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Associated Press Joseph Benavidez, left, throws a punch on Demetrious Johnson during the flyweight championship title bout at UFC 152 in Toronto on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Keeping fighters at their target weight class can be more than just a simple workout, as they must stay conscious of any weight gains at all.
Fighters are the ultimate weight-watchers
LOS ANGELES — Five years ago, flyweight boxing champ Nonito Donaire felt as if his body had shrunk as he dieted to make the 112-pound weight limit to defend his title. Blood was in his urine bef...
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Bioethics panel urges gene privacy protection
WASHINGTON — It sounds like a scene from a TV show: Someone sends a discarded coffee cup to a laboratory where the unwitting drinker’s DNA is decoded, predicting what diseases lurk in his or her fu...
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Contributed Photo More than 300 participants of the McCracken County Heart Walk take a lap around Noble Park in September. The American Heart Association's new My Heart, My Life campaign seeks to promote year-round activity and proper nutrition, with the heart walks as catalysts for starting a heart-healthy lifestyle.
Heart Walk great time to become active
As heart disease and stroke remain among the nation’s leading killers, health officials continue to stress the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. And for those people looking to start, t...
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Associated Press Dr. Mark Yurchisin of Bowling Green holds a bottle of Gardasil, a vaccine for the HPV virus, at his office in this file photo from January. A recent study found the shot that protects against cervical cancer does not make girls promiscuous.
Study: HPV shots don’t make girls promiscuous
CHICAGO — Shots that protect against cervical cancer do not make girls promiscuous, according to the first study to compare medical records for vaccinated and unvaccinated girls. The researchers...
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Meningitis outbreak toll: 231 cases, 15 deaths
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain. The medication, made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts, has been recalled. Latest numbers from the Centers...
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Associated Press Laboratory technician Ruth Rutledge packages cerebrospinal fluid of the three confirmed meningitis cases in Minn., to send to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further testing, at the Minnesota Department of Health in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Officials have tied the outbreak of rare fungal meningitis to steroid shots for back pain.
Dirty shoes? How did steroids get contaminated?
NEW YORK — Was it some moldy ceiling tiles? The dusty shoes of a careless employee? Or did the contamination ride in on one of the ingredients? There are lots of ways fungus could have gotten in...
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Insurance plans open enrollment
The Purchase Area Development District’s State Health Insurance Program has planned multiple open enrollment dates in order to help individuals compare their Medicare health and prescription drug c...
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New medication? Proceed cautiously
Almost a quarter of prescription medications approved for patients in Canada over a 16-year period went on to be pulled from the market or to require a strongly worded safety warning to patients, a...
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Abbott Labs stock rises on hepatitis C drug data
NEW YORK — Abbott Laboratories said Monday that its experimental hepatitis C drug regimen cured 99 percent of patients in a midstage study with the most common and hardest-to-treat type of the dise...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service A recent study has discovered that 14 different ingredients in drugs still had 90 percent of their potency 28 to 40 years after their expiration dates.
Many drugs are fine years after they ‘expire’
LOS ANGELES — Chances are, your medicine cabinet contains some pills that are past their expiration date. You might even have some pain relievers, some cough syrup or some sleeping pills that were ...
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