident went out of her way, literally...
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Too much texting: For many teens, phone messaging is a 24/7 activityAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - To many adults, text messaging is an enigma - a practice their teens engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. W...
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Kids prepare to re-enter real world after a summer at weight-loss campAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The campers here monitor how many steps they take and how many calories they ingest, aim to eat zero fat, watch no television and rise each mornin...
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Tea tree gel gets rid of head liceAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The beginning of school can be new and exciting, but it is also the peak season for head lice. Head lice occur most frequently in young children between 3 and 10 years ...
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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...