Articles filed under Health
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What to expect from some common medical proceduresSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a fact of midlife: After 40, we're more likely to need certain medical tests to preserve our health. Learning that you have to undergo something with a hard-to-pron...
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Third World diseases making their way into U.S. populationSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Preventable diseases commonly seen among impoverished people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are infecting millions of U.S. residents, mostly poor women and children, ...
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Healthy snacks can give athletes a boostSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Along with new classes, textbooks and homework, the new academic year also signals the return of after-school sports. The long hours away from home for practices and gam...
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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...