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People in all professions are using Xtranormal's easy technology and flat-voiced teddy bears to vent about work. Experts say humor does help. Tweaked helmet would better protect our troopsA slightly larger helmet with more foam padding would better protect soldiers and Marines from traumatic brain injury, researchers find. The Department of Defense says that more than 130,000... Gear: Getting taken for a rideLikes and dislikes of the Michelin Protek Max flat-proof inner tube, Ergon PC2 pedals, Specialized Purist water bottle and the LeMond Revolution trainer. Weight-loss surgery with one little cutWith single-incision laparoscopic surgery, a half-inch cut is made in the umbilicus, or belly button. |
What you have in common with air traffic controllers: sleep deprivation
Well-publicized incidents of air traffic controllers and others sleeping at inappropriate times point us to science that suggests most people need at least eight hours of sleep a night.
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Finding a path through the health insurance 'gobbledygook'
The tale of one freelance journalist's navigation through the individual health insurance market in a rural area.
Confusion alert: When prevention and treatment mix, who pays?
If doctors find and remove a polyp, which can be cancerous, some private insurers and Medicare hit the patient with a surprise: charges that...
No evidence coffee increases risk of high blood pressure
Despite earlier concerns, downing lots of coffee doesn't seem to increase the risk of high blood pressure, according to a new report --...
25 states now ban smoking in public places, CDC report says
We're halfway there, say those who advocate state bans on smoking in public spaces. If the trend continues, the entire nation could have...
U.S. Republicans seek to reassure elderly on Medicare
Elderly voters could be pivotal in the 2012 election, where both Democrats and Republicans will be judged for proposed cuts to the federal...
New studies point to clot risk of Bayer's Yasmin
New evidence emerged on Friday that women taking Bayer's best-selling contraceptive may run a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than...
Prenatal pesticide exposure linked with lower IQ
Babies exposed to pesticides before birth may have significantly lower intelligence scores by age 7 than children who were not exposed,...
Sex ed hits the road
Tight budgets, schedules force independent center to take health education to schools.
Winter may be linked to postpartum depression
Women who give birth in fall and winter may be more likely to get postpartum depression than those who deliver in the spring, suggests a new...
Grandsons may be affected by old pregnancy drug
Four decades after doctors realized that a drug called DES - used to prevent pregnancy complications - had devastating consequences for...
Report faults porn firms for not providing information to public health agencies
The report examining an HIV scare that temporarily halted production in the adult film industry cites the case of Derrick Burts, an HIV-...
Heart risk factors high in young Indian adults
More and more, young urban adults in India are developing obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes -- suggesting that rising rates of heart...
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