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Don't just sit there. Really.
"Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us," says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women's health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. "The chair is out to kill us," says James Levine, an...
Tags: Heart Disease, Vaccines, Health and Safety at School, Comprehensive Health, The Ohio State University
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H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Flu, Bird Flu, Health Organizations, Science
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Personal Income
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Kern County says heart disease, not beating, caused man's death
A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff's deputies earlier this month died from heart disease, not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner's office labeled David Sal Silva's death accidental, adding...
Tags: Heart Disease, Television Industry, Prosecution, Witnesses, FBI
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Autopsy: Man beaten by deputies died of heart disease, not blows
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Thursday that a man at the center of a videotaped altercation with deputies died from heart disease -- not baton blows. The county coroner’s office labeled David Sal Silva’s death accidental,...
Tags: Shootings, Heart Disease, Accidental Death, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Gluten-free: More new products than ever
A few decades ago, gluten-free products mostly meant rice cakes. Today, the category just won’t quit. Even industry analysts have been surprised at the strength of the gluten-free claim, said Tom Vierhile, innovation insights director at...
Tags: Potatoes, Celiac Disease, New Products, Marketing, Potato Chips
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Court receiver says Brown ignores prison conditions
In a report Wednesday to federal judges, the official overseeing prison medical care said Gov. Jerry Brown's public opposition to crowding reductions, and his corrections officials' refusal to move inmates at risk of a deadly disease, show California is...Tags: Jerry Brown, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Coccidioidomycosis , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water
Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Politics, Fluoride, Dentistry and Dental Health, Television Industry
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise
The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...
Tags: Conservation, Germany, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Biology
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Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns
Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...
Tags: Sports, Calicivirus, Swimming, E. coli Infection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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For a dying patient, a prescription of silence
His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty...
Tags: Abdominal Pain, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Esophageal cancer, High Blood Pressure
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Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'
As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...
Tags: Television, Heart Disease, General Practitioners, Genetics, Hospitals and Clinics
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