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Associated Press  LeeAnn Taylor-Dragon holds her newborn baby, Katelyn, at Christus Spohn Hospital South in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Baby bust continues: US births down for fourth year
NEW YORK  — U.S. births fell for the fourth year in a row, the government reported Wednesday, with observers calling it more proof that the weak economy has continued to dampen enthusiasm for havin...
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Sun files (From left) Jordan Tyler, 16; Darrius Spivey-Nunn, 17; and Olajuwon Harmon, 17, all Paducah Tilghman football players, meet in Noble Park on their own free time for an exercise over the summer. Health care workers stress the importance of smart hydration and nutrition in high school athletes before taking to the field or court.
Keeping young athletes fueled, hydrated
Though high school athletes are far removed from the rigorous lifestyles of professional athletes, adhering to strict workout and diet plans, young athletes can still take a healthy page from the p...
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Changing the prescription for addicts
LOS ANGELES — A call for change is afoot in the difficult and often heartbreaking world of addiction treatment. For decades, 12-step programs and a medication-free approach have dominated the re...
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Families decide when the driving for elders is done
SOMERSET, Pa. — Ruth Lape of Somerset decided to stop driving in 1999, but it wasn’t because of any limitations that she felt she had. “It was when we moved to Somerset (from Ohio),” she said. “...
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Health clinics plan conference
Representatives from across the state’s medical community will descend on Paducah this weekend, not only for the barbecue, but for a chance to discuss the issues relating to regional free health cl...
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Associated Press A model holds the Nexplanon hormonal implant for birth control. Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants -- long-lasting and more effective birth control that one doesn't have to remember to use every time, the nation's leading gynecologists group said Thursday.
IUDs, implants urged for teens’ birth control
CHICAGO — Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants — long-lasting and more effective birth control t...
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Associated Press Chinese health workers wearing protective garment walk in front of a clinic marked as "an untypical pneumonia clinic district" with a notice that announces that the Sino-Japanese hospital has been declared a hospital dedicated to treating SARS on the hospital grounds in 2003 in Beijing. Global health officials are watching a new virus related to SARS believed to have killed one and left another in critical condition.
SARS-like virus detected
LONDON — Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critica...
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Sun files Barbara Randall (right), a registered nurse, checks the pulse and blood pressure of Olivia Jones, 7, at the Lourdes hospital Marshall Nemer Pavilion in July during a screening event for children at Washington Street Baptist Church. The Lourdes Kids CARDIAC Academy compiles data from such screening sessions to provide families a breakdown of BMI, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels.
Child obesity data paints disturbing picture
Aimed at curbing an increasingly troubling health trend among today’s children, statistics of the area’s elementary-age children compiled by a local health organization highlight an ever-present ba...
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Hospital needs O-Negative blood
While Murray-Calloway County Hospital’s Blood Donor Center needs all blood types, the center is in critical need of O-Negative blood. Area residents can donate blood by attending an upcoming blo...
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Associated Press Dead mosquitos are lined up waiting to be sorted Aug. 16 at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. Federal health officials said that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week.
Nation for 2012 may report deadliest West Nile year ever
NEW YORK — Health officials say they’re convinced this will be the worst year for West Nile virus deaths and severe illnesses since the disease hit America’s shores in 1999. So far, 1,405 seriou...
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