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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Research, Disease Prevention, Heart Attack, Vaccines
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Supplements we take mostly not ordered by doctors, study says
There is oh, so much publicity about fish oil pills, calcium and vitamin D – let alone the many more unusual dietary supplements. Are Americans persuaded? About half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements, and less than a quarter of the people who...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Research, Calcium, Glucosamine, Vitamin D
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Racial gaps remain in cancer rates
Cancer death rates among African American men declined faster than those of white men in the last decade, even though overall survival rates for black men and women remained the lowest of all racial groups for most types of cancer, according to a recent...
Tags: Colon Cancer, American Cancer Society, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Outdoor smoking bans may be coming to South Florida beaches, parks
If you enjoy the freedom to light up at a park or beach — or if you gag at the stench of the second-hand smoke — change could be coming. With a push from a Palm Beach County high school senior motivated by her grandfather's death from lung...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, American Cancer Society, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Lung Cancer
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Think preventive medicine will save money? Think again
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - It seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providing more preventive care should cut costs....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Heart Attack, General Practitioners, Broken Hip, Vaccines
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Women have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
New research finds that women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago compared to those who never smoked. That is partly because they are starting younger and smoking more than women used to. Women...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Medical Research
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Huell Howser died of prostate cancer, death certificate says
L.A. NOWPublic television star Huell Howser died of metastatic prostate cancer, his death certificate filed in Riverside County states.... -
Marine recruit caught running across runway at San Diego airport
L.A. NOWA recruit who may have had second thoughts about joining the Marine Corps was caught Thursday morning running across the runway at San Diego's Lindbergh Field, adjacent to the boot camp. The recruit had arrived Monday and was undergoing initial...... -
'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Phillips dies at 94
L.A. NOWPauline Friedman Phillips, who as Abigail Van Buren -- "Dear Abby" — for more than 40 years dispensed advice to newspaper readers worldwide on everything from snoring spouses to living wills, has died. She was 94.... -
Three killed in Redlands head-on collision
L.A. NOWThree people were killed Thursday in a head-on collision in Redlands, authorities said... -
Son of 'Barney' co-creator arrested on attempted murder charge
L.A. NOWThe son of a co-creator of the long-running PBS children's show "Barney and Friends" has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for shooting a neighbor in the chest during a dispute, L.A. County sheriff's officials said Thursday. Patrick Leach,...... -
Cancer death rates down 20 percent in past two decades
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterSome promising news in the fight against cancer. The death rate from cancer in the United States is down substantially in the past two decades. According to the American Cancer Society, rates rose steadily in the 1900's peaking in 1991. In 2009...Tags: American Cancer Society, Prostate Cancer, Health Organizations
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