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New Jersey's health department is escalating the battle against the bulge by starting a new Office of Nutrition and Fitness to better coordinate pro [ Read More ] »
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Pesticides and head injury can both bump up risks for Parkinson's disease, European researchers report. [ Read More ] »
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U.S. health regulators on Wednesday approved Wyeth's drug Torisel for patients with an advanced form of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, s [ Read More ] »
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Think work feels like a treadmill now? Try a new desk designed at the Mayo Clinic. [ Read More ] »
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Pesticides and head injury can both bump up risks for Parkinson's disease, European researchers report. [ Read More ] »
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A comprehensive weight management program that educates underserved, ethnically diverse overweight kids and their parents about healthy eating, exerc [ Read More ] »
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The American Society of Oncology holds its annual conference this weekend to chart progress on the latest advances in preventing and treating cancer [ Read More ] »
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Elderly intensive care unit patients have less risk of infection if the units have high nurse staffing levels, says a Columbia University School of N [ Read More ] »
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Arsenic, the poison of choice for many a murder mystery, can significantly extend survival in patients with a rare form of leukemia, U.S. researchers [ Read More ] »
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This video of a "ghetto science" experiment can help people understand why smoking isn't such a good idea. Filmed in one take and completely produced in under an hour (also notice the music -- Moz [ Read More ] »
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Medicare recently came out with its “Never Pay” guidelines. The presumed motivation is the exponentially rising cost of medical care over the years that payers cannot sustain. The largest payer in th [ Read More ] »
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Scientists have suspected for decades that exercise, particularly regular aerobic exercise, can affect the brain. But they could only speculate as to how. Now an expanding body of research shows that exercise can improve the performance of the brain [ Read More ] »
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