Articles filed under Health
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Hoof-dressings come to the rescue of soft nailsOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - The world is pink in October, officially designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With one more week to go, nobody has mentioned that horses can play a role in paint...
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Your healthOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Danny Ferrone is still running. You may remember him from a story in September 2006, after he had completed his first triathlon. People run triathlons all the time, but ...
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Health bulletinOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Kids falling off bikes costs $200 million a year More than 10,000 children and teens go to the hospital every year in the United States after falling off or cras...
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Migraine pill might help alcoholics beat bottleOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A migraine pill seems to help alcoholics taper off their drinking without detox treatment, researchers report, offering a potential option for a hard-to-treat problem. T...
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Regular exercise does a brain goodOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Exercise seems to do as much good for the brain as the body. When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how ...
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The Morgellons mysteryOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Four years ago, Mary Leitao plucked a fiber that looked like dandelion fluff from a sore under her 2-year-old son's lip. Three pediatricians, three allergists, two derma...
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When air is polluted, run off the roadOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - If your running route takes you into traffic, you might want to remap it. A growing body of evidence suggests that air pollution may take a big toll on your heart. The ...
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Lenses for everyone: New materials make contacts safer, comfierOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Contact lenses have come a long way since 1887, when German physiologist Adolf Eugen Fick fashioned two 20-millimeter thick slabs from brown glass, doused them with a su...
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Sleep-deprived kids won't do as well in schoolOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Recent research on children has connected the importance of sleep not only to cognition, but to behavior and mood as well. While much is unknown about how the brain dev...
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Strict diet not always best way to reduce your triglyceridesOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I recently had blood work done, and the results were high (triglycerides 323). My doctor told me to take alcohol and sugar out of my diet as well as pasta, bread, ric...