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Fruits and Veggies Prevent Cancer? Not So Much, It Turns Out
Keep on eating these for your heart, just don't expect cancer-prevention miracles. (iStockphoto.com) Keep on eating these, but don't expect cancer-prevention-miracles. (iStockphoto.com) Keep on eating these, but don't expect cancer-prevention...
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Squat, Lunge Exercises Could Save Young Knees
By Brenda Wilson Girls love playing soccer almost as much as boys do, with more than a third of soccer players in this country likely to have a pony tail or pixie cut, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation. But that popularity has come with a price...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 3:00 PM
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Pollen Aplenty Triggers Allergy Explosion
By Scott Hensley We don't need any fancy equipment to know there's an epic pollen problem this year. Every flat surface around the house is covered in greenish yellow dust. Every eye in the place is a bloodshot red. How bad is it? In Atlanta,...
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Mon, Apr 12 2010 6:58 AM
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Eat More Fat, Just Make Sure It's The Right Kind
Keep fat healthy, and your heart will thank you. (iStockphoto.com) Keep fat healthy, and your heart will thank you. (iStockphoto.com) Keep fat healthy, and your heart will thank you. (iStockphoto.com) --> By Deborah Franklin Substituting certain vegetable...
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Tue, Mar 23 2010 8:50 AM
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Feds Investigate Boston Health System's Insurance Pacts
By Scott Hensley The Justice Department is probing whether Partners HealthCare, the dominant hospital system in Boston, has used its power to hurt competition. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> The Boston Globe reports the Justice Department's...
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Thu, Apr 29 2010 9:45 AM
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California Insurer Drops Rate Hikes After Errors Are Found
By Scott Hensley Remember Anthem Blue Cross of California's proposed hike in premiums that would have set back small businesses and individuals in the state as much as 39 percent on health coverage? (iStockphoto.com) We find them hard to forget. President...
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Fri, Apr 30 2010 7:15 AM
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Support Grows In U.K. For Higher Taxes On Alcohol
By Scott Hensley A British man quaffs a cut-price pint last year. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Forget the worst snowfall to sock England in years. The real storm to watch in the U.K. these days is the one over what to do about the rising toll alcohol abuse...
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Fri, Jan 08 2010 6:02 AM
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Maternal Deaths Decline Worldwide
By Scott Hensley Women around the world are dying much less often from complications related to childbirth than they did in 1980, an analysis of health data finds. Fewer mothers around the world are dying from childbirth (istockphoto.com) Fewer mothers...
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Wed, Apr 14 2010 9:46 AM
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Radiologists Strike Back: Mammograms Should Start At 40
By Scott Hensley The folks who read mammograms for a living say they know best about their value in detecting *** cancer. Their advice to women: start at age 40 and get a mammogram every year. For women with a particularly high risk for *** cancer, annual...
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Wed, Jan 06 2010 9:58 AM
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Vaccinating Kids Helps Adults Avoid Flu
By Richard Knox If you want to stop flu from spreading, start by vaccinating the kids. That little bit of common sense just got a big scientific boost from a study that shows unvaccinated adults can be protected against flu if enough nearby children vicinity...
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Wed, Mar 10 2010 5:52 AM
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Day Care Centers Too Quick To Send Kids Home Sick
A slight sniffle shouldn't keep Johnny at home. (Istockphoto.com) A slight sniffle shouldn't keep Johnny at home. (Istockphoto.com) --> A slight sniffle shouldn't keep Johnny at home. (Istockphoto.com) --> By Scott Hensley Pediatricians...
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Mon, Apr 19 2010 2:20 PM
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Lung Cancer Screening Often Raises False Alarm
By Richard Knox Somewhere north of 90 million Americans are at risk of lung cancer because they're current or former smokers. Many are tempted to get a CT lung scan, costing $300 to $1,000, to see if something's lurking. A CT scan of the lungs...
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Tue, Apr 20 2010 7:05 AM
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Waxman Cancels Hearing To Grill Companies On Tax Hit From Overhaul
By Scott Hensley Arcane accounting rules don't usually make for Congressional fireworks. But we were really looking forward to a scheduled clash next week between Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and a bunch of companies that said the new health law is going...
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Thu, Apr 15 2010 7:14 AM
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Sebelius To Insurers: Cover Kids, Or Else
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius looks on as Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger (left) speaks at a White House meeting with insurance executives last month. (Brendan Hoffman-Pool/Getty Images) Health and Human Services Secretary...
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Tue, Mar 30 2010 9:38 AM
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Cancer Threat From Tanning Beds May Prompts FDA Changes
By Scott Hensley It's another dreary rainy day here, after an excruciatingly long and snowy winter. But the sun's prolonged absence still isn't enough to drive us to the eerie blue glow of a tanning bed. But some people, especially teens,...
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Fri, Mar 26 2010 6:06 AM
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