Warning for healthy aspirin users
“Healthy people who take aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing more harm than good, experts said.”

Sunscreen may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease
“The frightening possibility of Alzheimer’s disease being induced by suncream is being investigated by academics.”

Questioning a $30,000-a-Month Cancer Drug
“Recent and archival health news about chemotherapy.” chemotherapy drug will cost about $30,000 a month, a sign that the prices of medicines are continuing to rise despite growing concern about health care costs. ”

Top Reasons Those ‘Get Fit’ Resolutions Don’t Stick
“Another New Year’s Day looms, and millions of Americans will resolve that this year, they’ll exercise and get fit, so why by the end of January are so many of those resolutions broken?”

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Study Suggests Chiropractic Reduces Health Care Costs, Need for Surgery
“Findings from the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield 2008 Physical Medicine Pilot on Quality, a one-year pilot program designed to measure patient quality of care, suggest significant clinical outcomes and health care cost reductions attributable to the use of chiropractic and other physical medicine services.”

45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul
“Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.”

Activity Adds Years to Life, Even for Octogenarians
“Old people who are physically active are apt to live longer than their couch-potato peers, and are more likely to maintain their independence, new research from Israel shows.”

In One Study, a Heart Benefit for Chocolate
“People who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack, researchers in Sweden found in an observational study.”

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1. Warm Hands-Warm Heart
2. ED and Heart Disease
3. Muscle and the Elderly
4. Knee Pain Once Again

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1. Placebos
2. Food Allergies and Children
3. The Knees Down Winner
4. Wolfing It Down

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1. SIDS and Circulating Air
2. Tylenol and Children
3. Rubbing Alcohol and Fever
4. Soda Consumption at Home

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