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Seniors scared to admit they’re hallucinating
By Patricia Anstett McClatchy-Tribune News Service DETROIT — Joan Lyon didn’t know why she had almost daily visions of things that weren’t really there. “I’d tell my husband, ‘There are th...
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ALAN REED | The Sun Lisa Bladon, a Purchase District Health Department RN, draws an injection for a sixth grade student. Students that age must now get boosters for chicken pox, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
New guidelines for childhood immunizations
By Alan Reed areed@paducahsun.com Students new to Kentucky public schools, and some incoming sixth-grade students, may face a few more shots to be compliant with new state immunization requi...
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Fraternal twins with autism: Is risk in the womb?
BY CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press CHICAGO — Most of the risk of autism has been blamed by experts on inherited genes. Now, one of the largest studies of twins and autism shifts the focus t...
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Heart disease, No. 1 killer, can sneak up on women
BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Heart disease can sneak up on women in ways that standard cardiac tests can miss. It’s part of a puzzling gender gap: Women tend to have d...
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Nighttime or violent TV tied to tots’ sleep woes
by LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press CHICAGO — If your preschooler can’t sleep — turn off the violence and nighttime TV. That’s the message in a new study that found sleep problems are more ...
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New standards urged for

transfusions
by LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Check into the hospital and you may get a blood transfusion you didn’t really need. There’s a lot of variation around the country in how q...
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Cathy Clark, Kenlake State Resort Park recreation coordinator, said the rule for identifying poison ivy is 'Leaves of three, let it be.' Poison ivy sports three leaves per stem, with one smooth edge, and the other with a saw-toothed appearance.
Know poison ivy, symptoms and first aid to avoid pain
After some summer yard work or an outdoor outing, a painful, itchy rash could be linked to poison ivy exposure. Dr. John Cecil of Lourdes Redicare said the rash may appear within 24 to 48 hours ...
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Chart showing percent of childern in the U.S. considered "obese" according to the Body Mass Index (BMI), by year, 1971 to The Seattle Times 2011<p>
Your plate vs. MyPlate: New guide gets mixed reviews
By James A. Fussell McClatchy-Tribune News Service It’s helpful. It’s unnecessary. It’s stupid. It’s brilliant. When it comes to the new MyPlate healthy eating guide introduced earlier ...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mary Gagnon demonstrates how she uses her treadmill desk at home, in Danville, Calif., on June. Gagnon has used the treadmill desk for the past year.
Standing desks popular, healthy way to work
By Laura Casey McClatchy-Tribune News Service WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Last year, Kerri Campbell made a decision: She would no longer sit at her desk eight hours a day. Today, the retail broker...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service John King worked as a sales and marketing manager for Solvay Pharmaceuticals before exposing the company's practices of marketing testosterone for uses not approved by the FDA.
How testosterone replacement got big
By Chris Adams McClatchy-Tribune News Service WASHINGTON — The question for doctors was simple: “When a patient comes in and asks for Viagra, will you first screen for low T?” meaning testost...
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