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This is your teenager’s brain, growing up
Wondering where your teen’s mind is? A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests adolescents may be quite busy adding brain cells during puberty, and it might just ha...

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The cost of care
A new national report suggests 1 in 3 seniors will die from Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia as Alzheimer’s increasingly claims more people despite declines in other major diseases in the past...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Caffeinated beverages and shots are displayed January 21, 2013. Energy drinks, which derive much of their stimulant capacity from caffeine, have shown up in reports of a number of recent deaths, the FDA says.

Caffeine intake: How much is too much?
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Sitting in a booth at the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop in Anaheim, Calif., takes you back to a time long before Starbucks. As you scan the interior to admire the macramé hanging...

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Want a healthy brain? Go vegan, doctor says
If you want to increase your chances of avoiding Alzheimer’s disease, you might want to drop the cheeseburger. That advice comes from Dr. Neal D. Barnard, a clinical researcher and author known ...

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American Red Cross seeks community volunteers
When becoming an American Red Cross volunteer, people join a caring group that truly makes a difference in the lives of fellow Americans. The Tennessee Valley Blood Services Region is in need of...

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Associated Press
A health practitioner holds an OraQuick oral swab, a quick-result HIV screening test that can yield results in about 20 minutes, at Heartland CARES in Paducah in 2012. A Kentucky Health Issues Poll indicated only about three in 10 Kentuckians ages 18-64 reported discussing HIV testing with a medical provider.

Health providers miss opportunity
A new poll suggests Kentucky health-care providers might be losing valuable opportunities to discuss routine HIV screening with their patients, while most people report taking part in the viral tes...

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Stretch marks are more than skin deep
OAKLAND, Calif. — For many women, they’re the red, white or sometimes brown badges of bearing children. But while pregnant women are the group with whom we most frequently associate stretch mark...

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When blood clots strike the healthy
DALLAS — Blood clots don’t tend to grab headlines. Mostare caused by trauma or recent surgery, said Dr. James Kohn, a vascular surgeon on the medical staff at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake...

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Violence more likely among vets, troops
LONDON — Young men who have served in the British military are about three times more likely than civilians to have committed a violent offense, researchers reported in a study that explores the ro...

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Student health checks
Veronika Pribyslavska, an intern at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital Center for Health and Wellness, checks the blood pressure of Haley Garland during a health screening at North Calloway Elemen...

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