Two in three Americans admit to spewing germs like walking influenza factories, a new survey shows just as flu season kicks into high gear.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:34:13 GMT]
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Sleeping with and kissing your animals on their little pet lips can put you at risk for some serious medical problems -- including the plague, says a new study.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:33:54 GMT]
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It seems stammering is having a moment: "The King's Speech" received 12 Academy Award nominations and the buzz about actor Colin Firth's portrayal of the stuttering king is everywhere. But few have heard of sudden onset stuttering, a rare form that strikes adults who've never before had the speech impediment.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:52:42 GMT]
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The American Red Cross said that recent winter storms have forced thousands of donors to cancel giving blood and its January supply had fallen to the lowest in a decade.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:19:26 GMT]
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The U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation yet has worse life expectancy than many ? and a new report blames smoking and obesity.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:15:44 GMT]
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A former public works employee in North Branford said his inability to "urinate on demand" has cost him his job.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:18:53 GMT]
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Uh-oh: New study says impulse control when young predicts whether kids grow up to be healthy, successful adults
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:26:23 GMT]
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Is her super-strict parenting style too mean, or just what today's coddled kids need?
[Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:29:45 GMT]
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Former talk show host Montel Williams is urging Maryland lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana, saying it has a role helping those with painful ailments such as his own.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:51:31 GMT]
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Frederic Chopin's habit of drifting off and hallucinating at the piano may have been caused by epilepsy, according to a new study of the 19th-century romantic composer.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:45:23 GMT]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- People treated for stroke at designated stroke centers appear to survive slightly longer than those treated at other hospitals, suggests a new study.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:26:28 GMT]
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A child's success in his or her 30s in measures of health, wealth and more can be predicted by how well they can control their impulses as early as age three, says a new study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:47:22 GMT]
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Some of the nutrition information listed in government-mandated food labels will be repeated on package fronts under a new system that food makers and major grocers are introducing.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:46:57 GMT]
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The costs of heart disease in the United States will triple between now and 2030 to more than $800 billion a year, a report commissioned by the American Heart Association predicted Monday.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:04:24 GMT]
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Hundreds of people have posted online pleas begging the Centers for Disease Control to remove their phone numbers from lists used to conduct government telephone health surveys.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:46:38 GMT]
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Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who inspired television viewers to trim down and pump iron decades before exercise became a national obsession, has died at age 96.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:21:37 GMT]
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Far from being a harmless phase, a new book says the girl culture that's aggressively marketed to children actually sets girls up to focus on their appearance and become sexualized younger and younger.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:43:37 GMT]
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* Rogue gene attacks protein that stops cancer spreading
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:09:14 GMT]
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