Articles filed under Health
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The secrets to working better with your doctorSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Doctors don't answer their own phones for a reason: Scheduling isn't their expertise. Physicians don't typically discuss your choice of drugstore or high heels, either. ...
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Dying from childbirthSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing mate...
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Diabetics need to make plans when travelingSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Fall is travel time for empty nesters and retirees. But diabetics know you can't take a vacation from this disease. With a little planning, however, it's possible to get...
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Know your numbersSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A new survey found that women are twice as likely to know how much they weighed in high school as they are to know their cholesterol number. It's not because women don't...
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A dolphin's tailSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Prosthetic specialist Kevin Carroll travels the country tackling the toughest human amputation cases, so it was only natural that he was also drawn to Winter -- the only...
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Niacin can reduce triglyceride levelsSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My wife takes niacin. She had high triglycerides for 16 years. Nothing seemed to help. They were never under 350. Well, finally, one of her doctors said to try ni...
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Seeing the sights on the runSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Like to train and sightsee at the same time? Now you can see New York, Washington D.C. and even hometown Chicago while on the run. City Running Tours offers tours for jo...
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Sleepwalking more common in young boysSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - There's one subject I can talk about in my sleep. It surfaces so often in pediatric practice that I can dish out advice for all age groups -- and that topic is: Sleep. ...
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Few teens got recommended vaccinationsSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Only 12 percent of teens got a meningitis shot that is recommended by U.S. health officials. And only 11 percent got another relatively new shot, one that guards against...
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New asthma guidelines urge better day-to-day controlSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their s...