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Growth Hormones in Athletes: Do They Help?
Posted Fri, May 23, 2008, 12:56 pm PDT
Do steroids and human growth hormone actually improve athletic performance?
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Feeling Anxious? Your Thyroid May Be to Blame
Posted Fri, May 02, 2008, 1:52 pm PDT
Some symptoms of hyperthyroidism — such as restlessness, rapid heart rate, emotional instability, agitation, and difficulty sleeping — resemble…
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Drugs in the Water: What Can We Do?
Posted Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 9:27 pm PDT
Home filtration systems would seem to be an obvious solution to the problem, but these are not proven to eliminate these particular contaminants.
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Surgery for Spinal Stenosis
Posted Fri, Apr 04, 2008, 12:06 pm PDT
There has been disagreement among doctors about the most effective treatment to relieve spinal stenosis: medical management with powerful pain…
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Anabolic Steroids in High School Athletics
Posted Thu, Jan 03, 2008, 2:54 pm PST
Parents and high school personnel must now realize that drug testing regimens possibly should be considered for high school athletes.
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CT Scans and Cancer Risk: Should You Worry?
Posted Fri, Dec 14, 2007, 12:55 am PST
Now we're getting worrisome news about cancer because CT scans expose people to much larger doses of radiation than conventional x-rays.
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Supplements for Knee Pain
Posted Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 4:47 pm PDT
Many studies have been carried out to determine whether chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine, either alone or in combination, are effective treatments…
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Tick Bites and Lyme Disease Prevention
Posted Mon, Aug 20, 2007, 9:42 am PDT
Lyme disease can be avoided by preventing tick bites and by quickly removing any ticks found on the skin.
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Snakebit? Don't Waste Time on Ineffective Measures
Posted Fri, Jun 15, 2007, 11:16 am PDT
If you will be hiking or camping in an area inhabited by rattlesnakes, water moccasins, copperheads, or coral snakes, plan ahead so you will know how…
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Is Your Computer Hazardous to Your Health?
Posted Wed, May 30, 2007, 9:06 am PDT
Just as we can hurt ourselves by abusing drugs and alcohol, we can injure our health by overusing or misusing our computers.
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