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Obese babies? New sign may offer answer
CHICAGO — Researchers say there’s a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they’ve passed two key milestones on doctors’ growth charts by age 2. Babies w...
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Mayo Clinic produces a list to help parents diagnose mental disorders in their children
The Mayo Clinic released a list of warning signs showing whether children might have mental disorders — a tool designed to ensure that parents and doctors catch mental illness early without alarmin...
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Too posh to push?
LONDON — Pregnant women in Britain, where the government provides free health care, may soon be able to get a cesarean section on demand thanks to a rule change that critics describe as the health ...
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Hit reset on cancer screening
WASHINGTON — It turns out that catching cancer early isn’t always as important as we thought. Some tumors are too slow-growing to ever threaten your life. Some are so aggressive that finding the...
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Should blood type guide food choices?
While searching for relief from migraines and general malaise, a friend recently consulted a nutritionist who told her, matter-of-factly, that because she has Type O blood, she should be eating lot...
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Get the facts
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of all types of cancer, including cancers of the lung, colon, breasts and prostate. Dr. James Gould, a Paducah oncologist, said an average of 37,50...
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Erasing embarrassment
DETROIT — Adil Siddiqui was reluctant to go out in public because he thought everybody was staring at the patches of white skin on his face. Siddiqui suffers from vitiligo, an autoimmune skin di...
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Obama addresses drug shortages
WASHINGTON  — Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration’s plan to tackle them is but a small step toward...
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Study: ADHD drugs don’t raise kids’ heart risks
Ritalin and similar medicines that millions of children and teens take to curb hyperactivity and boost attention do not raise their risk of serious heart problems, the largest safety study of these...
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In this March 25, 2004 file photo, medications containing pseuduoephedrine sit on a store shelf in Midwest City, Okla. Oklahoma authorities have been at the forefront of the nation's battle against methamphetamine, but they will soon have a tough new opponent: the politically connected, well-heeled pharmaceutical industry. At issue is a proposal to require a prescription for certain cold tablets containing pseudoephedrine, which is used to make meth. Prosecutors say the measure is essential to controlling the meth trade. Drug companies are eager to keep their pills on store shelves. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Police, drug lobby clash over meth bill
OKLAHOMA CITY  — Oklahoma authorities have been at the forefront of the nation’s battle against methamphetamine, but they will soon have a tough new opponent: a politically connected, well-heeled p...
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