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'You're never too young'
McClatchy/Tribune newsMore than 2.5 million Americans are breast cancer survivors. Meghan Malley wants her name on that list. She's networking, rallying and blogging publicly about her disease to bring attention to the times when breast cancer isn't a lump. For 5 percent...Tags: Chemotherapy, Social Media, Tamoxifen (drug), Human Body, Oncology
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Shift work: Good for your pocketbook, bad for your health
These days, it's just good to have a job. But remaining gainfully employed can take a toll on health, especially if your work has you up at odd hours and sleeping irregularly. Shift work, say two studies out this week, poses particular problems for women,...Tags: Healthy Diet, Human Body, Health and Medical Professionals, Genes and Chromosomes, Physiology
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The Healthy Skeptic: Is caffeine an effective weight-loss aid?
If losing weight was one of your New Year's resolutions, you might already be growing weary of counting calories and working out. Wouldn't it be great if you could slim down without so much effort?
Anyone looking for a shortcut to weight loss might be...Tags: Human Body, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Human Body, Dietary Supplements, Placebo
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The reality of 'low T'
A middle-aged man goes to see his doctor, complaining of a host of vague symptoms: He's lethargic, somewhat depressed and feeling a little anxious about his manliness. Could he just need a boost of testosterone, the vital sex hormone produced by the...Tags: Healthy Diet, Human Body, Sleep Apnea, Health Organizations, Diseases and Illnesses
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Resveratrol appears to make fat men fitter
The first clinical trial to test the effects of resveratrol -- the plant compound plentiful in red wine and grapes -- on humans has found that a small daily dose of a purified resveratrol supplement lowered blood pressure and improved a wide range of...Tags: Human Body, Inflammation, Medical Procedures and Tests, Trials, Physiology
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Cancer patients turn to acupuncture to cope with symptoms, side effects
Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medicine that uses needles for treatment, is increasingly being used with cancer patients. Dr. Ting Bao, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and faculty at Maryland's Marlene and...Tags: Chemotherapy, Tamoxifen (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Vomiting, Trials
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Why we're fat, Part 2: Heredity plays role in how easily we gain — and lose — weight
For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change — age, race, birth order — and the struggle becomes even tougher.
Though innate...Tags: Research, Genetics, Human Body, University of Pennsylvania, Genes and Chromosomes
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Why we're fat, Part 1: Simple question with many complex answers
What's making Americans so fat?
Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don't exercise enough, but the reasons are more numerous and complex, say obesity researchers. And so are the solutions.
In the early 1970s, 14 percent of the adult...Tags: Research, Food Industry, Genes and Chromosomes, Human Body, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Put your stress on vacation
Got stress? If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?) But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you're likely heartened by the arrival of vacation season. Just the ticket for a little...Tags: Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Hotels and Accommodations, Travel, Vacation and Timeshares
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Virginia Beach psychologist links sleep habits to weight loss
Sleep to lose weight. No wonder Michael Breus is popular. A Virginia Beach clinical psychologist board-certified in clinical sleep disorders, Breus regularly promotes the connection between sleep and health, and in particular metabolism. He has written...
Tags: Human Body, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Religion and Belief, Physiology
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Hungry for relief
South Bend TribuneGreg Gaver is sitting at his family's dining room table in Granger, speaking congenially about his high hopes for his future, when his attention abruptly shifts and his head swivels toward his mother. “Can I have dinner?” the 21-year-old asks...Tags: Human Body, Foods and Beverages, Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Procedures and Tests, Physiology
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What can Prader-Willi tell the rest of us?
South Bend TribuneDiscovering how to counter a chromosomal aberration that prompts the never-ending hunger of Prader-Willi syndrome might offer ammunition against obesity in the larger population, too. Science has learned much already since PWS was identified in 1956. Dr....Tags: Research, Human Body, Hydrocortisone, Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Research
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