Health
FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.
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HEALTH
Idahoans urged to vaccinate against whooping cough
An epidemic of pertussis is plaguing Washington state this year, with nearly 1,300 cases — about 10 times last year’s number.
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THE YOU DOCS
The You Docs Tip of the Day: How to handlepesky hiccups
Pope Pius XII had them. Animals get ’em; kids, too. Even a fetus can rat-a-tat-tat them. We’re talking hiccups, involuntary spasms of your diaphragm (the muscle at the base of your lungs that rises and falls as you breathe) that trigger sudden closure of your vocal cords. And up comes...
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HEALTH
AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants
Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.
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HEALTH
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease - by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
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HEALTH
UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem
A quarter of those 25 or older now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in their blood.
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HEALTH
AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants
U.S. nuclear power regulators are requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
FDA panel backs first rapid, take home HIV test
American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test.
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HEALTH
Father: Ga. woman with flesh-eating bug wants book
A week ago, doctors gave her little chance of survival. Now a Georgia grad student who is battling a rare flesh-eating infection is alert and bored enough to ask for a book, her father told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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HEALTH
April 2012 heats up as 5th warmest month globally
Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, federal weather statistics show.
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HEALTH
Alzheimer's plan goals: slow threat, help families
Alzheimer's disease is a growing threat as the population gets older. Already, more than 5 million Americans have the mind-destroying disease. Barring some research breakthroughs, up to 16 million may have it by 2050. The first National Alzheimer's Plan, adopted Tuesday, aims to slow that threat...
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