Articles filed under Health
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Any spread of breast cancer raises risk of returnAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Breast cancer patients with even the tiniest spread of the disease to a lymph node have a much higher risk of it recurring years later and may need more treatment than j...
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Living in U.S. raises cancer risk for HispanicsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hispanics who move to the U.S. are at greater risk for getting cancer than those living in their countries of origin, whether they're from Mexico, Puerto Rico or Cuba. C...
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Your Health: Teens and HIV testsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Teens and HIV tests Almost 50 percent of HIV-positive American teens and young adults don't know they are infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Weightlifting helps breast cancer survivorsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Breast cancer survivors have been getting bum advice. For decades, many doctors warned that lifting weights or even heavy groceries could cause painful arm swelling. New...
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Will ERs be flooded with the not-so-sick as swine flu reappears?Aug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn't arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it. Fearing swamped ERs, the government...
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New osteoporosis drug cuts fracture riskAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two studies suggest a first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines. The genetically engineered drug,...
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10 ways to lower your high cholesterol levelAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Your doctor tells you that your level of LDL - the "bad" type of cholesterol - is too high, and, in a double whammy, he says that your level of HDL - the "good" choleste...
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Hot weather, dehydration and simply finishing a run can trigger faintingAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Runners, in particular women who run in the summer heat, can probably relate to what happened to French President Nicolas Sarkozy a few weeks ago. Simply put, he fainted...
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Borderline or high cholesterol in midlife raises risk of brain disordersAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - You might want to think twice about that plate of bacon and eggs. A new study that looked at Kaiser Permanente Northern California members over a four-decade period foun...
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Seriously ill get more access to experimental drugsAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Seriously ill patients will be allowed greater access to experimental drugs under new regulations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The change lets drug...