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The day after my mother died, an acquaintance earnestly told me, "I know just how you feel. My beloved dog passed away last month."
An inexpensive mixture of glucose, insulin and potassium given by paramedics to patients showing heart attack symptoms cut the rate of cardiac arrest in half and reduced the amount of damage to heart tissue, a new study has found.
"Diabesity" -- Type 2 diabetes brought on by obesity -- can be reversed by stomach-reducing surgery like gastric bypass and researchers say the operation should be offered sooner to obese and overweight patients instead of as a last resort.
Monthly injections of an experimental drug that can reduce cholesterol, as well as evidence that images of clogged arteries can motivate people to lose weight, were among the new studies presented at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions in Chicago this past weekend.
Every day at 4 p.m., like clockwork, one of my co-workers makes a bag of microwave popcorn.
Many people already take a daily low-dose aspirin as a heart drug, but three new British studies suggest it may prevent and possibly even treat cancer.
For those of us spending more and more time gazing at a computer screen, it's proving to be --literally -- a pain in the neck. And in the head. And the eyes.
Americans are addicted to snacking.
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If you love a juicy burger now and then, or rely on ground beef for quick family meals, you've probably been horrified by the recent controversy over "pink slime."