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ACLU Files Suit Against State In Transgender Driver's License Case
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a brief against the state of Alaska, saying the DMV’s policy of requiring transgender people to submit proof of surgery before changing the gender listed on their driver’s license is...Tags: Alaska, American Civil Liberties Union
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Keeping healthy over the holidays takes some advance planning
The holidays are in full swing and for most people that means lots of opportunities to eat delicious, high-calorie foods that they normally don't eat during the rest of the year. According to the Calorie Control Council, during Thanksgiving alone,...
Tags: Holidays, Gifts, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Family, Pies and Tarts
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Morbid obesity can exact huge costs
Bariatric surgeon David Salzberg can reel off a list of life-threatening problems associated with morbid obesity. They include diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, joint pain, depression and elevated rates of cancer. "Twenty percent of...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Government Health Care, Arthritis Foundation, Sentara, Weight
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Spay us now or spay us later
I signed another sympathy card last week for the family of a wonderful female golden retriever that died from mammary adenocarcinoma (breast cancer). This type of cancer would most certainly have been prevented if she had been spayed at an appropriate...Tags: Prostate, Abdominal Pain, FBI, Pets, Testosterone
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The what-if prescription
Leave it to some thoughtful physicians to put good medicine ahead of good politics. Last year, the Obama administration wrongly chose to limit access of teens to the emergency contraceptive pill known as Plan B. This week, pediatricians are urging their...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Barack Obama, Birth Control, Abortion, Health Organizations
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The connection between sleep and fat loss
Of all of the contributors to fat loss, proper sleep could be the biggest. While you're sleeping, your body undergoes an amazing series of processes. Sleep is a time when your body repairs damaged tissue and tries to return your cells back to "normal."...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hydrocortisone
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Alternative treatment: A look at acupuncture
Acupuncture may be ancient — estimates range between 3-4,000 years old — but it is not an ancient Chinese secret. It's used all over the world by acupuncture practitioners as well as medical doctors. We spoke with two experts to learn more....
Tags: Neck Pain, Diseases and Illnesses, Common Cold, Back Pain, Acupuncture
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The Doctor's Corner: Demystifying bioidentical hormones
Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on menopausal hormones. * Put simply, bioidentical is a marketing term, first introduced into contemporary parlance by celebrities endorsing products. The medical community has embraced this...Tags: Menopause, Cleveland Clinic, Symptoms, Thrombosis , General Practitioners
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National Garden Bureau: Reference this glossary of gardening terms for everyday use
How many times have you read a gardening article, looked at a website or catalog and wondered, "What does that mean?" Thanks to National Garden Bureau member Park Seed, we've excerpted their list of garden terms for your referral during the garden...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks
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The risks and rewards of red meat
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post. This week, Ellen Loreck, MS, RD, LDN;, weighs in on red meat.
Picture this: You're out to dinner and there are juicy porterhouse steaks, sumptuous burgers, and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Bacon, Vitamin B3, Foods and Beverages, Healthy Diet
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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Johns Hopkins University, Blood, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Motherhood can be the ultimate selfless gesture
Becoming a mother can be one of the most selfless and loving gestures a woman makes. In the course of bringing new life into the world, a woman experiences a host of physical and emotional changes, some of which may be long-lasting and undesired. The...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Mood Swings, Swelling
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