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Nurseries urged to look for drug-addicted babies
The surge in addictions to prescription painkillers that has swept the country in recent years is also showing up in maternity wards. Doctors report an increase in babies born addicted to opioids o...
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The proper etiquette of having the flu
Don’t laugh but there is a socially proper way to have the flu. And Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of the doyen of proper etiquette, Emily Post, has put together the flu etiquette ground r...
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Senator’s stroke shows that young people should also be cautious
WASHINGTON — When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, “But he’s so young.” The reality is that strokes don’t just happen to gran...
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Oral cancer virus affects 7 percent of Americans
CHICAGO — About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estima...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service April Herzig, 27, of Ann Arbor, Mich., a peer-to-peer lactation consultant for the Washtenaw County Health Department, embraces her daughter Sophia Herzig, 1, on Jan. 17 at the health department in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Nurturing the nursing mother
DETROIT — Erica McLeod, a mother of three, holds up what looks like a string of wooden beads, each one just a little bigger than the previous one. She uses it to teach Rachel Trader, 22, an expe...
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Getting family involved may help kids lose weight
LOS ANGELES — Childhood obesity is a complex issue with no simple solutions, but involving the entire family in weight loss and health may help kids achieve their goals, a report finds. A scient...
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Proteins in tears use ‘jaws’ to chew through bacteria
Human tears are thought to be unique in the animal kingdom, in that they’re often tied to our emotional state — but that’s not the only special property they possess. Proteins in tears can protect ...
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Is it the flu or just a cold?
Do you have a cold or the flu? Flu season is upon us in full force and, unfortunately, your chances of being exposed to the miseries are greater than you think. Three of four (75 percent) of ...
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Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
WASHINGTON — Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests — this time research showing millions of older women don’t need their b...
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Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people
LOS ANGELES  — Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday. While embryonic stem cells w...
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