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Exercise benefits black girls less than whites, study shows
LOS ANGELES — In a dispiriting finding for African-American girls and women, a new study finds that while engaging in high levels of physical activity is a good bet for preventing obesity in white ...
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Global cancer cases could rise 75% by 2030
LONDON — Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because many other diseases are being stamped out and more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked...
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AP Photo A researcher watches a previously paralyzed rat in a special harness walk voluntarily after several weeks of rehabilitation in a laboratory in Switzerland. In the new experiment reported in the Friday, June 1, 2012 issue of the journal Science, researchers  stimulated spinal nerve circuits and used physical training. The stimulation was electrical current from implanted electrodes plus injections of a chemical mix, helping the rodents overcome paralysis to walk and climb stairs.
Experiment lets spine-injured rats walk, climb
NEW YORK — Many scientists are working on treatments to help people with spinal cord injuries walk. Now there’s a striking new demonstration of how one approach might work: Spinal nerve stimulation...
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The system is removed, leaving the sinuses open.
Less invasive surgery provides relief
MURRAY — Sticking a balloon up the nose might seem a little counterintuitive to relieve blocked sinuses, but this newer, minimally invasive surgical procedure promises quick relief and a quicker re...
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Tool-wielding robots perform surgery
PITTSBURGH — Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It’s not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the cre...
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Smoking prevention gets short shrift from states, CDC says
LOS ANGELES — Every day, about 3,800 American kids try a cigarette for the first time. A thousand of them will grow up to have a daily smoking habit, and nearly 300 will wind up dead from a smoking...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Ian Grinn of Paducah pours a glass of homemade vegetable juice that includes kale, green apples, pineapple, lemons and limes at a supermarket Thursday. Grinn and his family choose to drink the healthy juice as a substitute for snacks, fast-food or some meals.
Get juiced!
Labeled as extreme by some, radical by others and life-changing by proponents, vegetable juice diets are catching like wildfire in the health food world for their dietary benefits. Definitely no...
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Transplant: Getting smoker’s lung better than none at all
LONDON — Patients who need new lungs are better off getting donated organs from smokers than none at all, even though they probably won’t live as long as those who get a lung transplant from a nons...
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Test offers red flag for autism at 6 months
A simple “pull-to-sit” test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autism and other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at inf...
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Associated Press Judith Garcia, 19, pinches her abdomen to make a firm place to give herself an injection of insulin at her home Sunday in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif.
CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA — Half the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal ...
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