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Certain Diets May Help Body Burn More Calories: Study

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Dieters have long been told that to lose weight, you simply need to cut calories. But new research suggests that some combinations of foods may burn more calories than others.

Coffee Might Actually Help Your Heart

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — If you need an excuse to pour yourself that second cup of coffee, read on. Moderate, daily coffee drinking may be good for your heart — to a point, a new study suggests.

Limited Radiation May Help Some Kids With Lymphoma

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Limited radiation therapy was associated with high rates of two-year, event-free survival in children with favorable-risk Hodgkin lymphoma who had a complete response to chemotherapy, a new study shows.

Wednesday Is National HIV Testing Day

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but 20 percent of them don’t know they’re infected.

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Even Some Scientists Are Math-Challenged

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Scientists pay less attention to new theories that are jam-packed with mathematical details, a tendency that presents a barrier to scientific progress, according to a new study.

Hormone ‘Ratio’ May Show Which Dieters Will Keep Weight Off

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Losing weight, as any dieter knows, is often the easy part. Keeping it off can be the bigger challenge.

Magnets in iPad2 May Alter Settings on Brain Shunt Devices: Study

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Magnets embedded in the Apple iPad 2 can interfere with the settings of magnetically programmable shunt valves, which are critical devices to drain excess fluid from the brains of those with hydrocephalus and other conditions, a new study suggests.

Bacterial Vaginosis Increases Female-to-Male HIV Transmission Risk

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — HIV-positive women with bacterial vaginosis, a disruption in the normal balance between healthy and harmful bacteria in the vagina, are three times more likely to pass HIV on to male sexual partners, according to a new study.

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Health Tip: Prepare Children for Sleep

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

(HealthDay News) — Young children need plenty of quality sleep each night, but meeting that goal can be a struggle for parents.

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Lung Cancer Deaths Rise Among ‘Boomer’ Women in South

06/26/2012 majac Your Health Matters

TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) — Although the overall lung cancer rate in the United States has been declining in recent years, new research shows a troubling increase in lung cancer deaths among baby boomer women living in some southern and Midwestern states.

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'Exercise every option' in mall rescue: McGuinty

06/26/2012 majac Exercise

A new plan to rescue anyone trapped inside the collapsed shopping mall in Elliot Lake will see crews dismantling the building from the outside in. Ontario …
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Exercise and diet cuts metabolic syndrome risk

06/26/2012 majac Exercise

Older adults, who are obese can reduce their metabolic syndrome risk by not only losing weight, but by adding exercise as well, U.S. researchers say.
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