Articles filed under Health
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Officials: Financial crisis can lead to violenceOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in the chest as authorit...
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Don't worry, parents, imaginary friends actually good for kidsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - He was talkative and fun to be around, so it was no surprise that the outgoing 3-year-old was surrounded by a bunch of friends. On the first day of class, he marched int...
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The hottest new piece of exercise equipment? A strollerOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Peek-a-Boo Lunges, Choo-Choo Sprints and Ring-Around-the-Rosie Squats aren't part of most women's exercise routines. But they're starting to be. More and more suburban m...
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Worries about money can take a toll on your teethOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Does the sinking stock market cause you to clench your teeth? Do you wake up with a headache, sore teeth or a sore jaw? Millions of people clench and grind their teeth w...
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Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendationsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it m...
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How much pounding can new hips, knees take?Oct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - One in 75 patients who gets a knee or hip replaced must get it replaced again within three years, new research finds, although the studies underscore a question: Just ho...
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At the buffet, don't eat all you canOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Stir-fried rice. Kung Pao chicken. Pot stickers. Makes your mouth water, doesn't it? Exercising willpower at an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet isn't easy, but a few simp...
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Many marathoners running with a purposeOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Near the end of her freshman year at Wheeling High School in 1999, Colleen Clyder knew something wasn't right. Normally a good student, Clyder was having trouble concent...
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Stem cells from testicles an option to embryosOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new ap...
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Angst is rising, but many must forgo therapyOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In the latest sign of the deepening economic crisis, more people are considering cutting back on their mental-health therapy, even as they become more stressed. Across t...