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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: Health Organizations, Kathleen Sebelius, Prescription Drugs, Chemical Industry, Plan B (drug)
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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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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: Knees, Tinnitus, Diseases and Illnesses, Allergies, Asthma
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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: Chemical Industry, Thrombosis , Allergies, Menopause, Cancer
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TV not always a healthy channel for advice
Your family doctor doesn't work with a teleprompter. And there wasn't a live studio audience the last time you put on a hospital gown — thankfully. Television is great for sports, reality shows and reruns of "The Big Bang Theory," but if you're...
Tags: Jim Sears, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Talk Shows (genre), Teachers, Apple Cider
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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: U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Maryland Medical Center, Vitamin B3, Internists, Demographics
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It's not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may determine whether you keep the weight off — or slowly but...
Tags: Physiology, Nutrition, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Medical Research
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Many Muslims gain weight during Ramadan fasting
World NowThe sun slips beyond the Nile and the fast is broken. As they have done for centuries during the holy month of Ramadan, Egyptians hurry home through the twilight to eat and drink after a long, scorching day. Fasting renews the spirit but it often does... -
Slowing Metabolism: Just part of the weight gain problem
CW33 NewsRebecca King is growing older and fighting it every step of the way. Three years ago she turned 30 and found that for some reason she was gaining weight even though her diet and exercise routine was basically the same. "I seemed to be just stagnating...Tags: Physiology, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Research looks at how to better fight breast cancer in African-American women
It is well documented that African-American women with breast cancer are more likely to have a more aggressive type of the disease that kills them, but why remains a mystery.
The answers may be found one day soon, as researchers focus more on the genetic...Tags: Internists, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses, Death, Biology
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Understanding insulin resistance
Though you may not be living with diabetes, your body could be battling against the hormone insulin. The condition, called insulin resistance, occurs when insulin can't effectively do its job. "People often don't realize that insulin resistance can...Tags: Metformin (drug), Pancreas, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Try some turkey day trivia
FARGO, N.D. - As I noticed an advertisement for a Thanksgiving buffet at a local restaurant, I was tempted. Who can resist golden roasted turkey with stuffing, creamy mashed potatoes and rich gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, assorted salads,...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Potatoes, Recipes, Turkey, Whole Wheat Bread
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