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Stroke survivor among 'World's 100 Most Influential People'
Jill Bolte Taylor, a brain scientist, suffered a potentially lethal stroke in 1996, and used her expertise to heal and better herself.
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Most challenging opponent
Loyal Bishop took hits, lost teeth as a three-sport athlete in college. Now the retired Lutheran pastor is helping himself and others battle Parkinson's, a disease that afflicted his late wife too.
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New book tells 42 stories of life that sprang from death
The stories range from a 22-year-old Olympic snow-boarder who was struck down by a rare virus to a disabled veteran of World War II, who had spent 48 years in blindness.
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Midwesterners seek mind, body balance
Photo story: "A lot of people think yoga is bunny foo foo. They think we have scented candles and are chanting 'chakra, chakra.'"
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Biomedical intervention helps moms battle autism
It’s little wonder that a single puzzle piece is used as the symbol by most organizations that deal with autism.
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New chocolate claims to be medical miracle
Katherine Ward believes she has found the answer to her stiff joints and aching muscles in a popular junk food — chocolate. But not just any chocolate, a “healthy chocolate” called Xocai (pronounced “show-sigh).
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If you don’t snooze, you may lose
Lack of sleep can affect mood, ability to concentrate
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A celebration of service and survival
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Patients with chronic sinus problems find relief in acupuncture
To some people in our Western culture, acupuncture remains a mystery. But acupuncture and related medical treatments are more than 5,000 years old.
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A steady foundation: Importance of foot care
The idea behind the Foot Levelers digital scanner is that feet are the foundation of the body, and when they are compromised, it sends a chain reaction throughout the rest of the body.
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Huffing still an illusive threat, police say
Although a rash of huffing incidents throughout Indiana within the past year have brought the drug problem to the forefront, local police say it’s hard to track an actual trend.
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Water works: Patients struggling with traditional physical therapy seek alternative treatments
To treat some patients, physical therapists are trading in their dry work gear and sneakers for bathing suits and hopping into heated pools.
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'Unsafe sleep' leads to infants' deaths
Sleeping with parents debated
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Seek help at first signs of trouble
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What itches you?
Dry, irritated skin can be the result of plain old winter weather or something more serious. The key to treatment is finding out what's causing it.
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Training gets personal
Teen’s enthusiasm for fitness spreads to others
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Stimulating question: Do caffeine drinks, pills give an unhealthy buzz?
With dozens of varieties on the shelf and an advertising budget reaching into the billions, the energy supplement market is taking the teenage and young adult crowd for one wild and potentially dangerous ride.
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Technology provides no-nonsense information for weight loss
A new weight loss program borrows technology used on "The Big Loser," and invented by a Pittsburgh firm.
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Runner hits 100,000-mile mark
When you think about 100,000 miles, consider that the distance equals four trips around the world, more than 30 trips across the United States, 4,000 miles for 25 years and 9.4 miles per day for 29 years.
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Guerilla Mothering
Someone is attacking my kid, saying his food allergies are exaggerated. My first response is to fire back, and I do, in my own way — I write about it on my blog. I write about it also in a letter — the most scathing, insightful, soul-piercing prose ever composed by a sentient being on the topic of food allergies.
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Feeling cut and dried?
Tips for caring for dry hands aren't complicated.
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Wellness in the Workplace
Employers are encouraging -- and even rewarding -- good health in employees. From exercise, nutrition, disease management programs and other activities, to offering prizes that can even include cash, they are helping workers learn better health practices that improve their daily performance at work and at home.
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Woman's gains came from big loss
Many success stories these days are all about gain: gaining fame, gaining fortune, or achieving some other kind of material gain.
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Askins launches campaign to pass on cervical cancer info
" ... we’re doing a little bit better in terms of catching things earlier, but not good enough.”
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Friends find a fun way to 'lighten up'
“Initially we pulled recipes from different books,” Osborne said. “But we also wanted to make things that our mother had made. We just tried to make it all healthy.”
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How to recognize meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and the spinal cord.
It often goes undiagnosed because its symptoms can be similar to those of common flu.
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15-year-old cheerleader loses life to meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and the spinal cord.
It often goes undiagnosed because its symptoms can be similar to those of common flu.
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Forget cold medicines for treating young children
Just in time for winter, parents are being warned that not only do common over-the-counter cold medicines not work they’re also dangerous for children under 6 years old.
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Celebration and sensibility
A weight-loss success story that provides
inspiration for healthy holiday eating
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Have yourself a stressful little Christmas?
Managing stress is vital to be able to appreciate the holiday season.
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Woman: Surgery saved life
Julie Johnston had gastric-bypass surgery losing 231 pounds in 14 months and 14 days.
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Medicare closing the gap
Many seniors haven’t tapped new prescription drug subsidies; Medicare wants to help.
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Family feuds can break your heart - literally
"In every religion ... everything that is considered good or positive and a symbol of good mental health begins by getting quiet, calming down and working on yourself from the inside out."
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Acceptance big step in coping with Alzheimer's
People who deal with Alzheimer's say it's natural for people to cover up when they have the disease.
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Clinician pens self-help guide to moderate drinking
A psychotherapist's new book is a self-help guide to a controversial approach to treating an alcohol problem: cutting back on alcohol rather than abstaining.
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‘You will not smoke ... You will not smoke’
Smokers who had just one hypnotherapy session had a 50 percent chance of kicking the habit and remaining smoke-free for six months.
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Teen helps invent HIV test
The device that the lab colleagues built counts white blood cells — a way to diagnose HIV.
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Drink your vitamins?
Major soda producers have introduced vitamin enhanced diet sodas.
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Shedding light on tanning addiction
The dangers and symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse have long been publicized, but did you know ultraviolet rays may be physically addictive, too?
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Bra Ha Ha targets breast cancer
An exhibit of decorated bras is set up to raise money for Tulsa Project Women, Inc. and to increase awareness about breast cancer.
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Foukus runs away from a bad habit
“I used to be tired all the time,” said Foukus, who plans to run in the Pittsburgh Marathon. “After I quit (smoking), it took about a month and then I started to get this energy.”
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The Magic of Eating Together
Teenagers are twice as likely to try marijuana, start smoking, or abuse alcohol if they eat dinner with their families less than three times per week.
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Tandem bikers share a view of the road
“I always have to have a goal ahead of me,” she said. “It makes me feel vibrant. It makes me feel alive, like I’m still a whole being.”
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Student enjoys being 'normal kid' again
“At school — and I’m not saying I don’t like it — I get spoiled by the teachers,” she smiled. “Kids aren’t allowed to wear bandanas or put their hoods up, but I’m freezing, so I put my hood up.
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Heart association eyes new products containing tobacco
Marlboro Country is changing with the times. “I have to tip my hat to the industry,” he says, noting it has created some sexy-looking products that mask the dangers of nicotine
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Spike in black lung cases reported
Three decades after miners were assured the dreaded scourge of black lung disease was on its way out, the disorder is surfacing in “alarming numbers,” and the United Mine Workers of America wants to know why.
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Man is one happy loser on this TV show
Will going on national TV's "The Biggest Loser" make Neil Tejwani any less of a man?
He certainly hopes so.
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Brain injury: One family's story
“Medford who had been an A student, struggled academically,” said his mother. “Impairment in speed of processing, concentration and memory frustrated him. Making the grade required so much more effort. "
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Author: Politicians use our Sept. 11 ‘paranoia’ to make us compliant
“We can recall 9/11 vividly and are hard-pressed to remember ourselves well before that day, because, on Sept. 11, 2001, and in the years that have followed, fear has altered our very brains,” the author wrote.
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Researchers find lupus clue
“There’s been a lot of work done trying to find these environmental factors,” Harley said. “In my opinion, the only one that looks powerful is exposure to the Epstein-Barr virus.”
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Sister goes the distance to fight breast cancer
A Michigan woman commemorated the memory of her sister in the best way she knew how: she walked 60 miles to raise money for breast cancer research.
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Minister gets a lesson in patience
“I just want people to be aware that donation of part of a liver is an option for anyone,” Bud Green said. “It could alleviate the shortage of cadaveric donations.”
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Disease takes toll on former athlete
Former New Castle athlete Michael Porada continues to battle Lou Gehrig’s disease while those around him do what they can.
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Caffeine-induced sleeplessness unhealthy
“We may be setting ourselves up for some bad chronic diseases later in life,” said Beth Kitchin, assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Nutrition Sciences.“Most people say, ‘I can get by on six hours.’ Getting by and being healthy are really two different things.”
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State of shock: Do we consume too much caffeine?
“You can’t spit in an American city without hitting a Starbucks,” said Bob Thompson, professor of pop culture at Syracuse University, who taught a class a few years ago on the Starbucks phenomenon.
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Can you hear me now?
The rock ’n’ roll generation is growing deaf at a younger age, but new technology is turning up the sound.
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Health watch
“Nurses spend a lot of time hunting and gathering. This gives them back time. It’s also safer and more efficient.”
Manuel Lowenhaupt, Radianse CEO
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'More than a pretty taste'
Bottled water a no-calorie splash of marketing
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Pension systems struggle nationwide
If there’s any good news, it’s that many other states struggling with the same problem are in far worse shape.
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PTSD: Price of service?
"The old you is gone and people tell you you'll never be the old you.”
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What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
In addition to their physical wounds, you also have to repair their minds, souls and families.”
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Woman who killed mom was insane, judge rules
After the killing, Kim Blackhall created a tableau of symbolic items on top of and around her mother's body, which was sprawled across a hallway. In addition to a television set, food and a purse -- all representing things they had fought about -- Blackhall placed a Barbie doll on her mother's body.
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Summer Pests
Nurse offers treatment tips for ticks, bee stings and other summer pests.
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Harris seeks to encouarge stroke victims to never give up
As she positions her walking cane for her next move, Jeanett “Cookie” Harris demonstrates effortlessly the compensated moves of a stroke victim, but encourages anyone who has experienced a stroke that life isn’t over.
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Addressing Autism: Support available, early intervention urged
About one in every 150 children in the United States has autism.
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How to prevent "Nintendo thumb"
A child’s intense grip on a controller, repetitive button-pushing motions and sharp wrist movements on the joystick can lead to such injuries as “Nintendo thumb,” and make children more prone to tennis elbow, tendonitis, bursitis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Church promotes wellness for members
A church has a program designed to help its congregation make healthy inroads into reducing the symptoms of chronic lifestyle diseases.
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Controversial new approach aims to conquer fear of the dentist
Dentists now advertise “conscious sedation,” meaning they give anxious patients a sedative that makes them feel happy in the dental chair and then helps them forget most of the experience.
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Men’s health a daily effort
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Got a pain in the head?
Treatment often depends on how sufferers deal with the symptoms, doctor says
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Addiction left gambler a 'train wreck'
“You have to work every day — it does get better.”
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Midlife no crisis for Deb Cohen
"I have looked fear in the face and conquered it."
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Around-the-world bike ride will bring attention to amputees
An amputee is dedicating the next year of his life to raising awareness for amputees in other countries where up-to-date equipment is unavailable and land mines make the threat of amputation common.
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A mother’s love
Dale Williamson was 31 when doctors discovered a malignant tumor in his brain.
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Speaker: Government doing little to prepare for next pandemic
"We have to depend on ourselves and not expect the feds to be there for us.”
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Man credits ‘angels’ for saving his life
David Madden clearly remembers all the details of the night of April 18. Right up until the moment he fell to the floor and his heart stopped beating.
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Cancer? “OK, then, I’m good to go.”
“This is my last chemo and I’m excited about it, but I’m so bummed about it too, in a way. I’m going to miss everybody. Everybody thinks you go down there and it’s all doom and gloom, but I have fun there.”
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‘Imani System’ eases pain through dance
Eight years ago, Asianne Imani could barely lift her head off the pillow. She used basic yoga stretches and postures to learn to move again.
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Itchin' to know more about poison ivy?
Poison ivy contains a chemical called urushiol, which is what causes allergic reactions.
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Implant helps change life of epilepsy patient
After 15 years of life-threatening, grand mal epileptic seizures that seemed untreatable, Teresa Farley met her angel of mercy in the form of Greenbrier Valley neurologist Dr. John O. Collins.
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New vaccine can help prevent shingles
People over 60 who have had chickenpox at some time in their life may benefit from a vaccine that can reduce the chances of developing shingles.
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New therapy helps families heal
Therapists, including those with the government working with soldiers to overcome post-traumatic stress syndrome, say a new type of therapy, called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is working miracles.
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VIBE machine: A cure-all for some folks?
Victor Braun thought the VIBE machine was weird until he tried it and he found relief from carpal tunnel and a painful sciatic nerve.
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ARH strike ends; union ratifies new deal
After a three week strike, employees at Appalachian Regional Healthcare will be back on the job following a contract agreement.
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Feeling the chill
Though some drugs are available to treat severe cases, the front line of care for most Raynaud’s patients is to prevent episodes by bundling up.
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Outpouring of love
Jacob Treebeard Brown is getting a new lease on his 3-year-old life after undergoing a bone marrow transplant for treatment of a rare immune disease. Friends of his parents, and students at Grove City High School, where his dad teaches English, have supported the family with fundraisers and well wishes.
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Here's what to do when it's time to get rid of those blotches
“First is prevention, then treatment and finally stimulation,” he said, noting that once treatment is complete the focus is to have the rejuvenation last as long as possible by using creams that stimulate the turnover of new collagen in the skin.
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Sleep hygiene: Rules to improve sleep
Sleep tips
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Goal: Keep insomniacs from lying in bed awake
The idea is that eventually, the person will be going to bed at a more reasonable hour and be able to sleep through the night.
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Advice: Good 'sleep hygiene' can benefit all
If someone has insomnia, and if you look at their sleep hygiene, it’s usually terrible. They don’t prepare themselves for sleep. They don’t eat right and they smoke.”
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Insomnia 'very common' for half the nation
As a registered nurse who worked 12-hour night shifts, Kim Sargo’s sleeping ability eventually got out of whack.
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Blow allergies away
Air purifiers may lower mold, bacteria levels in the home
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Big catch for fish processor
School districts in Nebraska, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and Maryland are adding Good Harbor’s low- and reduced-fat fish products to their menus.
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Living the dry life
A $100 wager was enough to get John Ogden back on track, a track that led him from alcoholism to life as one of the country's most respected YMCA swim coaches.
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Diabetes in children
More mothers are turning to nutritious food as the cornerstone of their child’s diabetes management.
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Some clinics offer rapid HIV testing
Local health experts want more people to be tested for HIV, and hope new rapid testing methods increase that tendency.
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Enjoying nature's bounty
This is National Nutrition Month, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans don’t eat nearly enough fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Learning to paint — and live — again
Even a good prognosis couldn't overcome the terror brought on by a breast cancer diagnosis for one 60-plus northern Michigan woman. So she turned to painting, illustrating her breasts through both pictures and words to create a book that touches all who see it.
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Healing the wounded, providing better care
The fallout of Walter Reed Medical Center’s recent controversy has presidential hopefuls firing off promises of better conditions if they are elected. Vets say much of the talk is just political ploy.
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