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Movember raises money and awareness
Staff WriterYou call it November. They call it Movember. The mustache-growing event started in 2003 when a few men way down under in Australia decided to bring crumb catchers back in style (Mo is Aussie slang for mustache). Fast forward and the mustache movement has...Tags: Prostate, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Marketing, Ice Hockey
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Trans fats raise cholesterol, not blood sugar
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although trans fats raise your levels of "bad" cholesterol, they don't appear to have lasting impacts on your blood sugar, according to a new review of the medical evidence. Researchers found that both blood sugar and insulin,...Tags: Heart Disease, Health and Safety at School, Diets and Dieting, Hormones and Metabolism, Food and Drug Administration
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Slimmer future for heavy kids who get help early
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight-loss programs can help even very young children slim down, and it appears that acting early may improve the odds of success, according to a pair of new studies. "What they are showing is a pretty consistent trend that...Tags: Heart Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, Family, Healthcare Provider
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LIFE MATTERS: Heaven for real, I believe
Contributing WriterThousands of people have related their stories of near-death experiences, perhaps the most popular in recent years being told by a pastor, Don Piper, “90 Minutes in Heaven,” 2004, and by a child, Colton Burpo, “Heaven is for Real,”...Tags: Sam Harris, Neurosurgery, E. coli Infection
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Health security is national security
On the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's dramatic announcement about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, the two presidential candidates met for a debate last Monday only 250 miles away in Boca Raton, Fla. Moderator Bob Schieffer...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Boca Raton, National Security, John F. Kennedy, Health Insurance Cost
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TV Plastic Surgeon Pleads Not Guilty to Videotaping Naked Patients
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A celebrity plastic surgeon pleaded not guilty Thursday to secretly videotaping naked female patients during post- operative examinations at his office near the Beverly Center. Dr. Lance Everett Wyatt, 42, of Sherman Oaks is charged...Tags: Sex Crimes, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice, Misdemeanors, Celebrity Surgery
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Study: Multivitamins May Prevent Cancer in Men
CNNTaking a multivitamin may help prevent cancer in healthy middle-aged men, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School...Tags: Health Treatments, Dietary Supplements, General Practitioners, American Medical Association, Medical Research
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In the end, it may not be about medicine
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For cancer patients, a good death may have more to do with simple human values than with the latest medical treatments, a new study suggests. People who got treatment at intensive care units (ICU) or died in the hospital,...Tags: Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Internists, Cancer, Medical Specialization
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"Smarts" isn't Bobby Jindal's problem, but slashing education and health services in our state is
I thought Bobby Jindal was supposed to be an education governor. I thought Bobby Jindal was a pro health care governor. Hard to think he is when his favorite places to cut the state budget is by putting health care and education on the chopping block year...
Tags: Government, Bobby Jindal, Executive Branch, Politics, Brown University
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Jill Stein Biography (Green)
Full Name: Jill Stein Born: May 14, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois Official Website: www.jillstein.org drjillstein @jillstein2012 Biography: Jill Stein is a mother, housewife, physician and teacher of internal medicine. She graduated magna cum...
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Blue light has a dark side
Light at night is bad for your health, and exposure to blue light emitted by electronics and energy-efficient light bulbs may be especially so. Until the advent of artificial lighting, the sun was the major source of light, and people spent their...
Tags: Heart Disease, Physiology, Electricity Production and Distribution, Obesity, Science
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The Doctor's Corner: Get informed on menopausal hormone therapy
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a three-part series on menopausal hormone care. * The following is a hypothetical but typical scenario. Leann is a 50-year-old woman whose menstrual periods have stopped. She is gaining weight, flashing all night...Tags: Heart Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines, Hormones and Metabolism, Menopause
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