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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Despite claims, synthetic growth hormone not effective as anti-aging treatment
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: My sister goes to an anti-aging specialist who recommends she take HGH to slow aging. Does this work? Is it safe? ANSWER: Human growth hormone, or HGH, in a synthetic form can be safe and useful as a treatment for some medical...Tags: Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions, Diabetes
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More Americans using retail health clinics
Premium Health News ServiceHarvard Health Blog As wait times to see a doctor for simple problems like sinusitis and urinary tract infection lengthen, more and more Americans are turning to retail health clinics--walk-in medical facilities located in pharmacies, grocery stores, and...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Teachers, Ear Infection, Vaccines, Health and Safety at School
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Upton trying hard to shake slump
ReutersThe Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH As younger brother Justin is surrounded by the media after another big game, B.J. Upton is ignored as he sits at the neighboring locker. There hasn't been much positive for him to...Tags: Major League Baseball, Jordan Schafer, Minnesota Twins, Juan Francisco, Jordan Walden
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PETA names Bolingbrook woman 2013's 'Sexiest Vegan Next Door'
Yerika Sojo stopped eating meat, dairy, eggs and other animal edibles when she went vegan a few years ago, both for the health benefits and to prevent what she says is the cruelty inflicted on the animals people eat. Sojo was rewarded for her...
Tags: Heart Disease, Vegetarian Diet, Vegan Diet, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Diets and Dieting
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Conservation, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Issues, Medicaid
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Judge tosses man's suit over Xanax refusal
The Santa Fe New MexicanA Santa Fe County magistrate on Friday tossed out a man's claim for damages against a doctor who refused to give him a prescription for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. Fabian Duranoma, 48, said he went to see Dr. Christopher Fletcher at the Santa Fe Family...Tags: Justice System, Long Island, Pharmaceuticals, Judges, Trials
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Reduce amount of salt in food to fight hypertension, consumers told
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Asia News NetworkGEORGE TOWN (The Star/ANN) -- The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has called for consumers to reduce the intake of sodium to fight hypertension. Its president S.M. Mohd Idris said the Government should have laws to reduce the amount of sodium in...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, New Products, Germany, Media Industry
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Beachy set to make return
ReutersThe Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Brandon Beachy is right on schedule to make a return to the Braves almost exactly 12 months after Tommy John surgery. The right-hander pitched two innings in an extended spring training...Tags: Major League Baseball, Jordan Schafer, Juan Francisco, Jordan Walden, Minor League Baseball
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Family Meals Matter: High temperatures, low pressure
HealthyEating.orgBy mid-May the temperatures are rising in many parts of the country. But we don't want pressures rising as well. Blood pressure that is. May is National High Blood Pressure Awareness Month. Blood pressure is considered normal when systolic pressure (the...Tags: Onions, Foods and Beverages, DASH diet, Tomatoes, Heart Attack
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Government Health Care, Breast Cancer, Medicaid, U.S. Supreme Court
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Advocate service seeks to represent patients in Permian Basin
Odessa American, TexasA new organization wants to be an ally for people needing help going through the area's health system. Or rather, to be an advocate for those patients. Jane Morin, CEO and president of the West Texas Patient Advocate Services, said the group acts as...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Complex gives adults with mental illness a place to live independently
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Bob Malone lived in a "total dump." "It was simply terrible," the 60-year-old Clinton resident said of his previous apartment. "When it rained, the roof leaked and the floors flooded. The place was filled with mice and it would take the landlord three...Tags: Bipolar Disorder, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mental Illness, Heart Problems, Behavioral Conditions
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