What is it with old people these days? Don't you hate it when a
102-year-old makes you look weak and tired? It seems like
everywhere you look there's a centenarian-- a person that's lived
over a
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Some days we're just too busy to exercise. All day at work, chores
at home, and by the time you have a minute, you just want to zone
out on the computer or watch TV. But what about exercise? We'll do
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Massage, both light and deep-tissue, has surprising health
benefits. Sure, it feels great and can relax and energize your
muscles. But now researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
Los
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Want to avoid Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) after being in
intensive care in the hospital? Keep a journal while you're there.
PTSD can become debilitating right when patients who are
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A foot-wide surgical sponge was left inside a patient after a
surgery. The patient, a judge from Florida, had surgery for
diverticulitis, then complained of pain for months afterwards
before it was
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Is it possible to stop having nightmares by learning to control
your dreams? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal explores
new findings in dream research that suggest the way to stop having
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Have you ever eaten genetically modified food? Surveys show that
few people realize it, but the answer is most likely yes. Should
you care? Well on the one side is the US government, which doesn't
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Nobody is at their best when faced with heart bypass surgery. And
yet that is precisely when an extremely important decision has to
be made about which doctor to choose. Now Consumer Reports,
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Can taking hallucinogenic mushrooms help late stage cancer
patients? A new widely reported pilot study says yes, with advanced
cancer patients showing a decrease in anxiety and depression. The
small
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What happens if you slam the door on your pinky finger so hard that
the end is detached? Well, CNN reports about a woman who refused to
take no for an answer and now has a functioning, regenerated
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Brain shrinkage is one of the startling but true things that
happens to people as they age that appears to be connected with
memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer's and overall cognitive decline.
Now a
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