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Pediatricians: Sports in heat OK with precautions
CHICAGO — Playing sports in hot, steamy weather is safe for healthy children and teen athletes, so long as precautions are taken and the drive to win doesn’t trump common sense, the nation’s larges...
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Hospital blood tests can lead to anemia, researchers find
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A stay at the hospital can be draining in more ways than patients and doctors realize, researchers at St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City say. Those frequent tests that suck tu...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service To sanitize your favorite portable water bottle you may need a brush or other utensil to actually clean the places in the corners, particularly in the bottom and around the tops and the insides of the lids.
Drink up, scrub up: Wash your portable water bottle daily
With hundreds of portable reusable water bottles on the market, choosing one depends on what you need it for (a workout, cycling, desk duty), how you sip (via straw, spout, etc.) and whether you li...
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Pacemakers can serve anew
By Joe Rossiter McClatchy-Tribune News Service DETROIT — A pacemaker roughly the size of two stacked silver dollars that was implanted in the chest of Clarence Harm helped prolong his life af...
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Website helps children with aging parents
By Jane Glenn Haas McClatchy-Tribune News Service A real estate agent would not usually be my first choice as a senior health expert. But Bonnie Joffe of Cherry Hill, N.J., 51 and founder...
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Early sign of Alzheimer’s may be how often you fall
By Linda Shrieves McClatchy-Tribune News Service Falls and stumbles may not be among the warning signs for Alzheimer’s disease yet, but a new study suggests they could be among the earliest s...
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Recognizing voices harder for people with dyslexia
BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pick up the phone and hear, “Hey, what’s up?” Chances are, those few words are enough to recognize who’s speaking — perhaps unless you have d...
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Doctors debate: Should government’s ‘mystery shoppers’ spy on docs?
By Andrew Doughman McClatchy-Tribune News Service Doctors in nine states last month avoided what some saw as an unwelcome “mystery shopper” patient: the federal government. Government rese...
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Quiz: The sweet fruit from ficus trees, figs
By Sam McManis McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) You say you don't give a fig about the sweet fruit that comes from the ficus tree? Well, you will after taking a succulent bite out of our quiz. 1. Whi...
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Alan Reed | The Sun Ruth Kraper, a registered dietitian at Western Baptist Hospital, serves Jamie Hill, a radiography technician, a meal with a side of carrots. Carrots include vitamin A which a body needs for healthy skin and skeletal cells and for good vision, especially at night. Kraper recommends people get vitamin A from foods like carrots, green leafy vegetables and orange foods like cantaloupe, carrots and squash.
Care needed when supplementing a necessary vitamin
By Alan Reed areed@paducahsun.com Vitamin A is a needed dietary supplement but can be toxic if the recommended daily allowance is exceeded. Michelle Lowe, pharmacist at Lone Oak Pharmacy,...
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