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Get new year rolling by increasing morning energy
Tribune Media ServicesCoffee, soda, tea and orange juice are just a few of the beverages weary morning workers drink to help wake up. For many, the daily grind begins with a noisy alarm abruptly jerking them out of a peaceful night's slumber, but for a few, waking up...Tags: Sleep Apnea, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sleep Disorders, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Dark Supermoon To Affect Earth's Tides Tonight?
FOX 17 NewsToday Is: Crush a Can Day (Source: HolidayInsights.com) Crush a Can Day is today. How flat can you squish it? After you get done kicking the can around, you get the fun of crushing it too. Use it as a stress reliever to take out all of the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Symptoms, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Tongue, Supermoon
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Can this drink help insomnia?
Part of an ongoing series on health claims.
Claim: Tart cherry juice can be a natural solution for insomnia, according to CherryPharm, which produces a tart cherry juice product called CheriBundi.
Reality: The idea that cherry juice can help promote...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Colleges and Universities, Pies and Tarts, University of Texas at Austin, Julie Deardorff
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A look at Japan's damaged nuclear plants
The situation at one of Japan's crippled nuclear power plants seemed to go from bad to worse as an explosion Saturday destroyed a building that houses one reactor and on Sunday another reactor began experiencing problems with its cooling system. An...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Emergency Incidents, Nuclear Policy, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at Work
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Key genital measurement linked to male fertility
ReutersThe dimension in question is not penis or testicle size, but a measurement known as anogenital distance, or AGD. Men whose AGD is shorter than the median length -- around 2 inches (52 mm) -- have seven times the chance of being sub-fertile as those...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Human Body, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Infertility, Physical Conditions
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Medical implant maker plans move from Rochester
ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A Fulton County official says a company that makes medical implants and tools plans to move from there to suburban Indianapolis in the coming months.
The move by Rochester Medical Implants to Noblesville will cost the city of...Tags: Companies and Corporations
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Expired Swine Flu Vaccine to be Burned
AP Medical WriterAbout a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired — meaning that a whopping 40 million doses worth about $260 million are being written off as trash. "It's a lot, by historical standards," said Jerry Weir, who...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Bill Hall, Preventative Medicine, Swine Flu, Colleges and Universities
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Study: MRSA infections declining
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDangerous infections caused by the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, appear to be declining in healthcare settings across the nation, the federal government reported Tuesday. An analysis conducted by the Centers for...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Healthcare Policies, Internists, Los Angeles Times, Nose
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FDA backs Cymbalta for chronic pain
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A group of federal health experts narrowly voted to expand approval of a best-selling antidepressant on Thursday, though panelists disagreed over which types of pain the pill effectively treats. The Food and Drug Administration is...Tags: Diabetes, Plastic Surgeons, Pain, Internists, Lower Back Pain
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Aging Bikers Hit the Road Harder
Sentinel Automotive EditorA study from the University of Rochester Medical Center points to a troubling trend: Motorcycle riders are growing older and, as a result, more are getting injured. The average age of motorcyclists involved in crashes has risen recently from 34 to 39...Tags: Motorcycling, Vehicles
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Osteoporosis Drug Promotes Healing of Fractures
A drug used to treat severe osteoporosis promotes healing of hard-to-mend fractures in the elderly and others, reducing pain and time spent in nursing homes, researchers said Tuesday.
In preliminary studies, 93% of 145 patients who had unhealed bone...Tags: Long Term Care, Osteoporosis, Lilly Eli & Co, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing
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H1N1 Swine Flu Outbreak Kills 20 in Mexico, Vacationers Warned
Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico shut down schools, museums, libraries and state-run theaters across its overcrowded capital Friday in hopes of containing a swine flu outbreak that authorities say killed at least 20 people — and perhaps dozens more....Tags: Preventative Medicine, Swine Flu, Colleges and Universities, Emergency Planning, Hospitals and Clinics
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