• Doctors: Michael Douglas' cancer therapy is grueling (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:26:50 GMT)
  
• Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hits (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:22:52 GMT)
  
• NASA delivers coping tips for miners trapped in Chile (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:22:57 GMT)
  
• Diet drug Meridia raises heart attack, stroke risk (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:57:29 GMT)
  
• Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve federal investigation (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:40:17 GMT)
  
• More 'empowered' patients question doctors' orders (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:47:07 GMT)
  
• Exercise can override 'fat genes,' study finds (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:45:58 GMT)
  
• Flu shot Q&A: It's that time again, but just get one this year (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:12:49 GMT)
  
• Ovary removal can raise survival of women with high cancer risk (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:39:52 GMT)
  
• Pea in the lung? Try jewelry, bones, dentures among inhaled items (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:07:05 GMT)
  
• Why has the USA's cesarean section rate climbed so high? (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:07:01 GMT)
  
• 'Super-sized' fits even regular food portions at restaurants (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:23:54 GMT)
  
• FDA reports on rats, manure piles at egg recall companies (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:12:06 GMT)
  
• Medicare aims to reduce costs, illnesses of older smokers (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:28:07 GMT)
  
• 'Disturbing trend' for kids in sports: ER visits for concussions soar (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:21:02 GMT)
  

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• Child’s Journey Shows Dangers of Antipsychotic Drugs (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:02:16 GMT)
  Toddlers and even younger children are prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs despite a lack of studies on how such drugs affect development.
  
  
  
• Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:28:30 GMT)
  A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
  
  
  
• Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:59:41 GMT)
  Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community.
  
  
  
• Scientist at Work: Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier: Think the Answer’s Clear? Look Again (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:37:30 GMT)
  Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier’s work has debunked preconceived notions and revealed some deep truths about the predictors of longevity, the organization of health care and the workings of the medical mind.
  
  
  
• Essay: Isolation, an Ancient and Lonely Practice, Endures (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:21 GMT)
  For those who are not just infected on the inside but also infested on the outside our state-of-the-art treatment includes a direct carryover from the Middle Ages.
  
  
  
• Recipes for Health: Turkish Bean and Herb Salad (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:30:29 GMT)
  This fragrant bean salad requires far less olive oil than the traditional version.
  
  
  
• At Flea Market, Fear of a Different Insect (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:40:07 GMT)
  Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.
  
  
  
• New Rivals to Warfarin as Blood Clot Preventer (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:19:52 GMT)
  A Bristol-Myers drug shows promise in treating a heart rhythm disorder, and others combat postsurgical clotting and deep vein thrombosis.
  
  
  
• Deal Would Provide Dialysis to Illegal Immigrants in Atlanta (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:03:42 GMT)
  The deal, if completed, would end a yearlong impasse that has come to symbolize the health care plight of the country’s uninsured immigrants and the hospitals that end up caring for them.
  
  
  
• Mind: Lasting Pleasures, Robbed by Drug Abuse (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:40 GMT)
  Drugs have a competitive advantage over natural rewards and can hijack the brain’s reward system.
  
  
  
• Majority of Caesareans Are Done Before Labor (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:44:39 GMT)
  A new study suggests several reasons for the nation’s rising Caesarean section rate.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Longevity: For New York Men, a Life Expectancy Gap (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:45:40 GMT)
  Men die about six years younger, according to a new report from the New York City health department.
  
  
  
• Doctors Seek Way to Treat Muscle Loss (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:10:06 GMT)
  Why muscles wither is captivating more scientists and drug and food companies, let alone aging baby boomers.
  
  
  
• Companies Race to Develop Drugs to Reduce Blood-Clotting Problems (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:47:33 GMT)
  The drugs are aimed at people who have a higher than normal risk for clotting or stroke, like patients undergoing hip replacement surgery or those with an irregular heartbeat.
  
  
  
• Making Soldiers Fit to Fight, Without the Situps (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:58:56 GMT)
  The goal of a new training program is to reduce injuries and better prepare recruits for the rigors of combat.
  
  
  
• Egg Farms Violated Safety Rules (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:13:19 GMT)
  Inspections, the F.D.A. said, found barns infested with flies, maggots and rodents, as well as overflowing manure pits.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Safety: Assessing the National Bill for Crashes (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:48:22 GMT)
  Motor vehicle accidents cost the nation almost $100 billion dollars a year, about $500 for each licensed driver, according to government data.
  
  
  
• Global Update: Africa: Monkeypox Cases Surge in Rural Areas as Price of the Victory Over Smallpox (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:51:55 GMT)
  Monkeypox is 20 times as common in parts of the Congo as it was 30 years ago, when smallpox vaccination was discontinued.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Childhood: Athletes’ Concussions Have Doubled (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:21 GMT)
  The number doubled over a recent 10-year-period, a new study reports, even though participation in team sports decreased slightly.
  
  
  
• Doctors Heed Call for Books for Afghanistan (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:01:41 GMT)
  The Taliban singled out the texts for destruction because anatomical depictions of the human body were considered blasphemous.
  
  
  
• Does Your Language Shape How You Think? (Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:56:35 GMT)
  The idea that your mother tongue shapes your experience of the world may be true after all.
  
  
  
• Doctor and Patient: Can Concierge Medicine for the Few Benefit the Many? (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:07:32 GMT)
  At a boutique practice at Tufts Medical Center, retainer fees support the general practice, teaching and free health care.
  
  
  
• Cases: When Battlefield Humor Backfires (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:01:19 GMT)
  In stereotyping patients, physicians may be diminishing them.
  
  
  
• Doctor and Patient: When Doctors Admit Their Mistakes (Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:16:42 GMT)
  Fear of lawsuits often keeps doctors from talking to patients when mistakes are made, but a University of Michigan study argues for open disclosure of medical errors.
  
  
  
• Essay: Coping With Crises Close to Someone Else’s Heart (Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:37:57 GMT)
  We’ve come to understand ways people deal with personal crisis, but psychologists are just beginning to explore the ways we respond to other people’s traumas.
  
  
  
• Does Stretching Prevent Running Injuries? (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:17:11 GMT)
  That question, which has prompted countless debates, is now at the heart of a notable new study.
  
  
  
• Study Shows SAMe May Ease Depression (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:21:03 GMT)
  A popular dietary supplement called SAMe may help depressed patients who don't respond to prescription antidepressant treatment, a new study shows.
  
  
  
• A Rush to Operating Rooms That Alters Men's Lives (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:11:34 GMT)
  Prostate cancer is a dark and mysterious country, and the authors Ralph H. Blum and Dr. Mark Scholz are good, levelheaded guides through these thickets.
  
  
  
• The Curious World of Bedbug Research (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:07:59 GMT)
  Scientists are baffled by the resurgence of bedbugs, which bite and itch, but don't carry disease, making them a low-priority research subject.
  
  
  
• Body Fat vs. Body Mass (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:06:34 GMT)
  In this week's Personal Health column, Jane Brody writes about why the traditional measure of a healthy weight, the body mass index, is not always reliable for determining whether someone is carrying too much fat.
  
  
  
• Fear of Falling (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:29:40 GMT)
  Can exaggerated anxiety about falling -- even if tests show your risk to be low -- increase the probability that you'll actually fall?
  
  
  
• Fighting the Muscle Loss That Comes With Age (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:31:44 GMT)
  Why muscles wither with age is captivating a growing number of scientists, drug and food companies and aging baby boomers.
  
  
  
• Aging’s Misunderstood Virtues (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:37:39 GMT)
  A Swedish researcher explores 'gerotranscendence' and tackles the American 'busy ethic.'
  
  
  
• Personal Health: Weight Index Doesn’t Tell the Whole Truth (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:50:05 GMT)
  Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.
  
  
  
• Really?: The Claim: Flying After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Cause Swelling (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:18 GMT)
  Lymph nodes are often removed as treatment. The concern is that changes in cabin pressure might influence the movement of fluid in the lymphatic system.
  
  
  
• Botox Maker Settles Case (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:30:42 GMT)
  Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle criminal and civil allegations that it had marketed Botox for medical uses, like pain and headache, not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  
  
  
• The Race to Replace Warfarin (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:43:00 GMT)
  Leading drug makes are developing new anticoagulant drugs to prevent stroke and systemic blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat disorder.
  
  
  
• This Week's Health Industry News (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:49:16 GMT)
  Tobacco oversight, a cardiology conference and much more on this week's horizon.
  
  
  
• Letters: Neuro-Pioneers (1 Letter) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:20 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: Acupuncture and Science (1 Letter) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:21 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: Comfort at Life’s End (1 Letter) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:21 GMT)
  A letter to the editor.
  
  
  
• Letters: Sticks and Stones (2 Letters) (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:20:04 GMT)
  Letters to the editor.
  
  
  
• Drug Makers on the Trail of an Alternative to Steroids (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:15:08 GMT)
  Drug makers are trying to develop medicines that possess the muscle-building ability of testosterone without its side effects.
  
  
  
• Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:09:00 GMT)
  Though recent evidence shows two types of tests can detect Alzheimer’s early, so far nothing has been found to prevent or delay the devastating disease.
  
  
  
• Stem Cell Ruling Will Be Appealed (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:04:26 GMT)
  The head of the National Institutes of Health said a judge’s decision would most likely force the cancellation of dozens of experiments in diseases ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s.
  
  
  
• The Two Plaintiffs at Center of the Ban on Stem Cell Use (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:55:14 GMT)
  The two researchers whose claims of injury led to the judge’s decision have a history of disputes with colleagues as well as ethical objections to embryonic stem cell research.
  
  
  
• Recipes for Health: Grilled Mushrooms in Foil Packets (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:20:05 GMT)
  Prepare these packets at home, then toss them on the grill at a cookout.
  
  
  
• Recipes for Health: Creamy Potato Salad With Yogurt Vinaigrette (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:50:07 GMT)
  This dish may resemble a traditional potato salad, but it does not rely on mayonnaise.
  
  
  
• Recipes for Health: For the Vegetarians at the Cookout (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:40:06 GMT)
  Skip the veggie burgers and tofu “hot dogs.” Here are some excellent vegetarian dishes for end-of-summer picnics and barbecues.
  
  
  
• Recipes for Health: Cooked Grains Salad With Tomato Vinaigrette (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:24 GMT)
  This robust summer salad can be made with a wide variety of grains.
  
  
  
• Sanofi’s Bid Puts Pressure on Genzyme (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:23:55 GMT)
  The French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis disclosed its $18.5 billion bid for the American biotechnology firm Genzyme.
  
  
  
• Stem Cell Biology and Its Complications (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:50:06 GMT)
  Scientists have long wondered if they could sidestep an ethical debate by creating embryonic stem cells without the embryos.
  
  
  
• AARP Says Brand-Name Drug Prices Up 8% in 2009 (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:39:25 GMT)
  Drug industry officials countered that selecting brand-name drug prices did not reflect the reality of more people using low-price generic drugs.
  
  
  
• News Analysis: Egg Recall Exposes Flaws in Nation’s Food Safety System (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:45:54 GMT)
  Some consumer advocates say the broader problem in the nation is a food safety system that is complicated and often dysfunctional.
  
  
  

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• New Rivals to Warfarin as Blood Clot Preventer (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:19:52 GMT)
  A Bristol-Myers drug shows promise in treating a heart rhythm disorder, and others combat postsurgical clotting and deep vein thrombosis.
  
  
  
• Doctors Seek Way to Treat Muscle Loss (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:10:06 GMT)
  Why muscles wither is captivating more scientists and drug and food companies, let alone aging baby boomers.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Longevity: For New York Men, a Life Expectancy Gap (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:45:40 GMT)
  Men die about six years younger, according to a new report from the New York City health department.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Childhood: Athletes’ Concussions Have Doubled (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:39:21 GMT)
  The number doubled over a recent 10-year-period, a new study reports, even though participation in team sports decreased slightly.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Safety: Assessing the National Bill for Crashes (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:48:22 GMT)
  Motor vehicle accidents cost the nation almost $100 billion dollars a year, about $500 for each licensed driver, according to government data.
  
  
  
• Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:09:00 GMT)
  Though recent evidence shows two types of tests can detect Alzheimer’s early, so far nothing has been found to prevent or delay the devastating disease.
  
  
  
• Stem Cell Ruling Will Be Appealed (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:04:26 GMT)
  The head of the National Institutes of Health said a judge’s decision would most likely force the cancellation of dozens of experiments in diseases ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s.
  
  
  
• After Mozart’s Death, an Endless Coda (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:07:31 GMT)
  What killed Mozart? A review of proposed causes has organized scores of theories into five distinct categories.
  
  
  
• U.S. Judge Rules Against Obama’s Stem Cell Policy (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:09:39 GMT)
  A district judge said the 2009 executive order violated a ban on federal funds being used to destroy embryos.
  
  
  
• What to Tell the Patients After a Trial Goes Awry (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:04:55 GMT)
  Do families now need extra protection or warnings about the Lilly experience when they sign up Alzheimer’s patients for studies?
  
  
  
• Radiation, Risks Are Focus of Breast Screening Studies (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:50:03 GMT)
  Doctors have expressed concerns about relying too much on breast imaging exams that expose women to far higher doses of radiation than regular mammography.
  
  
  
• Roche Backs New Method for Drug Delivery to Cells (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:02 GMT)
  Roche agreed to pay up to $1.1 billion to Aileron Therapeutics, which is developing a new type of drug technology called stapled peptides.
  
  
  
• Inside Neurosurgery’s Rise (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:02:20 GMT)
  Chunks of brains preserved at Yale exemplify the evolution of 20th-century American medicine.
  
  
  
• Study Links Chronic Fatigue to Virus Class (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:51:08 GMT)
  A team found evidence similar to that of an earlier study, representing an advance for a mysterious condition.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Diet: Chocolate in Moderation May Help Heart (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:29:33 GMT)
  Middle-aged and older women who ate one or two servings of chocolate a week had nearly one-third fewer cases of heart failure than those who ate none.
  
  
  
• Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia (Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:40:31 GMT)
  Slow exercise and meditation as practiced in an ancient Chinese regimen may help sufferers of a mysterious and controversial disease.
  
  
  
• News Analysis: Doubt on Tactic in Alzheimer’s Battle (Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:38:18 GMT)
  The failure of a promising Alzheimer’s drug highlights the gap between diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Risks: A Warning on Asthma and Acetaminophen (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:57:04 GMT)
  Authors of a study linking the drug to elevated asthma rates in young teenagers speculate that the drug might have systemic inflammatory effects.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Hazards: Nipple Piercings Add to Risk of Abscesses (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:29:10 GMT)
  The infections, which are difficult to repeat and often require surgery, can develop up to seven years after a nipple is pierced.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Childhood: Hearing Loss Grows Among Teenagers (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:30:44 GMT)
  One in five teenagers suffer from at least slight hearing loss, a significant rise from a decade ago.
  
  
  
• Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s (Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:24:50 GMT)
  The key to a collaborative Alzheimer’s project was an ambitious agreement to share all the data, making every single finding public immediately.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Patterns: A Thin White Line Among Doctors? (Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:30:58 GMT)
  One in three physicians say they do not believe they should always report an incompetent or significantly impaired colleague, a new study reports.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Childhood: Obesity in Young Subjects Drops in Study (Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:40:29 GMT)
  Sixth graders who participated in a school-based health program were less obese by eighth grade than a group of similar children who did not.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Risks: Full-Calorie Beer Has a Link to Psoriasis (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:29:15 GMT)
  Women in a study who had five or more beers a week were at almost twice the risk for psoriasis, researchers report.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Patterns: Medicare Coverage Drives Antibiotic Use (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:59:05 GMT)
  Researchers found an increase in the use of newer antibiotics that are more expensive and more likely to lead to bacterial resistance.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Risks: Depression Linked to Later Dementia (Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:10:34 GMT)
  A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.
  
  
  
• Happiness May Come With Age, Study Says (Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:38:57 GMT)
  For feeling content, 18 doesn’t hold a candle to 85, a nationwide poll has found. Researchers aren’t sure why.
  
  
  
• Personal Health: Weight Index Doesn’t Tell the Whole Truth (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:50:05 GMT)
  Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.
  
  
  
• Really?: The Claim: Flying After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Cause Swelling (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:18 GMT)
  Lymph nodes are often removed as treatment. The concern is that changes in cabin pressure might influence the movement of fluid in the lymphatic system.
  
  
  

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• Recipes for Health: Turkish Bean and Herb Salad (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:30:29 GMT)
  This fragrant bean salad requires far less olive oil than the traditional version.
  
  
  
• Tai Chi Reported to Ease Fibromyalgia (Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:40:31 GMT)
  Slow exercise and meditation as practiced in an ancient Chinese regimen may help sufferers of a mysterious and controversial disease.
  
  
  
• Personal Best: When Repeat Injuries Can’t Dim an Athlete’s Passion (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:50:08 GMT)
  Despite strains, fractures and tears, we keep going, switching sports or even doctors. At least one expert would say we stubborn athletes have a psychological problem.
  
  
  
• Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak (Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:04 GMT)
  An Iowa company broadened a recall of its eggs to 380 million after hundreds of people got sick across the country.
  
  
  
• Moose Offer Trail of Clues on Arthritis (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:22:38 GMT)
  Research on moose suggests that arthritis in human beings may be linked in part to nutritional deficits.
  
  
  
• Q & A: A Calcium Quandary (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:20:07 GMT)
  Do vitamin C and calcium in milk cancel each other’s benefits?
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Diet: Low-Fat vs. Atkins: Parallel Results (Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:11:39 GMT)
  One of the longest trials to pit low-fat diets against Atkins-style diets found that participants lost the same amount of weight after two years, regardless of which diet they were on.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Hazards: Salmonella Is Traced to Dry Pet Food (Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:11:35 GMT)
  Salmonella infections in toddlers have been traced to dry pet food, the first time a strain has been linked to the food, health officials say.
  
  
  
• The Bay Citizen: Tofu Maker Is Idled After Recall of Products (Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:39:57 GMT)
  Quong Hop, one of the largest tofu makers in California, is shut down after yet another recall linked to food safety. The company’s future is now in doubt.
  
  
  
• Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials (Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:43:48 GMT)
  Nine states, led by Mississippi at 34.4 percent, have rates reaching 30 percent or more, as opposed to only three states in 2007.
  
  
  
• Feeding Dementia Patients With Dignity (Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:08:24 GMT)
  Some experts are suggesting “comfort feeding” as an alternative to feeding tubes, which some studies suggest do not necessarily prolong survival.
  
  
  
• Breast Milk Sugars Give Infants a Protective Coat (Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:35:04 GMT)
  A large part of human milk that cannot be digested by babies coats the lining of a breast-fed infant’s intestine, protecting it from noxious bacteria.
  
  
  
• Ad Rules Stall, Keeping Cereal a Cartoon Staple (Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:50:17 GMT)
  An effort to forge tougher advertising standards that favor healthful products has hit industry opposition.
  
  
  
• Personal Best: With This Rinse, Performance Improves (Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:59:38 GMT)
  A carbohydrate solution that doesn’t even have to be swallowed gives athletes a boost, exercise scientists find.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Childhood: Obesity in Young Subjects Drops in Study (Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:40:29 GMT)
  Sixth graders who participated in a school-based health program were less obese by eighth grade than a group of similar children who did not.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Exercise: Bicycling to Keep Off Extra Pounds (Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:48:52 GMT)
  Riding for exercise may help women who put on extra pounds during their 30s and 40s, a study says.
  
  
  
• Vital Statistics: Weight-Lifting Injuries on the Rise (Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:58:03 GMT)
  More and more people are lifting weights these days — and sometimes dropping them where they shouldn’t.
  
  
  
• Personal Best: The Right Way to Warm Up Is (Your Answer Here) (Mon, 17 May 2010 22:56:02 GMT)
  There is theory about why warming up should work, but little solid research on whether it actually does.
  
  
  
• Downward-Facing Dog’s Life (Thu, 06 May 2010 05:47:01 GMT)
  If you’ve missed a connection or experience other travel-related stress, yoga can restore calm.
  
  
  
• Noticed: Skip the Scotch, Just Have a Swig of Mellowberry (Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:50:08 GMT)
  “Relaxation shots” claim to undo the very buzz caffeinated drinks were designed to deliver.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Regimens: Eat Your Vegetables, but Not Too Many (Tue, 25 May 2010 03:32:29 GMT)
  Is it possible to eat too many leafy green vegetables?
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Nutrition: Study Finds Eating Nuts Helps Cholesterol (Tue, 18 May 2010 04:46:41 GMT)
  Eating just 2.4 ounces of nuts of any kind was associated with declines in bad cholesterol, according to research partly financed by a nut-industry foundation and corroborated by other trials.
  
  
  
• Trying Out Delivered Diet Meals (Thu, 06 May 2010 19:56:50 GMT)
  A test of four companies that deliver healthy meals in New York.
  
  
  
• Vital Signs: Nutrition: Added Sugars Appear to Affect Cholesterol (Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:33:23 GMT)
  Those with diets high in sweeteners were shown in a study to have lower blood levels of good cholesterol and higher levels of harmful triglycerides.
  
  
  
• Personal Health: Weight Index Doesn’t Tell the Whole Truth (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:50:05 GMT)
  Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.
  
  
  
• Really?: The Claim: Flying After Breast Cancer Surgery Can Cause Swelling (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:18 GMT)
  Lymph nodes are often removed as treatment. The concern is that changes in cabin pressure might influence the movement of fluid in the lymphatic system.
  
  
  

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