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Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise
Feb 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM
A new study shows more and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get off their duffs and exercise.

CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source
Feb 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM
Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money
Feb 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM
The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

Blood clot guidelines challenge economy class risk
Feb 7, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists.

Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars
Feb 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
Feb 2, 2012 at 11:11 PM
A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes — and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones that were being choked by a huge tumor.

Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls
Feb 2, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.

Study questions proton therapy for prostate cancer
Feb 1, 2012 at 4:27 PM
A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.

Pfizer recalls 1M birth control packs after mixup
Feb 1, 2012 at 3:45 PM
Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequate dose.

Drug approved to treat cystic fibrosis' root cause
Jan 31, 2012 at 5:39 PM
The first drug that treats the root cause of cystic fibrosis won approval Tuesday, offering a life-changing treatment for a handful of patients with the deadly illness and broader hope for thousands more patients with the inherited disease.

FDA approves Roche skin cancer drug Erivedge
Jan 30, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Regulators have approved a pill that treats the most common type of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.

Report: Electronic health records still need work
Jan 28, 2012 at 10:27 PM
America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Foot and leg amputations were once a fairly common fate for diabetics, but new government research shows a dramatic decline in limbs lost to the disease, probably due to better treatments.

Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
Jan 24, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests - this time research showing millions of older women don't need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly so often.

Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people
Jan 23, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Scientists are reporting hints that embryonic stem cells can ease blindness in some people.