Articles filed under Health
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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...
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Exercise those options when you canSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A lunchtime walk -- even if it's short -- counts toward your daily 30-minute exercise requirement. How little exercise can you do and still be healthy? The American Col...
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Adult-onset asthma rates spike among 9/11 rescuersSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A new survey of Sept. 11-related illnesses has found an alarming increase in asthma -- 12 times higher than normal -- among those who toiled on the toxic debris piles of...
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America gets even fatterAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Loosen the belt buckle another notch: Obesity rates continued to climb in 31 states last year, and no state declined. Mississippi became the first state to...