Articles filed under Health
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Smoking raises diabetes risk, researchers sayJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Here's another reason to throw away the cigarettes: Smoking, already known to cause lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, also raises one's risk for the most common for...
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Six easy fixes for cleaner air in your homeJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Aileen Gagney knows what poor indoor air can do to a person's health. Once, while she was painting in an unventilated bathroom, polyurethane fumes knocked her out for 16...
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Donating brains no strain for nunsJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track t...
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How old is too old to father a child?Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Women have long understood that general fitness and age are critical to conceiving a healthy child. But their partners often feel absolved of such concerns; men tend to...
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Osteoporosis diagnosis leads to life-changing health planJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - When Lynn Riordan got a diagnosis of osteoporosis after breaking her leg, the 75-year-old decided to take steps to prevent more serious fractures. The twice-widowed Barr...
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Driving miss baby?Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEWARK, Del. -- With a 6-month-old at the controls, researchers at the University of Delaware are encouraging underage driving. Their ultimate goal is to help immobile, ...
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Scientists take 'stealth approach' vs. germsJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Think of germs as gangsters. One thug lurking on a corner you might outrun, but a dozen swaggering down the street? Yikes. Bacteria make their own gangs, clustering quie...
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Health bulletinJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Defibrillator shocks late in hospitals Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in U.S. hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks th...
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Real or placebo? You may be surprisedJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Researchers at the University of Chicago said the study raises ethical questions and suggests a need for greater recognition and understanding of placebo use. "It illus...
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Most children will eventually outgrow stutteringJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Even the most talkative children become uncharacteristically shy on entering the pediatrician's office. When asked a straightforward question, they hesitate and squirm, ...