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Children’s blood pressure is a growing concern
Steadily rising numbers of young people diagnosed with high blood pressure has pediatricians concerned and researchers searching for a cause to the condition that has always been traditionally asso...
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Study reveals overuse of drug-coated heart stents
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A national group of researchers has found yet another example of how American medicine may be spending hundreds of millions of dollars more than necessary to keep us healthy. ...
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Report: Too little mental health care for boomers
WASHINGTON — Getting older doesn’t just mean a risk for physical ailments like heart disease and bum knees: A new report finds as many as 1 in 5 seniors has a mental health or substance abuse probl...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's health care law says almost all Americans should get insurance coverage by 2014. What about uninsured young people who feel healthy and don't have money to spare? Some will probably skip coverage and pay financial penalties that will be much cheaper than insurance premiums. But health care advocates urge caution.
Health care options for young, healthy and broke
WASHINGTON — They’re young, healthy and flat broke — and now the government says they have to buy thousands of dollars’ worth of medical insurance. What should tapped-out twentysomethings do? We...
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It’s not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds
LOS ANGELES—A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may...
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AP file photo In this Monday, July 17, 2006 file photo, a technician at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, works in a "sterile filling" room at the plant in Raritan, N.J. Johnson & Johnson said Monday, July 2, 2012, that it is seeking U.S. approval for the first new type of medicine to fight deadly tuberculosis in more than four decades.
J&J seeks OK for first drug against resistant TB
TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it is seeking U.S. approval for the first new type of medicine to fight deadly tuberculosis in more than four decades. The experimental drug, c...
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Athletes’ deaths in workouts prompt new guides
CHICAGO — The most dangerous time for amateur athletes may not be during the heat of the game or even in rigorous practices. A total of 21 college football players have collapsed and died during co...
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AP Files One of the more popular food items for summer grilling is ribs slathered in barbecue sauce slowly simmering over a grill. As people gather their traditional Fourth of July grilling goodies, it's important to remember basic food safety practices to avoid potential sickness from food borne illnesses.
Keep foodborne illness off the menu
It’s a Fourth of July tradition shared by countless numbers of Americans that as the fireworks pop and shimmer above, the slow simmering barbecue crackles and sizzles below. But even the most seaso...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun(from left) Joeshawn Starks, 17, Jordan Tyler, 16, Darrius Spivey-nunn, 17, and Olajuwon Harmon, 17, all Paducah Tilghman football players practice in Noble Park on Tuesday.
Hot spell increases chances of heat-related illnesses
It’s easy to see why people fall susceptible to heat illnesses when sweltering humidity can weigh heavy in the late summer. But an unusually dry heat wave baking the region might have people on the...
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FDA probes issues of safety concerning metal hip implants
WASHINGTON — Metal hip replacements implanted in a half-million Americans may be failing earlier than expected, but it could be years before U.S. health regulators have a clear picture of the scope...
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