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Obese Drivers at High Risk in Cars
KickingTiresA new study by the Emergency Medicine Journal finds that overweight drivers are between 20 and 80 times more likely to die in car crashes than individuals with a "normal" body mass index below 30. As if we needed more......Tags: Medical Research, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Weight, Diabetes, Body Mass Index
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Macho Derby pick: Ritvo-trained colt is one from the heart
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWhen it comes to scoping out a Kentucky Derby winner, most years I spend hours studying my Daily Racing Form, scrutinizing Beyer speed figures, Tomlinson ratings, dosage indexes and all the other inscrutable handicapping tools that make horse racing as......Tags: Uncle Mo (racehorse), Heart and Circulatory System, Kentucky Derby, NBC (tv network), Mucho Macho Man (racehorse)
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Bill Hager gets freshman legislator honors from Cancer Society
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsState Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, is being honored as freshman of the year in the Florida House of Representatives by the American Cancer Society. Hager was elected to the Legislature last year. He???s being recognized for his successful legislation......Tags: Cancer, Laws, Florida Legislature, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Project Runway: From the Heart
Reality CheckHappy Snomageddon, Project Runway peeps! As always, I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, sports writer by day, Project Runway recapper in sunshine and in snow. Apologies for missing last week's show, where our beloved Ping was auf-ed. I was knocked out by......Tags: Dresses (clothing), Thanksgiving, Holidays, Baltimore Sun, Health
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...Tags: Cancer, The New York Times, People (magazine), Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, FBI, Pharmaceuticals, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Listeria Outbreak (2011)
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Trice: A more holistic approach to health care for LGBT community
Keith Green knows that physicians read books and take classes on how to provide the best health care for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. But Green, chairman of the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, also knows that too many...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Colleges and Universities, Sexual Health, Weight, Health and Safety at School
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Music lovers mourn Jimmy Damon, classic Chicago lounge singer
For roughly half a century, cabaret singer Jimmy Damon was practically ubiquitous in Chicago. Clubs, concert halls, charity events, civic gatherings, awards presentations – somehow Damon always was there, dispatching the national anthem or...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Arthur Godfrey, Entertainment, Human Interest
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Does a low-fat diet increase triglycerides?
It’s easy to assume that a low-fat diet is the healthy way to go, especially since a diet low in saturated and trans fat was recommended by government agencies back in the 1980s. But in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune story, which looked at the...
Tags: Nutrition, Diets and Dieting, Internists, Chicago Tribune, Health and Medical Professionals
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POM Wonderful pushes back against FTC
POM Wonderful, a manufacturer of pomegranate juice and supplements, is pushing back against a recent ruling that found the company violated federal law by making deceptive disease prevention and treatment claims.
Boldly asserting its right to legally...Tags: Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Physical Conditions, Julie Deardorff, Judges
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Indiana's tobacco control funding pitiful
It's a sad story. In 1999, the General Assembly displayed great wisdom in enacting legislation that allocated $35 million annually from Indiana's portion of the National Tobacco Settlement for a comprehensive state tobacco- prevention program. The...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Tobacco Products
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Anthem halts plan to require some drug purchases by mail
Anthem Blue Cross is backing off a decision to require some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy — a requirement that the California attorney general's office said may be illegal. Anthem, California's...Tags: Insurance, Multiple Sclerosis, Pharmaceuticals, Judges, Health and Medical Professionals
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