Articles filed under Health
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Rare carcinoma on the riseApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Would you please write a column about Merkel cell carcinoma? I was diagnosed with this and understand the enormity of it. There is a lack of knowledge about it in...
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Electronic health records can save lives, threaten privacyApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Elmhurst Clinic converted from paper to computerized records, patients embraced the change. Some doctors, it turned out, were the ones who had to be dragged kicking...
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Growth spurt may be behind adolescent's sore kneesApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - My "real" patient that morning was the young lady who was in for her third and final cervical cancer vaccine. Since it was a school holiday, her 13-year-old brother was ...
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Haircuts and health screenings: Some barbershops offer bothApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - When Robert Hibler stopped by his barber, he got a new haircut - and a wake-up call. Two nursing students visited Flotrin's Barber Shop in north St. Louis offering to ta...
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West African dance is art, and a workoutApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Ann-Marie Shapiro is sweating and catching her breath as she sits to put on her shoes in the great room at the Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana, Ill. She looks physi...
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FDA switch OKs hospice painkillerApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests ab...
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Pounds flying off Fittest Loser contestantsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Our five contestants in the Fittest Loser Challenge all continue to lose weight and get more fit. They are now in the home stretch, with only three more weeks of trainin...
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Among 4-year-olds, 1 in 5 obese, study findsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A striking new study says almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese, and the rate is alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obes...
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Even those chips carry some riskApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Could eating an extra large bag of potato chips increase your risk of heart disease? Recent research has shown that a diet of fried potato chips increases blood markers ...
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Exercise comes in different forms -- some not so unpleasantApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - For some, exercise is the longest four-letter word. The mere mention of it conjures visions of endless climbs up StairMaster machines, screaming music in crowded aerobic...