Health News
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'Catastrophic' Head Injuries to High School Football Players Rising
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football players butting heads. teens.
Annual report found fewer deaths but more cases of permanent brain damage
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Health Tip: When Your Child is Stressed
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM April 20, 2012 CommentIt may trigger physical symptoms
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Consider Kickboxing
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:00AM April 20, 2012 CommentBut take steps to protect your joints
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Vietnam asks WHO to help identify killer disease
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:58AM April 20, 2012 CommentHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in an impoverished district in central Vietnam, an official said Friday.
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Bedbugs Can Infest Your Office, Too
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Value of Metformin, Insulin Combo for Type 2 Diabetes Questioned
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:00AM April 20, 2012 Comment (1)Danish analysis suggests that long-term benefit for patients is unclear
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FDA: Gulf Seafood Safe Despite Oil Spill Concerns
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55AM April 20, 2012 Comment (9)Oil spill on beach with off shore oil rig in background.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Photos of fish with sores may raise concern about long-term environmental effects of the massive BP oil spill — but federal health officials say the Gulf seafood that's on the market is safe to eat.
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CDC: 2011 was worst measles year in US in 15 years
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:24PM April 19, 2012 Comment (2)ATLANTA (AP) — Last year was the worst year for measles in the U.S. in 15 years, health officials said Thursday.
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Public Citizen wants withdrawal of diabetes drug
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:30PM April 19, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A consumer advocacy group is calling on government regulators to withdraw a diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, saying the injectable medication raises the risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis and kidney failure.
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Low-Fat Dairy Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentOdds for an attack were slightly less than for those who ate higher-fat fare, study found
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Exercise May Help Patients With High Blood Pressure Live Longer
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentLarge study from Taiwan found inactive people fared worse at all blood-pressure levels
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Early Use of MS Drug May Cut Likelihood of Progression
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM April 19, 2012 Comment (2)Study found fewer people given 'interferon beta-1a' early moved on to definitive diagnosis
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Measles Outbreaks in 2011 Were Worst in 15 Years: CDC
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM April 19, 2012 Comment (1)Most cases were tied to travel abroad, occurred in unvaccinated individuals
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Study Pinpoints New Abnormality in 'Athlete's Heart'
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentCharacteristic is found most often in black male athletes
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Basketball Legend Pat Summitt Leaving as Tennessee Women's Coach
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentThe 59-year-old Hall of Famer revealed last year that she has early-onset Alzheimer's
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'No Regrets' Outlook May Make for Sunnier Old Age
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentStudy suggests letting go of missed opportunities is linked to healthy mental aging
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Healthy Lifestyle Choices Could Cut Cancer Rates: Report
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentBut researchers say lawmakers, private industry need to do more to encourage change
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After Hospitalization, Men More Likely to Show Up in ER
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM April 19, 2012 CommentThey also had more readmissions within a month than women, study found
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Genes Associated With Autism Also Related to Schizophrenia
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM April 19, 2012 Comment (4)Researchers also identified 22 new genes connected to autism
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New Psoriasis Drugs Not Much Better Than Standard Therapy, Study Finds
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:00PM April 19, 2012 Comment (1)Biologics costlier but don't clear much more surface area of skin than methotrexate
