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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Regular exercise has powerful effect on brain health
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 68 and understand that exercise is good for my health, but I recently read that exercise can also reduce the risk of developing dementia. Is that true, and if so, do researchers know why? ANSWER: Perhaps one of the most feared...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, MRI (imaging), Diabetes, Aricept (drug), Osteoporosis
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Despite claims, synthetic growth hormone not effective as anti-aging treatment
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: My sister goes to an anti-aging specialist who recommends she take HGH to slow aging. Does this work? Is it safe? ANSWER: Human growth hormone, or HGH, in a synthetic form can be safe and useful as a treatment for some medical...Tags: Healthy Diet, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, AIDS
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More Americans using retail health clinics
Premium Health News ServiceHarvard Health Blog As wait times to see a doctor for simple problems like sinusitis and urinary tract infection lengthen, more and more Americans are turning to retail health clinics--walk-in medical facilities located in pharmacies, grocery stores, and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diabetes, Teachers, Ear Infection, Target
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Waking up to anesthesia: What happens when you go under?
Premium Health News Servicehttp://www.whatdoctorsknow.com When you face surgery, you may have many concerns. One common worry is about going under anesthesia. Will you lose consciousness? How will you feel afterward? Is it safe? Every day, about 60,000 people nationwide have...Tags: St. Louis, Mental Health, Science and Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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PETA names Bolingbrook woman 2013's 'Sexiest Vegan Next Door'
Yerika Sojo stopped eating meat, dairy, eggs and other animal edibles when she went vegan a few years ago, both for the health benefits and to prevent what she says is the cruelty inflicted on the animals people eat. Sojo was rewarded for her lifestyle...Tags: Heart Disease, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Vegan Diet, Chicago Restaurants, Vegetarian Diet
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Community notes Monday, May 20, 2013
Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...
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Advocate service seeks to represent patients in Permian Basin
Odessa American, TexasA new organization wants to be an ally for people needing help going through the area's health system. Or rather, to be an advocate for those patients. Jane Morin, CEO and president of the West Texas Patient Advocate Services, said the group acts as...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Hospitals and Clinics
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Complex gives adults with mental illness a place to live independently
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Bob Malone lived in a "total dump." "It was simply terrible," the 60-year-old Clinton resident said of his previous apartment. "When it rained, the roof leaked and the floors flooded. The place was filled with mice and it would take the landlord three...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Rental Service, Behavioral Conditions
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Family Meals Matter: High temperatures, low pressure
HealthyEating.orgBy mid-May the temperatures are rising in many parts of the country. But we don't want pressures rising as well. Blood pressure that is. May is National High Blood Pressure Awareness Month. Blood pressure is considered normal when systolic pressure (the...Tags: Salt, Breads, Honey, Strawberries, Nutmeg
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Prilosec (drug), Lotteries, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Simvastatin (drug)
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Here's what happens when Indy dreams big
It took 12 years to go eight miles, but don't underestimate just how far Indianapolis has come while dreaming about, building and completing the Downtown Cultural Trail. In a city and state that desperately need to promote exercise, the trail is an...Tags: Diabetes, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance Cost, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Employees
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Pacific Rim fest a treat -- and maybe a lesson in long life
The Sacramento BeeNoel Coward once sang that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," but he never attended the Pacific Rim Street Fest, where more than 10,000 visitors poured into Old Sacramento on Sunday. They lined up in a sunny 86 degrees for tofu,...Tags: Diabetes, Fiji, Vegetarian Diet, China, Diets and Dieting
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