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    Jul 16, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Keep a journal to lose weight, study finds

    A new study has backed up what others have found: Women who want to loose weight should keep a food journal, avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants, especially at lunch.
    A new study has backed up what others have found: Women who want to loose weight should keep a food journal, avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants, especially at lunch. The study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and...

    Tags: Overweight, Newspaper and Magazine, Weight, Weight Loss

    2. May 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune
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    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who did a high-intensity aquatic workout for six months increased their strength and suffered fewer falls, in a new study that suggests bone- and muscle-building resistance can be achieved with the right kinds of water exercises.
    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who did a high-intensity aquatic workout for six months increased their strength and suffered fewer falls, in a new study that suggests bone- and muscle-building resistance can be achieved with the right kinds of water...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Calcium, Mineral Supplements, Osteoporosis, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Doctors describe 'death with dignity' program for cancer patients

    A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/27/168150886/americans-support-physician-assisted-suicide-for-terminally-ill">-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll</a> last&nbsp; year said they were in favor of legalizing physician-assisted suicide. A BBC<a href="http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/677/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx"> World News America/Harris Poll</a> from the year before found that 58% believed that physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for patients who request it.
    A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last  year said they were in favor of...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Palliative Care, Suicide, Prostate Cancer

    5. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Some drinking tied to longer life post-breast cancer

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer who had a few alcoholic drinks per week before their diagnosis were slightly less likely to die from their cancer, according to a study that followed newly-diagnosed patients for 11 years, on average.
    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer who had a few alcoholic drinks per week before their diagnosis were slightly less likely to die from their cancer, according to a study that followed newly-diagnosed patients for 11 years, on average....

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Specialization, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Diseases and Illnesses

    6. Nov 14, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. It's unseemly for nonprofit CEOs to make millions

    The story of the nonprofit CEO who solicits charity while raking in a giant salary is, by now, becoming a Central Florida clich&eacute;.
    The story of the nonprofit CEO who solicits charity while raking in a giant salary is, by now, becoming a Central Florida cliché. There was NorthStar High School in Orange County, which was a miserable failure academically but paid its principal $824,000...

    Tags: Science, National Institutes of Health, Lake Nona, Florida's Blood Centers, Chemical Industry

    7. Nov 7, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  7. Briefs: Environmental Nutrition

    Premium Health News Service
    ITALIAN SUPERMARKET FARE THAT WON'T WEIGH YOU DOWN If an Italian tourist took a stroll through an American supermarket, they might have a hard time recognizing many of the Italian "classics" so readily available. Here in America, the thought of Italian...

    Tags: Tomatoes, Diets and Dieting, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nutrition, Prostate Cancer

    8. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. E. Donnall Thomas dies at 92; physician won a Nobel Prize

    E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92.
    E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle,...

    Tags: Lymphoma, Cancer, Boston, Oncology, University of Washington

    9. Oct 20, 2012 |Story| KCPQ-LTV

  9. Nobel laureate, bone-marrow transplant innovator Dr. E. Donnall Thomas dies

    <a>Nobel Prize winner and medical pioneer E. Donnall Thomas, M.D.</a>, died Saturday at the age of 92.
    Q13 FOX News Online
    Nobel Prize winner and medical pioneer E. Donnall Thomas, M.D., died Saturday at the age of 92. Thomas won the Nobel Prize in 1990 for his work in bone-marrow transplantation to cure leukemias and other blood cancers. In 1974, Thomas became the first...

    Tags: Immune System, Cancer, Medical Specialization, Blood Disorders, Oncology

    10. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Miami Marlins' Logan Morrison a finalist for prestigious Hutch Award for community service

    I'm not sure if Logan Morrison will stay healthy or productive enough to be part of the Miami Marlins' future, but it's clear he's already distinguished himself with good deeds off the field.
    Sun Sentinel columnist
    I'm not sure if Logan Morrison will stay healthy or productive enough to be part of the Miami Marlins' future, but it's clear he's already distinguished himself with good deeds off the field. Morrison, the young outfielder and first baseman, was one of...

    Tags: Rickie Weeks, Chicago White Sox, Cancer, Seattle Mariners, Ryan Zimmerman

    11. Oct 4, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  11. The best medicine: No pill provides the amazing health benefits that exercise does

    Premium Health News Service
    It's 9 a.m. in the office, time for my daily medication. As usual, I slink off to the fire escape for my fix. Twenty minutes later, I'm back at my desk, brimming with vitality and raring to go. I've taken this medicine regularly now for about eight...

    Tags: Immune System, Pharmaceuticals, Cancer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of South Carolina

    12. Sep 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Some women actually have men on the brain

    For decades after a woman has carried a male child in her womb or shared her mother's womb with a brother, she carries a faint but unmistakable echo of that intimate bond: male fetal DNA that lodges itself in the far recesses of her brain.
    For the Booster Shots Blog
    For decades after a woman has carried a male child in her womb or shared her mother's womb with a brother, she carries a faint but unmistakable echo of that intimate bond: male fetal DNA that lodges itself in the far recesses of her brain. That...

    Tags: Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, DNA, Brain, Chemical Industry

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