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Archbishop Rowan Williams: assisted suicide could spell 'disaster'
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The Archbishop of Canterbury last night warned that moves to legalise assisted suicide could spell "disaster" for society. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
DVT risk raised by sitting in the window seatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sitting in a window seat during a long flight can increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), say doctors. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Walmart to label healthier food as "Great For You"Email this article to a colleague.
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(Reuters) - After a lengthy debate, Walmart decided that eggs are indeed healthy. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
No greater risk of blood clots from flying economy classEmail this article to a colleague.
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New guidelines offer a short list of those at highest risk for blood clots and refute the notion that people flying economy class are at a greater ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Magnetic therapy for depression promisingEmail this article to a colleague.
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MAYWOOD, Ill., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Psychotherapy and antidepressants treat only about one-third of patients who suffer depression, but a magnetic therapy is promising, a U.S. researcher said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Court hears social care challengeEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EASL publishes first European Clinical Practice Guidelines for Wilson's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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(European Association for the Study of the Liver) The first European Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Wilson's disease are published today by the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Developed to assist physicians and health-care providers in the clinical decision making process, the guidelines describe best practice for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Wilson's disease -- a rare genetic disorder that, if left untreated, is fatal. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New DVT guidelines: No evidence to support 'economy class syndrome'Email this article to a colleague.
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(American College of Chest Physicians) New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis, or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel. These risk factors include the use of oral contraceptives, sitting in a window seat, advanced age, and pregnancy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New guidelines suggest DVT prophylaxis not appropriate for all patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(American College of Chest Physicians) New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians recommend considering individual patients' risk of thrombosis when deciding for or against the use of preventive therapies for deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism. Furthermore, the ACCP now indicates aspirin is an option for the prevention of DVT/VTE in major orthopedic surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Long-term study shows epilepsy surgery improves seizure control and quality of lifeEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Wiley-Blackwell) While epilepsy surgery is a safe and effective intervention for seizure control, medical therapy remains the more prominent treatment option for those with epilepsy. However, a new 26-year study reveals that following epilepsy surgery, nearly half of participants were free of disabling seizures and 80 percent reported better quality of life than before surgery. Findings from this study -- the largest long-term study to date -- are now available in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Study identifies steep learning curve for surgeons who perform ACL reconstructionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Hospital for Special Surgery) Patients who have their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed by surgeons who have performed less than 60 surgeries are roughly four to five times more likely to undergo a subsequent ACL reconstruction, according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
U.S. to reduce heart attacks by 1 millionEmail this article to a colleague.
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BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years, officials said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sugar shock: regulating your sweet toothEmail this article to a colleague.
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Authors of a new study argue that all forms of added sugar should be regulated to decrease the risk of chronic illness. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Safety-Net Emergency Departments No SlowerSafety-Net Emergency Departments No SlowerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new study suggests that safety-net and non-safety-net institutions show no disparity in time frames for care. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news
Mild Alzheimer's Might In Fact Be Mild Cognitive ImpairmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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New revised criteria could mean that a considerable number of patients currently diagnosed with mild or very mild Alzheimer's, might in fact be reclassified as having MCI (mild cognitive impairment), John C. Morris, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, wrote in Archives of Neurology. The Alzheimer's Association, along with the NIA (National Institute of Aging) revised the criteria for MCI after convening a work group. The new criteria have considerably widened the meaning of functional independence, Dr. Morris explained... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
Smoking Speeds Up Male Cognitive DeclineEmail this article to a colleague.
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A male regular smoker has a higher risk of rapid cognitive decline, compared to his counterparts who do not smoke, researchers from University College London, England, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry. The authors add that the evidence has been mounting regarding the link between smoking and dementia in elderly individuals - smoking has been found to push up the total number of patients with dementia around the world. Séverine Sabia, Ph.D., and team set out to determine what impact smoking might have on men during their transition from middle age to old age... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news
Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect cancer survivorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cancer survivors should get help as soon as possible if post-traumatic stress disorder occurs after cancer treatment. (Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed)
Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
House and Senate at Impasse on MedicareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Doctors Law and Legislation United States Politics and Government Federal Budget (US) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Senate House of Representatives American Medical Assn Source Type: news
Assisted Suicide Law in Georgia Is OverturnedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a law outlawing the promotion of assisted suicide was unconstitutional, a decision likely to shape the national debate over the practice. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By KIM SEVERSON Tags: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Georgia Freedom of Speech and Expression Decisions and Verdicts Supreme Courts (State) Final Exit Network Law and Legislation Celmer, John Politics and Government Source Type: news
Expert: Healthcare mandate constitutionalEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- When people cannot afford healthcare, billions of uncompensated healthcare costs are shifted to private insurers who pass on the costs, a U.S. researcher said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Causes Substantial Bone LossEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent study published in The Lancet Oncology shows how exemestane (Aromasin), a drug that prevents the development of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, may significantly worsen age-related bone loss. As an aromatase inhibitor, exemestane works by blocking the synthesis of estrogen, slowing down the growth of cancers that have estrogen receptors. Whilst the drug is effective at preventing the development of cancer, there has been an increasing concern about its effects on bone density and fracture risk... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news
Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter'Email this article to a colleague.
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Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who Really Shouldn't Eat GlutenEmail this article to a colleague.
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A group of experts is proposing a new classification system for the gluten-related disorders plaguing a growing number of people world-wide. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
Child Abuse Linked to High Financial BurdenChild Abuse Linked to High Financial BurdenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lifetime medical costs for abused kids outstrip those for type 2 diabetes and stroke. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Dogs Get Cancer, Hold Clues to CuresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Personalized medicine is expected someday to give a big boost to treating cancer. Researchers are hoping to speed up those therapeutic benefits by testing the concept in another group: pet dogs. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
House and Senate at Impasse on Medicare Payments to DoctorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lawmakers in both parties say they want to give doctors a small increase in Medicare payments, but they cannot agree on how to pay for it. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Doctors Law and Legislation United States Politics and Government Federal Budget (US) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Senate House of Representatives American Medical Assn Source Type: news
75% of married women say sex is 'very important'Email this article to a colleague.
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It may get a bad rap in pop culture as being non-existent, but marital sex is alive in bedrooms, finds a national survey of women. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Date night' can improve marriage, sexual satisfactionEmail this article to a colleague.
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"What happens outside of the bedroom seems to matter a lot for what happens in the bedrooom as well," says study co-author. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Letters: Only Human, Nothing More (1 Letter)Email this article to a colleague.
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A letter to the editor. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Letters: Know Your Surgeons (1 Letter)Email this article to a colleague.
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A letter to the editor. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Letters: Business of Circumcision (2 Letters)Email this article to a colleague.
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Letters to the editor. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Letters: Caregivers in Harm’s Way (1 Letter)Email this article to a colleague.
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A letter to the editor. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Exemestane for Breast Cancer Prevention Weakens BonesExemestane for Breast Cancer Prevention Weakens BonesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Results from a small substudy of patients taking part in a landmark trial that established exemestane for breast cancer prevention show that the drug significantly worsens age-related bone loss. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Acid attack model gets sight backEmail this article to a colleague.
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A model who was left blind in one eye after acid was thrown in her face tells of her joy after having her sight restored using stem cell treatment. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stopping SleepinessEmail this article to a colleague.
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The hunt is on for a so-called biomarker to gauge how sleepy a person really is—and what that means for his or her health. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
Mortality rate after age 80 underestimatedEmail this article to a colleague.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Due to an error in computation, the odds of living to a ripe old age in the United States are lower than previously thought, researchers said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Q & A: Are All Plaques the Same?Email this article to a colleague.
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Coronary plaque and eye plaque are directly related, while oral plaque is a different entity — but all of them can cause problems. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Tags: Teeth and Dentistry Cholesterol Heart Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis Science and Technology Source Type: news
G.E. Ends Bid to Create a Supply of Technetium 99mEmail this article to a colleague.
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Continued obstacles plague the effort to provide a reliable supply of technetium 99m, a radioisotope crucial to identifying heart and kidney disease and assisting in breast cancer surgery. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MATTHEW L. WALD Tags: Isotopes Uranium Radiation Medicine and Health Science and Technology General Electric Company GE NYSE Exelon Corporation EXC NYSE Source Type: news
Exemestane, Thought to Prevent Cancer, Also Causes Bone LossEmail this article to a colleague.
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A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ANDREW POLLACK Tags: Women and Girls Breast Cancer Bones Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Children Who Move House A Lot Have Higher Risk Of Illnesses LaterEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that, moving house frequently during childhood appears to raise the risk of poor health in later life. The health of 850 individuals participating in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study, which was based on postcodes, tracked the long term health of individuals aged 15, 35 and 55 in 1987-1988 over a period of two decades, was evaluated by the researchers... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Not Completing Teen Education Raises Risk Of Being On Benefits Later OnEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reveals that adolescents are nearly three times more likely to be on benefits in the future if they drop out of school than those who complete their education. The researchers examined the self-rated health of nearly 9,000 Norwegian adolescents between the ages of 13 to 19, who were already participating in the Young-HUNT study between 1995 and 1997... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later OnEmail this article to a colleague.
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A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to the researchers, findings from the study indicate that baby led weaning may help prevent childhood obesity. Findings from the study were based on 155 children aged between 20 months and 6.5 years, whose parents filled out a survey regarding their children's food preferences and weaning style... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics / Children's Health Source Type: news
A Bite as Healthy as Their BarkEmail this article to a colleague.
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Pet dental health, largely ignored by many owners, is moving into the spotlight. Many veterinarians are recommending you brush your pet's teeth, daily, like you do your own. Aches & Claims looks at the range of dental products for pets. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
'Doomsday Preppers' highlights extreme survival techniquesEmail this article to a colleague.
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For some people, the end of the world as we know it is upon us, and there is no better time than now to start preparing. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keeping Up With the Guys on a SnowmobileEmail this article to a colleague.
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Pastry chef Amanda Tutone stands out among the packs of snowmobilers in the Colorado Rockies. The petite 27-year-old is usually dressed head to toe in hot pink and is often the sole woman snowmobiling. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news
A push for family input to detect dementia earlierEmail this article to a colleague.
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Specialists are pushing for the first National Alzheimer's Plan to help overcome the barrier to early Alzheimer's detection. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fallout From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Far and WideEmail this article to a colleague.
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As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DAVID TULLER Tags: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Mikovits, Judy A Science and Technology Research Source Type: news
Some 4,500 children hospitalized for abuseEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- More than 4,500 U.S. children were hospitalized in 2006 due to child abuse, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fitness and Fatness Independently Linked With CVD Risk Fitness and Fatness Independently Linked With CVD RiskEmail this article to a colleague.
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Individuals should be aware that exercising can have positive health effects, even if the weight doesn't necessarily come off, as can losing weight alone, researchers say, although the ideal combination is to improve fitness and lose fat. Heartwire (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
A woman conceals her shopping bill from her husband.Email this article to a colleague.
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A woman doesn't know how to tell her husband she's $12,000 in debt. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
Source: USATODAY.com Health - February 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
