Articles filed under Health
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The ongoing debate over fluoridationNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - As a baby boomer growing up without fluoridation, I had 14 cavities before my 18th birthday, including seven at one particularly mortifying dental visit. A generation la...
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Amputees fight caps in coverage for prostheticsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - After bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee, Eileen Casey got even more bad news: Her insurer told her that she had s...
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Eat your veggies, get good grades - here's the proofNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Can food and vitamins improve academic performance in children? The answer is yes. In two recent clinical trials, consuming fruits and vegetables as well as a multivitam...
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Inhaler lung drugs tied to heart problems, deathsNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests. The results aren't...
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The young and the anxiousNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Last fall, 12-year-old John Morganti was a very anxious kid. He was too scared to ride the bus to school or have sleepovers at friends' houses. He had frequent stomachac...
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That extra digit needn't be a problemNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - After giving birth to twin girls, Julia Styrczula-Di Tullio was shocked to learn one of her daughters had an extra thumb. She worried her child Marina might be ostracize...
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Sometimes getting yourself to the gym is the hardest partNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - We all have those moments when we wake up in the morning and prepare ourselves to go work out, but pretty soon we are rolling over to sleep another hour or we head right...
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Isn't health a vital part of our freedom?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - According to Max D. Persels (Fence Post, Nov. 8), the list of "outs" during the future presidency of Barack Obama will include the loss of "freedom, health care choice a...
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They're not out to get you, but more people think they areNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought....
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Some older patients may need to take a drug holiday from FosamaxNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Dr. David S. Schneider. D.O., has seen his share of older women with hip fractures. He knows that 10 million Americans - men and women - either have or are at risk of de...