Health
The You Docs: Give a middle-age brain a boost
Before you find yourself searching to remember anything, like Jim Carrey in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” take note. Really, take note! (Writing things down is a big memory boost.) Brain power can be maintained, even improved, when you hit the prime of life: 45 and older. And we You ...
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Trimming super-size with half-orders, plate colors
Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles - even when the smaller amount cost the same.
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HEALTH
WHO calls for final push against leprosy
The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991.
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Injured boomers beware: Know when to see doctor
It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.
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THE YOU DOCS
The You Docs: The right way to romance your heart
Slam-dunk your low-dose aspirin in the trash can. (Huh?) Load your plate with French fries, chicken nuggets and other deep-fried disasters. (You’re kiddin’ me.) Quit cholesterol-clobbering statins ’cause you’re putting on a few pounds and worried about diabetes. (Whoa...
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HEALTH
Arthritic knees try to heal on their own, study finds
Arthritic knees, it turns out, try hard to repair themselves.
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BUSINESS
Saint Al's in Boise 'very pleased' with White House birth control decision
The Saint Alphonsus Health System, based in Boise, its parent Trinity Health and the Catholic Health Association said Friday that they are "very pleased" that the White House today said it would not require Catholic institutions to offer birth control in their health plans for employees.
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You Docs: Stop the indoor allergy sneezes
When Faith Prince as Adeline in “Guys and Dolls” sang “Adelaide’s Lament,” she finished with a sneeze that brought down the house. But you don’t have to sneeze (or scratch) in your house.
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HEALTH
Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy
What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.
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HEALTH
U. Mich.: Child porn case spurs outside review
University of Michigan officials said Friday they have ordered an outside review of campus security in the wake of a botched response to child pornography found on a medical resident's computer flash drive.
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HEALTH
Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal
A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice.
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