Health
Hold steady with balance training
Balance is such a fundamental part of each movement that it hurts — sometimes literally — when it’s gone. But to strengthen our balance, especially as we age, it turns out we do need to lose it. Or at least test it a little. (Updated: 06/30/09 8:43 AM )
Kick caffeine habit and kick up your energy level
It’s the common complaint you hear uttered by friends, family and co-workers throughout the day:“I just can’t get going without my cup of coffee!” (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
Experts sound alert over Lyme disease
HACKENSACK, N. J. — The tick — that perennial nemesis of outdoor lovers — is back again, and physicians for both humans and their pets are counseling caution against the Lyme disease it carries. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
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Sorting out sweeteners (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
Health Notes
SOS Badge to Badge, an addiction recovery support group for law enforcement personnel, will meet from 4:30 to 6 p. m. today in the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. The meeting is open to law enforcement and corrections officers only. Call 636-4869, Ext. 318. (Updated: 06/30/09 6:55 AM )
Medical charts ‘you never get to see’ now online
When you go in for your annual physical, the doctor sits by your side and scans a thick chart filled with a record of your office visits, test results and any medicine you’re taking. (Updated: 06/24/09 7:54 AM )
Heart device is effective lifesaver, study finds
LOS ANGELES — A combination defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization device reduced deaths by nearly one-third in patients with mild heart failure in a study that was terminated early Monday because of its success, the device’s manufacturer said Tuesday. (Updated: 06/24/09 6:55 AM )
Attitudes about senior intimacy are changing
ORLANDO, Fla. — The same generation that ushered in the sexual revolution is about to have its way with senior sex. (Updated: 06/23/09 8:49 AM )
Hospital finds hope in umbilical cords
MIAMI — When Jennifer Garcia scheduled the birth of her daughter at South Miami Hospital, nurses asked her an unusual question: “After your baby is born, are you willing to donate the umbilical cord to save someone’s life?” (Updated: 06/23/09 6:56 AM )
Keep slathering on that sunscreen
If we were to rank the five most important rules for skin care, they would be: (Updated: 06/23/09 6:56 AM )
Health Notes
SOS Badge to Badge, an addiction recovery support group for law enforcement personnel, will meet from 4:30 to 6 p. m. today in the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. The meeting is open to law enforcement and corrections officers only. Call 636-4869, Ext. 318. (Updated: 06/23/09 6:56 AM )
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Racial disparity in cancer (Updated: 06/23/09 6:56 AM )
Zicam’s harm to sense of smell stirs FDA ban
WASHINGTON — Consumers should immediately stop taking zinc-based intranasal Zicam cold products and discard them or return them to stores because they damage the sense of smell, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. (Updated: 06/17/09 6:52 AM )
Obesity surgery’s effect on bone density raises concern about breaks
WASHINGTON — It isn’t just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. (Updated: 06/16/09 6:37 AM )
Milking it: Consumers bewildered by milk varieties
Patty Sullivan is stumped by the dairy case. One kind of milk promises to make her children smarter. Another claims to come from healthier cows. Unable to sort all that out, she reaches for conventional Costco milk. (Updated: 06/16/09 9:40 AM )
