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Supporters of Obama's health care law kick off outreach campaign
A coalition of presidential campaign veterans, health care companies and community activists will kick off a months-long push on Sunday to prepare millions of Americans to sign up for insurance this fall under President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
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Therapist offers music to patients
For Chris Blackwell, the arrival of one special therapist during his four-hour dialysis sessions is truly music to his ears.
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Miss Kansas says she likes breaking stereotypes
She's an Army girl, an expert marksman, a fluent Chinese speaker and a dental technician for the Kansas Army National Guard's Medical Detachment.
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Eating disorders plague teenage boys, too
Bryan Piperno was just 9 years old when he began keeping his secret.
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Running, jumping, tumbling in urban settings part of parkour allure
Luke Albrecht doesn't see the walkway around the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in downtown Milwaukee like others do.
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Flash mob draws crowd to celebrate friend battling cancer
"It's not the length of life, but the depth of life," essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was fond of saying.
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Did menopause arise because men prefer younger women?
Thanks a lot, guys: According to new research, your preference for younger mates could have caused menopause to arise in women.
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Waist circumference is competing with BMI for health risk measure, expert says
ST. LOUIS - Waist-to-height ratio may be a more accurate measure of cardiovascular health risk than the current standard, the body mass index, a St. Louis expert says.
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Clandestine caffeine: It's not just energy drinks anymore, it's energy foods
PHILADELPHIA - If you were unaware caffeine was creeping into foods until last month, when Wrigley was blasted for putting the stimulant in a new gum, here's the latest buzz.
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Unclean colonoscopy instruments: 3 in 20 have 'dirt' from colons
Bits and pieces of "biological dirt" from inside people's colons are being left on three in 20 of the instruments inserted in people's rectums to examine their lower digestive tract, according to a study at five hospitals nationwide.
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Integrative Medicine: New study supports heart supplement
Congestive heart failure is a condition that's on the rise in the United States; close to 6 million people have heart failure, and while this has generally been a disease of older adults, the number of people under the age of 65 with heart failure has increased significantly over the past 10 years...


