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Straight up Fit: Top 10 reasons to start resistance training, part two
Editor’s note:¿This is the second of a two-part series on resistance training. Last week, I¿listed five reasons why resistance training is an important component of a well-rounded workout. As promised, here are the remaining five of the top...
Tags: Skype, Iron (dietary supplement), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sleep Apnea, Diabetes
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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
CHICAGO (AP) — It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a...
Tags: Laws, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Health and Medical Professionals
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Study finds association between processed meat and disease
Another study has found an association between eating meat and premature death, this time linking the consumption of bacon, sausage and other processed meats with cardiovascular disease and cancer in a study of nearly a half-million Europeans. "Overall,...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dietary Supplements, Heart Disease, Demographics, Foods and Beverages
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Opioid painkillers tied to driving injuries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People prescribed high doses of powerful painkillers are more likely to be injured while driving than those taking very low doses, according to a new study from Canada. The drugs, known as opioids, include common painkillers...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Prescription Drugs, Medical Specialization, Research, Toronto (Canada)
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Docs should counsel youth about not smoking: panel
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should talk to school-aged kids and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, a government-backed panel said today. The draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive...Tags: Medical Specialization, Education, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals
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Regular aspirin use tied to age-related vision loss
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking at least one aspirin every week is linked to the development of age-related vision loss, according to a new study. The Australian researchers, however, caution that there's still not enough evidence to say taking the...Tags: Macular Degeneration, Heart Disease, Medical Specialization, Heart Attack, Drugs and Medicines
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Hearing loss, cognitive decline associated in older people, study says
Hearing loss among older adults appears to be associated with faster cognitive decline than people without hearing loss, researchers found. The study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday suggests that, on average, individuals with...Tags: Internists, Alzheimer's Disease, Hearing Impairment, Health and Medical Professionals
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Acupuncture helped allergies -- a little, study says
Acupuncture gave some relief to people suffering from seasonal allergies, but the improvements didn’t last much beyond treatment, researchers said. The researchers, from several institutions in the United States and Germany, studied seasonal...
Tags: Germany, Physical Conditions, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Allergies, Pharmaceuticals
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Traces of melamine from dinnerware can seep into food, study says
Serving hot food on melamine tableware could increase your exposure to melamine, a study released Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. Melamine, an industrial chemical used in everyday items such as cooking utensils, plates,...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Internists, Consumers, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations
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University of Chicago Medicine's top official faces a challenging 2013
Nearly every morning, before 7 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Polonsky is dropped off near the Lakefront Trail on Chicago's South Side, a few steps from Lake Michigan. He carries no briefcase, wears no suit and has no cup of coffee, the standard trappings of his...
Tags: Human Interest, Finance, South Africa, Activism, Health and Safety at School
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Device for the hearing impaired uses bone, not air, to conduct sound
marieg@herald-mail.comNothing can prepare a person for living in silence. After all, the world is filled with sound — car horns beeping, babies crying, conversations and music bouncing off the walls of a noisy restaurant. But sometimes, those sounds disappear, either...Tags: Metal, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Ear Infection, Hearing Impairment
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: Human Interest, Detroit Free Press, Laws, Civil Rights, Lawyers
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