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Myth or Truth: 7 Wonders of Cultural Health

Flaxseeds for digestive problems In Africa, flaxseeds are used to cure a number of ills (and are used as an ingredient in hair gel, too). They are thought ...
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Is Country Living Healthier than City Living?

“The Healthy Geezer” answers questions about health and aging in his weekly column. Question: Isn’t living in the country healthier than living in the city? Answer: I don’t ...
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Cake for Breakfast? Study Says Go for It

Good news for the kid in you: Not only can you eat cake for breakfast, doing so may actually help you keep weight off, a new study suggests. ...
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Prescription for Pain: Laugh Until it Doesn’t Hurt

LOL! A new study finds that laughter raises our tolerance for pain by stimulating a release of the brain’s feel-good compounds, endorphins. Researchers at the University of Oxford ...
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How Do Hearing Aids Work?

Question: I think I need a hearing aid. Any recommendations? [I’ve received this question from more than a few readers. It’s a subject of great interest to seniors, ...
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Will the CDC’s Bird Flu Vaccine Work if the Virus Mutates?

The move by U.S. health officials to start makinga vaccine against the new strain of bird flu is a good idea, regardless of whether the virus ultimately changes, ...
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One Source of Bird Flu Virus Found

Poultry markets in Shanghai are one likely place where people are contracting the new bird flu virus, a new study from China suggests. In the study, researchers collected ...
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One Source of Bird Flu Virus Found

Poultry markets in Shanghai are one likely place where people are contracting the new bird flu virus, a new study from China suggests. In the study, researchers collected ...
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Parkinson’s Disease, Melanoma Linked

Men with Parkinson’s disease are twice as likely as those without it to be diagnosed with melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, a new report suggests. ...
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Increase Diabetes Risk

High doses of the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may increase the risk of diabetes, a new study says. But for those with heart disease , the drugs ...
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