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The system is removed, leaving the sinuses open.
Less invasive surgery provides relief
MURRAY — Sticking a balloon up the nose might seem a little counterintuitive to relieve blocked sinuses, but this newer, minimally invasive surgical procedure promises quick relief and a quicker re...
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Tool-wielding robots perform surgery
PITTSBURGH — Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It’s not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the cre...
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Smoking prevention gets short shrift from states, CDC says
LOS ANGELES — Every day, about 3,800 American kids try a cigarette for the first time. A thousand of them will grow up to have a daily smoking habit, and nearly 300 will wind up dead from a smoking...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Ian Grinn of Paducah pours a glass of homemade vegetable juice that includes kale, green apples, pineapple, lemons and limes at a supermarket Thursday. Grinn and his family choose to drink the healthy juice as a substitute for snacks, fast-food or some meals.
Get juiced!
Labeled as extreme by some, radical by others and life-changing by proponents, vegetable juice diets are catching like wildfire in the health food world for their dietary benefits. Definitely no...
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Transplant: Getting smoker’s lung better than none at all
LONDON — Patients who need new lungs are better off getting donated organs from smokers than none at all, even though they probably won’t live as long as those who get a lung transplant from a nons...
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Test offers red flag for autism at 6 months
A simple “pull-to-sit” test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autism and other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at inf...
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Associated Press Judith Garcia, 19, pinches her abdomen to make a firm place to give herself an injection of insulin at her home Sunday in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif.
CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk
ATLANTA — Half the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal ...
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Study: Scope exam cuts colon cancer deaths
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds. Many doctors recommend a more complet...
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Sun files Bicyclists ride along Broadway in downtown Paducah Sunday. The Spokes for Strokes bicycle tour, sponsored by Western Baptist Hospital and Bike World, hopes to promote awareness about strokes and raise money for local stroke services. The ride begins at7 a.m. Saturday, June 2 in Noble Park.
Ride of life
Seconds count when it comes to immediate treatment following a stroke, and local cyclists hope to propel that message forward as they take to the F.A.S.T. track in helping promote community awarene...
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Wrists overworked? Take regular breaks — and ice the pain
Maybe your wrists and fingers swell when you leave work. Or maybe they ache or go numb in the middle of the night. Sounds like you’ve been messing with the carpal tunnel — that tiny tunnel in yo...
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