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Tween boys tackle obesity: One family's story
September 10, 2010
Health experts say that the soda-swilling, video-watching habits of boys ages 6 to 19 mean that about 15 percent are now extremely obese, up from about 9 percent a decade ago. That includes kids like Garrett and Nathaniel Uterhark, whose mom stepped in to help.
Poll: Most still confused about health care
September 10, 2010Most U.S. adults are still not sure when they will see certain changes from major healthcare reforms passed earlier this year, according to a new survey
How to take a watermelon smash to the face
September 10, 2010
A giant slingshot. A watermelon. And a woman's face. It'll all make sense after you watch this video from CBS's "The Amazing Race." But the clip left us wondering: How do you come back from a watermelon smash to the face?!
U.S. warns of fatal side effect with imaging drugs
September 10, 2010The FDA is warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.
Male menopause: Reality or myth?
September 10, 2010For women of a certain age, menopause is a fact of life. But this middle-age change no longer looks so feminine.
Video: Vitamin B could help prevent Alzheimer's
September 10, 2010
British researchers found that the pills halved the rate at which the brains of elderly people shrunk in size - one of the first symptoms of dementia. ITN's Nina Nannar reports. (Nightly News)
Too little sleep raises obesity risk in children
September 10, 2010NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Children aged four and under who get less than 10 hours of sleep a night are nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese five years later, according to a U.S. study.
Chronic drinking is bad; suddenly quitting is worse
September 10, 2010But chronic drinking has been linked to high levels of the stress hormone cortisol , which can be dangerous to health. But stopping suddenly can cause the brain's neurons to degenerate, research shows.
B vitamins found to slow progression of dementia
September 10, 2010
Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,
HIV spread 'out of control' among French gay men
September 10, 2010Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be "out of control" among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.
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