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Obesity has leveled off in most states but it's still a major problem, with over 30 percent of Americans struggling with bulging waistlines and associated…
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Americans with health insurance are more likely than the uninsured to have their diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure diagnosed— and to have…
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The opening bars of Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” echo through a bustling therapy gym as 13-year-old Courtney Turner practices her physical therapy…
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Aspirin is one of the oldest medicines ever used by humans, but it still continues to live up to its slug line: the Wonder Drug. Physicians have been…
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Kids' fast-food habits haven't budged in the past 15 years, a study by the CDC finds. The marketing, cost and taste of fast food still seem to have a hold on America's youth.
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TAMPA, Florida — Five-year-old Lakota Lockhart talks about Batman nonstop. When his mom, Krystal, can wedge in a word, she describes what life has been…
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Where the Monon Trail hits 126th Street in Carmel, Ind., it’s crowded with bikers and joggers. There’s a shopping center with a yoga studio and some…
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Teens and young adults who get seriously injured in an assault are nearly twice as likely as their peers to end up back in the emergency room for a…
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A side effect of the Affordable Care Act has been a trend of jails and prisons signing up inmates for Medicaid, according to a recent New York Times…
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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/060114_2.mp3John Kennedy, M.D. wrote the recently published book The Heart Health Bible, which presents a simple…