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New triggers found for weight gain
As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula. Although personal decisions and self-...
Tags: Education, Nutrition, Hormones and Metabolism, Environmental Issues, Weight Loss
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The best medicine: No pill provides the amazing health benefits that exercise does
Premium Health News ServiceIt's 9 a.m. in the office, time for my daily medication. As usual, I slink off to the fire escape for my fix. Twenty minutes later, I'm back at my desk, brimming with vitality and raring to go. I've taken this medicine regularly now for about eight...Tags: University of South Carolina , Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Attack, Aspirin (drug), Stroke
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Doctor helps artist tell story to kids
mylinh.hoang@herald-mail.comIn December 2009, two strangers met in the deserted Rio Center Mall in Gaithersburg, Md. A snowstorm had left Dr. Nicholas Orfan of Hagers-town and George Petridis of Slippery Rock, Pa., stranded because of the weather. They were the only two in the...Tags: Artists, Newspaper and Magazine, Germany, Lobbying, Northwestern University
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Studies expand on soda's role in growing obesity
As public health leaders step up their efforts to temper Americans' thirst for sugar-sweetened beverages, a new set of published studies has found that removing sugary drinks from kids' diets slows weight gain in heavy teens and reduces the odds that...Tags: Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Yale University, Government, Melissa Healy
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Soccer field accident could remake Maryland personal injury law
The collapse of a soccer goal on a Howard County practice field has led the state's highest court to reconsider more than 150 years of personal injury law, in a case that could significantly improve injured plaintiffs' chances of winning payouts. The...
Tags: Prosecution, University of Baltimore, Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers
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Letter: Anti-gay marriage letter misses the mark, widely
Well, I am willing to go along with Ms. Currano on this one if she is able to explain how heterosexual marriages are not experimenting on children. When a pair of 20-somethings go down the aisle under the diagnosis of a gynecologist, I would suggest...Tags: Social Sciences, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts and Culture, Culture, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Portland to add fluoride to water
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The City Council approved a plan Wednesday to add fluoride to Portland's water, meaning Oregon's biggest city is no longer the largest holdout in the U.S. The ordinance calls for city water to be fluoridated by March 2014. Health...
Tags: Fluoride, Health Organizations, Dietary Supplements
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Letter: Critic of same-sex marriage bolstered argument with flawed study
While the premise of the letter that only marriage between a man and a woman "provides a safe environment for children (by connecting) them to their two biological parents" and that children raised by same-sex parents would fare worse later in life than...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts and Culture
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The Kids' Doctor: Text messaging powerful new way to remind parents of flu shot season
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com Even with temperatures still steamy in many parts of the country, it's time to start thinking about getting your annual flu shot. You heard it here first! Our clinic and many others across the country are opening up their first...Tags: Social Media, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Preventative Medicine
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Mass. doctor refuses to see patients over 200 pounds
KIAHIn this corner, you have lightweight champion Doctor Helen Carter. And in this corner, heavyweight champ Ida Davidson. Doctor carter refused to see Davidson because of a new policy at her Massachusetts clinic. She refuses to see patients over 200 pounds!...Tags: Overweight, Weight, Obesity
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Pneumonia, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Doctors can dial up therapy for some depression patients
Phone therapy for primary-care patients with clinical depression is not only as effective as therapy at the doctor's office, it also can enable them to continue therapy, according to the results of a study by Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
"Reductions...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Leslie Mann, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Health
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