Articles filed under Health
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Celebrex or Celexa? Clonidine or Klonopin?Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike - like this trio - is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. Now new efforts are ai...
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Modern wives' talesSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Does reading in low light really hurt your eyes? How about sitting too close to the TV? (No, and no.) Why are you better off drinking exactly eight glasses of water per ...
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Squash is a blast -- and a workoutSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - When you hear the word squash what do you immediately think of? The yellow vegetable that you did not like as a kid, but find somewhat appetizing now or do you think of ...
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FDA wary of deaths with Pfizer osteoporosis drugSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say a drug from Pfizer and Ligand Pharmaceuticals effectively treats osteoporosis, though they are concerned about deaths, blood clots a...
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Study: Getting arrested can cause heart attackSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - MUNICH, Germany -- For a minority of people stopped by the police, getting arrested is not the worst thing that happens. Spanish doctors reported Tuesday that a small pe...
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Some simple steps to keep control of medical billsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Kellie Brown had rarely suffered from an ailment worse than a runny nose when she let her health insurance lapse. Brown, 23, had always been covered by her father's plan...
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Latest cellulite treatments failing to show improvementAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Beauty magazines and spas are touting a new generation of high-tech treatments for cellulite, a common affliction that gives parts of women's bodies a dimpled, uneven ap...
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Growing pains are real - and can really hurtAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was 4 a.m. on a weekend when the 5-year-old's mother paged me to discuss her son's disturbing symptoms. She had become alarmed when her usually healthy little boy wok...
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Let's zumbaAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Whether you dance for fun or exercise, it's rare that you won't feel a hard-core sweat when you are done shaking your hips. So what do you get when you put Latin, danci...
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Some foreign herbal products found containing toxic metalsAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - One in five herbal products used in so-called Ayurvedic medicine and sold over the Internet contain harmful levels of toxic metals, a study found. Herbal pills, powders ...