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Healthy habits prevent breast cancer: studyWASHINGTON (Reuters) -
nearly 40 percent of all breast cancer cases in the
united states could be prevented if women kept a healthy weight, drank less alcohol, exercised more and breastfed their
babies, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Reuters Tuesday, September 01, 2009Tax junk food, drinks to fight child obesity: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strongly worded report on child obesity released on Tuesday recommends that state and local governments tax junk food and soft drinks, give tax breaks to grocery stores that open in blighted neighborhoods and build bike trails.
Reuters Tuesday, September 01, 2009Urban sprawl, bad sanitation spread dengue feverMANILA (Reuters) - The rapid growth of crowded cities has helped spread and increase the transmission of dengue
around the world, health experts said on Tuesday, warning up to 3 billion people were already at risk.
Reuters Tuesday, September 01, 2009Everybody Steps: A guide for new exercisers (DVD) newly tagged ''health''Everybody Steps: A guide for new exercisers (DVD)By Gin Miller Buy new: $17.994 used and new from $17.00 Customer Rating: First tagged "health" by amyjoesamazon Customer tags: step aerobics(22), step workout(19), fitness(15), beginners guide(13), gin miller(9), exercise(7), step(7), dvd(6), novice(5), aerobics(5), beginner s aerobics, beginner step workout
Amazon Tuesday, September 01, 2009After Man Loses His Memory, He and His Wife Learn About Rare Instance of AmnesiaWhat Carol remembers: I didn't think much of it when, one Thursday a few months ago, my husband asked me where he kept his vitamins.
Washington Post Tuesday, September 01, 2009Experts Advise Parents Not to Worry: Kids' Interest in Nudity Is NormalParents should not worry when their young children touch themselves, seem interested in nudity or sit a little too close to others, as long as the behavior does not occur all that often and the child can be distracted from it, according to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Washington Post Tuesday, September 01, 2009An 82-Year-Old Woman Explains Why She Has a Living WillI am 82 years old, have had a wonderful life and, although there are things I would still like to accomplish, I am not interested in merely extending my life via a much-diminished existence. As a result of smoking for many years, I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. It is a debi...
Washington Post Tuesday, September 01, 2009Well-being: Germ of an ideaTHEY'VE survived catastrophe on the flume of death at your holiday resort, avoided being burnt to a crisp on those days when the sun finally broke through the rain, and m
Scotsman Tuesday, September 01, 2009How alcohol blunts the ability of hamsters to 'rise and shine'(American Physiological Society) Chronic alcohol consumption blunts the biological clock's ability to synchronize daily activities to light, disrupts natural activity patterns and continues to affect the body's clock (circadian rhythm), even days after the drinking ends, according to a new study with hamsters. The research provides a way to study human alcoholism using an animal model.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, September 01, 2009GERD negatively impacts sleep quality, results in considerable economic burden(American Gastroenterological Association) There has been much debate about the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep. Three new studies in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology explore GERD's effect on sleep quality and the health-care system as well as how a widely prescribed sleeping pill may mask the disease.
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