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Fitness & Well-Being

Fitness & Well-Being

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Take charge of your health with tips about exercise, diet and overall environmental health.

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    Appeals court rejects autism vaccine link

    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 5:46 PM by Randolph E. Schmid, AP

    More than 5,500 families have sought compensation through the government's Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

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    Isotope shortage makes vital medical scans costlier, riskier

    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 4:15 PM by LiveScience

    Worldwide issue may raise healthcare costs and complicate patient care.

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    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 1:11 PM

    Brazilian teenager Elisany Silva towers over her peers at 6'9”, but she may use her height to her advantage as a runway model.

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    The chubby girl from Ipanema? Brazil puts on weight

    Fri, Aug 27, 2010 1:09 PM by Reuters

    Nearly half of adult Brazilians are overweight and about 15 percent are obese, a significant gain compared to a survey taken in 1974.

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    Girls and golf: My ultimate sports dilemma

    Thu, Aug 26, 2010 3:01 PM by Maria Rodale

    Maria Rodale shares her mixed feelings about being out on the golf course.

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    Squat for a healthier poop

    Thu, Aug 26, 2010 2:21 PM by Siel Ju

    Already have an eco-friendly toilet that saves you water? You might save time by squatting on the seat -- a practice that could benefit your health, too!

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    Atheist doctors more likely to hasten death

    Thu, Aug 26, 2010 10:08 AM by Maria Cheng, AP

    Doctors who described themselves as "extremely" or "very nonreligious" were twice as likely to make decisions that could accelerate a patient's death.

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  • Scientists create liver cells from human skin

    Thu, Aug 26, 2010 7:30 AM by Agence France-Presse

    Researchers took skin biopsies from patients with liver disease, and from three healthy patients, "reprogramming" the skin samples into stem cells.

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    Restoring sight with new artificial cornea

    Wed, Aug 25, 2010 4:49 PM by Lauran Neergaard, AP

    Inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye coaxes its own natural corneal cells to regrow and restore vision.

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  • Antihistamine use linked to extra pounds

    Wed, Aug 25, 2010 2:04 PM by Amy Norton, Reuters

    In a study of 867 U.S. adults, prescription antihistamine users were more likely to be overweight or obese than non-users were.

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  • Adding talk therapy to medications may ease adult ADHD

    Tue, Aug 24, 2010 4:19 PM by Genevra Pittman, Reuters

    The most common treatment for adult ADHD is medications like Adderall and Ritalin, but medication isn't always enough.

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    Flu vaccine side effects

    Tue, Aug 24, 2010 3:05 PM

    The side effects of flu vaccine are mostly cold-like symptoms but sometimes they are more serious.

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  • Being fat humiliates men too

    Tue, Aug 24, 2010 2:12 PM

    Video: Self-proclaimed 'fatty' Edward Ugel discusses what it's like to be an overweight man in America, as documented in his book, 'I'm With Fatty.'

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  • Man shot in head, notices 5 years later

    Tue, Aug 24, 2010 11:28 AM by Associated Press

    The man recalled receiving a blow to the head on New Year's Eve, but he didn't seek medical assistance at the time.

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    Headed to ER? Some post waits by billboard, text message

    Tue, Aug 24, 2010 3:02 AM by Lauran Neergaard, AP

    Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be.

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