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Take care of your health with the latest news on fitness & well-being, allergies and healthy lifestyle choices.

  • A woman dances under the sun.

    Why I don't wear sunscreen

    Thu, May 17, 2012 4:52 PM

    by Starre Vartan

    I don't like using lotion-based sunscreens, but I protect my skin in other ways.

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  • man getting an H1N1 vaccine

    U.S. tries to fix slow response to outbreaks

    Thu, Aug 19, 2010 2:33 PM by Maggie Fox, Reuters

    A new report says the nation's ability to respond to new outbreaks is far too slow and it lays out a plan for quickly developing drugs and vaccines.

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  • Golf course

    Organic golf course lets the weeds grow

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 5:19 PM by E.B. Solomont

    By shedding artificial fertilizers and pesticides, a Massachusetts golf club goes organic.

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  • Moose grazes in a field.

    Moose arthritis leads to new medical insights

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 5:07 PM by Katherine Butler

    New study shows lack of nutrition in early life contributes to arthritis in both moose and people.

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  • Tai chi eases fibromyalgia symptoms

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 5:00 PM by Marilynn Marchione, AP

    The ancient Chinese form of exercise eased painful joints and other fibromyalgia symptoms, according to a new study.

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  • sick woman drinking tea

    Ancient brew may reduce gut damage after chemotherapy

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 2:10 PM by Reuters

    To meet growing consumer demands, researchers are trying to prove the efficacy of ancient drugs using animal tests and human clinical trials.

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  • FDA says new pain med could be used as date rape drug

    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 11:25 AM by Matthew Perrone, AP

    Regulators have concerns about the misuse and abuse of sodium oxybate, which has been used as an illegal stimulant and a date rape drug.

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  • disease-carrying mosquito

    Florida death toll increases for mosquito-borne virus

    Tue, Aug 17, 2010 4:49 PM by Michael Peltier, Reuters

    Four Floridia residents have died from a mosquito-borne disease that typically afflicts horses.

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  • Bed bug

    Bed bugs invade Time Warner Center, CNN offices

    Tue, Aug 17, 2010 4:14 PM by Helen Jupiter

    Staffers learned of the latest NYC office infestation via e-mail from human resources.

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  • Malaria No More

    The song that could end malaria

    Tue, Aug 17, 2010 4:09 PM by Good Magazine

    By pairing sophisticated on-the-ground operations with savvy marketing, Malaria No More is making a dent in Africa's malaria epidemic.

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  • An open window

    'Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World'

    Tue, Aug 17, 2010 10:29 AM by Sarah F. Berkowitz

    Environmental and political writer Stan Cox takes air conditioning to trial, using hot eco-topics to hand down a guilty verdict.

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  • Lou Gehrig may not have died of Lou Gehrig's disease

    Tue, Aug 17, 2010 3:06 AM by Associated Press

    Dr. Ann McKee said she found toxic proteins in the spinal cords of athletes who had suffered head injuries and later died of Lou Gehrig's disease.

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  • rising health care costs

    Cancer is the world's costliest disease

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 9:29 PM by Marilynn Marchione, AP

    Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person.

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  • Produce at the market

    Veggie vouchers: Doctors actually prescribing an apple a day

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 9:09 PM by Katherine Butler

    New Massachusetts program promotes 'prescription produce' to fight childhood obesity.

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  • A sticker says BPA-free

    Toxic BPA detected in 91 percent of Canadians, study says

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 6:38 PM by Agence France-Presse

    More than 130 studies have linked even low levels of BPA to serious health problems, including breast cancer, obesity and the early onset of puberty.

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  • Woman wakes up every day literally trapped in 1994

    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 12:12 PM

    Video: Michelle Philpots, 47, suffers from a condition known as anterograde amnesia, which has stripped her of her short-term memory and made every day a rehash of 1994.

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