Articles filed under Health
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Get your motor revvingSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Dieting is really about math. You count the calories you eat. You count the calories you burn. If the equation tilts in one direction, you lose weight. If it leans the o...
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Companies link health costs to employee's risk factorsSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- First they tried nudging. Now, as insurance costs climb, companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressur...
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Near-tripling of reported deaths and drug reactionsSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Reports of dangerous side effects and deaths from widely used medicines almost tripled between 1998 and 2005, an analysis of U.S. drug data found. The number of deaths a...
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Old news: Many factors contribute to longer life spansSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Humans are living longer than ever before, and Caleb Finch, professor of gerontology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California, has spent his scie...
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Keeping energy up means staying involved in lifeSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - When power goes out, everyone goes after energy companies. But there's nobody to target when personal energy ebbs and flows due to infused or oral chemotherapy. With del...
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Taming dragon breathSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - It will doom you to social mockery, financial ruin and self-loathing. Or, at least, eliminate the chance of a second date with Mr. Right. Bad breath afflicts everyone, a...
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Health bulletin: Cutting doctors' hours doesn't help patients muchSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Cutting doctors' hours doesn't help patients much Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two l...
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Chili peppers can improve your healthSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Six millennia ago, farmers living in modern-day Mexico made a wise health move: They domesticated the chili pepper. Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution recently ...
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Fertility clinics may overuse costly techniquesSep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Fertility clinics are overusing a laboratory technique and costing infertile couples and some insurers hundreds of extra dollars, a new study suggests. At issue is a pro...
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Men with chest pain reluctant to dial 911Sep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Who you gonna call? Not an ambulance, if you're like many guys with chest pain What do asking for directions and calling 911 have in common? Men, it seems, don't like to...