Well Being

Be Informed

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   U.S. drafts plan to fight feared Alzheimer's disease

   Article

   Wed, 22 Feb 2012

   The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most-feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of the nation's first strategy to fight the devastating disease that is on the rise as the population ages.
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   Test for Komen looms at next Race for the Cure

   Article

   Tue, 14 Feb 2012

   Rebecca Reza has participated in fundraising races held by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer charity, for the past five years. She planned to sign up for the next Race for the Cure in El Paso, Texas, with her cousin.
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   It's not just you -- seasonal allergies hitting early, hard

   Article

   Sun, 12 Feb 2012

   Spring is still around the corner, but millions of people who suffer seasonal allergies are already feeling Mother Nature's punch in their already dripping little noses. What's going on?
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   15-minute-old baby gets pacemaker for heart

   Article

   Wed, 15 Feb 2012

   The name Jaya in Hindi means victorious. And Jaya Maharaj was just that, as she became one of the smallest-ever recipients of a pacemaker when she was 15 minutes old.

Be Entertained

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   Plastic surgery shaves 9 years off your age

   Article

   Tue, 21 Feb 2012

   By Karen RowanMyHealthNewsDailyPlastic surgery will likely make you look nine years younger than you really are, a new study suggests. Researchers showed 40 medical students before and after pictures of 60 plastic-surgery patients.
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   Avastin may fight early breast cancers

   Article

   Wed, 25 Jan 2012

   Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found.
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   Report: We control many breast cancer risk factors

   Article

   Wed, 7 Dec 2011

   Women concerned about breast cancer should worry less about cellphones and hair dyes and worry more about weighing or drinking too much, exercising too little, using menopause hormones and getting too much radiation from medical tests, according to a new report.
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   Some men can delay prostate cancer treatment: panel

   Article

   Wed, 7 Dec 2011

   Men with low-risk prostate cancer may wait to see if their disease progresses before treating it, an independent panel of experts convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday.