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Report: Care on 3 conditions improving
Mar 20 2007 9:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. hospitals have improved the care they offer for heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia, according to a report released Tuesday by a hospital accrediting group.
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Exercise helps prevent falls in elderly
Mar 20 2007 9:45PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Like a lot of people, former flight attendant Mary Nicholson wasn't an exerciser. But two years ago she changed all that _ at age 71. For Nicholson, part of the motivation to exercise was to be strong and agile enough to avoid a fall. "I'm bound and determined I'm not going to fall and break a bone," she said during a workout that included balancing on one leg, working with weights and stair-climbing.
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Exercise helps prevent falls in elderly
Mar 20 2007 9:45PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Like a lot of people, former flight attendant Mary Nicholson wasn't an exerciser. But two years ago she changed all that _ at age 71. For Nicholson, part of the motivation to exercise was to be strong and agile enough to avoid a fall. "I'm bound and determined I'm not going to fall and break a bone," she said during a workout that included balancing on one leg, working with weights and stair-climbing.
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Singapore to scrap anti-obesity program
Mar 20 2007 4:54PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore plans to end its anti-obesity program in schools, the Education Ministry said, after parents complained that overweight children were being singled out and teased by classmates.
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Study casts doubt on duct tape wart cure
Mar 20 2007 4:54PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Duct tape's success at curing warts may have been overstated, according to a new study that raises doubts about the tape's effectiveness as a cheap, painless treatment. The tape supposedly works by irritating the skin and stimulating the body's immune system to attack the virus that causes warts. It earned a place in the medicine cabinet in 2002, when a small study showed it to be effective on children and young adults.
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Over 5 million living with Alzheimer's
Mar 20 2007 4:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a 10 percent increase since the last Alzheimer's Association estimate five years ago _ and a count that supports the long-forecast dementia epidemic as the population grays.
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Doctor-drug company laws questioned
Mar 20 2007 3:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Want to know if your doctor accepts money and gifts from drug companies? Chances are it will be pretty tough to find out, a study of disclosure laws in two pioneering states suggests.
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EU to ask for plan to fight tuberculosis
Mar 20 2007 11:49AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The European Union will ask all member states to draft action plans to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, as a new drug-resistant form of the disease is becoming an increasing threat, the EU health commissioner said Tuesday.
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