Articles filed under Health
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Cooling off on Evista recommendationOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. In a recent column, you recommended switching from Fosamax to Evista for the treatment of osteoporosis because of the possible complication of mandibular necrosis...
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Don't let depression rob you of your lifeOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Winston Churchill called it the black dog. While in the throes of it, Abraham Lincoln described himself as "… the most miserable man living," adding that if his feelings...
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Faithfully using a lasercomb can help you grow new hairOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Will using a lasercomb help me grow hair? A. Yes, about 10 percent more. The Food and Drug Administration recently endorsed the LaserComb ($550, lasercomb.net...
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Are marathons too big?Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - There are young ones, old ones, thin ones and fat ones. Some show up in chicken suits, others in G-strings. There are highly trained athletes, of course, but also many p...
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Breast chemo staple under debateOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Breast cancer survivors may face increased risk of heart disease -- and doctors are debating if it's time to largely abandon a chemotherapy mainstay that is one reason f...
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Your healthOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Advice from Jared Any dieter will tell you it's not losing the weight but keeping it off that's a struggle. So we asked dieter Jared Fogle of Subway fame how he's kept h...
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Health bulletinOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A lousy marriage might literally make you sick. Marital strife and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported. What it ...
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Parents should follow school policy when it comes to starting schoolOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To send or not to send? That was the question facing the mother of a 4-year-old boy with a late August birthday. The preschooler was in the office for his annual physica...
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Run to Sparta and win -- a drink of waterOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS -- As extreme sports go, this one is ancient. It is one of the toughest races in the world -- a sport where the body is almost bound to fail and only passion can ...
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs continue to work a decade after patients quit themOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks for at least a decade after people stop taking them, the first long-term study of the world's top-selling ty...