How Medicines Affect Pregnancy: At Last, a Study
How do common medications affect pregnancy? Nobody really knows. Now the FDA and a consortium of HMOs have launched a huge study to find out.
Archive for December, 2009
Cure a Headache With a Pencil, Obesity Is Making Us Sicker, and How Your House Can Help You Keep Resolutions
Do you need a little inspiration for keeping your 2010 resolutions? Try some of these simple swaps around the house that help make it easier to stick to the plan
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Cure a Headache With a Pencil, Obesity Is Making Us Sicker, and How Your House Can Help You Keep Resolutions
Coping With Anxiety
Tip: Change What You Can, Accept the Rest
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Coping With Anxiety
Sleep Deprivation at the Workplace
According to the 2000 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Poll, one-half of American employees report that sleepiness on the job interferes with the amount of work they get done.
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Sleep Deprivation at the Workplace
Undercover Investigation
How You Sleep Offers Clues to How You Live
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Undercover Investigation
Acupuncture May Help Ease Hot Flashes
Acupuncture not only cools hot flashes that occur as a result of breast cancer treatment but may offer a host of other benefits to boost women’s well-being, a study shows.
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Acupuncture May Help Ease Hot Flashes
The Mommy Makeover: Is a Tummy Tuck the Answer?
By Erica Kain Sure, there are moral quandaries , pain, and a financial hurdle between me and tummy tuck ( abdominoplasty ), but do I have to spend the rest of my life with a muffin top? My abdomen spills out over the top of my jeans despite the exercise I’m doing (and despite the precautions I’ve taken due to my abdominal separation ).
Swine Flu Not As Infectious Among Young Adults As First Feared
People aged 19 and older show more immunity to H1N1 swine flu than was initially believed, a new study finds.
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Swine Flu Not As Infectious Among Young Adults As First Feared
Living With a Smoker Puts Kids at Risk for Emphysema
Children who are around smokers face a higher risk of early emphysema when they become nonsmoking adults, perhaps because their lungs never totally recovered from secondhand smoke exposure, new research suggests.
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Living With a Smoker Puts Kids at Risk for Emphysema
Acupuncture May Cut Hot Flashes, Boost Sex Drive in Breast Cancer Patients
Acupuncture is just as good as standard medication to ease hot flashes and other uncomfortable symptoms in women undergoing breast cancer treatment.
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Acupuncture May Cut Hot Flashes, Boost Sex Drive in Breast Cancer Patients