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Friday will have a lot of people seeing - and wearing - red
February is American Heart Month and Friday is also the day to “go red for women.”
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Mayo Clinic backs new personal health records site
The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.'s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information.
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Pill would be 'one-size-fits-all' approach
A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent heart disease and stroke.
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Diabetes might increase risk of Alzheimer's, studies show
You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes. Doctors long suspected that diabetes damaged blood vessels that supply the brain. It now seems even more insidious, that the damage may start before someone is given a diagnosis of full-blown diabetes, back when the body is gradually losing its ability to regulate blood sugar.
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Migraines in pregnant women can be warning
Having a migraine can be more than a pain for pregnant women. It also can represent an increased risk for a stroke or other vascular diseases, according to a study by researchers at three of North Carolina's academic hospitals.
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When should you start health screening tests?
Screening tests that can detect disease in its early stages can save millions in medical costs and priceless amounts of pain and heartache. But who needs what? And when?
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To Test or Not to Test: Guidelines for testing health conditions
Screening tests that can detect disease in its early stages can save millions in medical costs and priceless amounts of pain and heartache. But who needs what? And when? Here are some guidelines for testing for various health conditions...
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High food costs make eating healthy meals a challenge
Feeling nickel-and-dimed to death at the grocery store? Wait until you start getting hammered with hospital bills a decade from now, thanks to what's in your shopping cart today.
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