Articles filed under Health
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Hand hygiene impacts spread of hospital infectionsFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Doctors and nurses on the go often skip soap and water in favor of an alcohol-based hand gel, thinking the quick-acting goo will kill bacteria on their hands and curb th...
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Go west, young parents:Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Get pregnant in Chicago and have the baby in Portland. That's the advice from Fit Pregnancy magazine, which recently rated U.S. cities for parents. Portland rates the to...
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Be careful of the volume on iPod earbudsFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Earbuds are not more dangerous than traditional headphones, but teenagers are notorious for turning the volume way up. The couple was new to my practice, having recent...
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Nicotine can affect brain tissue in teenagersFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Parents may now have another reason to worry about their children smoking. Nicotine may cause the teenage brain to develop abnormally, resulting in changes to the struct...
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Doctors search for clues to miscarriagesFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Women who have struggled through a miscarriage are often desperate for clues to what went wrong, and what they can do differently the next time. But doctors seldom have ...
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Hold that tissue!Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The cold season has arrived, a cure hasn't, and even efforts at treating the symptoms seem like a dubious proposition these days. Over-the-counter cold remedies have co...
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Suction method attacks clogged arteriesFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it doe...
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Treadmill desk puts the work in workoutFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Jay Buster of Boulder, Colo., spends about seven hours a day working at his treadmill desk. And he says typing while walking is about as easy as chewing gum while walkin...
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Think you're green enough?Feb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - You recycle regularly, use compact fluorescent lightbulbs, and try to buy organic. But we're betting there's a lot more you can do to turn your home into a healthier, sa...
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Some memory loss can be curedFeb 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. My wife, who is 68 years old, is having short-term memory loss. She has had a CT scan and MRI of the brain. No abnormalities were detected. She has seen a neurolo...