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health stories: 405 news summaries

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E. Coli Outbreak in Northeast Ground Beef Kills 2

NY company recalls more than 500K pounds

Nov 3, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A person each from Maine and New York has died in what authorities believe may be an outbreak of E. coli in ground beef that is suspected of sickening dozens of consumers. The suspect beef was produced by New York company Fairbank Farms, which has recalled more than half a... More »

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food poisoning • food • E. coli • health • New York • Maine • ground beef • hamburger • women's issues • hamburger patties

 Junk Food Linked 
 to Depression 

Fatty, refined foods jack risk by 58%

Nov 2, 09 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Feeling blue? Put down the cookies: Eating a diet rich (or, should we say, poor) in processed foods increases the risk of depression, a study finds. British scientists studied 3,500 adults over five years; those who ate mainly fried, processed, refined, high-fat foods had a 58% greater risk of... More »

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health • depression • diet • health study • women's issues • processed foods

 Germy 
 Kissing 
 Is the 
 Point  

Swapping spit boosts immunity, say scientists

Nov 2, 09 3:28 AM CST
(Newser) - A kiss apparently is not just a kiss. An unromantic team of scientists has determined that the point of kissing is to spread germs and increase lovers' immunity and health. The bug cytomegalovirus, which is dangerous in pregnancy, is passed from smooching men to give a woman time to build... More »

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pregnancy • health • birth • kiss • immunity • French kissing • fetal health • women's issues

 Brit Health 
 Service  
 Endorses 
 Wii Fit  

First-ever video game supported by NHS

Oct 26, 09 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turn on the boob tube and get fit. That's the message from the British National Health Service, which is endorsing Nintendo's new Wii Fit Plus video game. It's the first time ever the service has endorsed a video game and it's sure to raise criticism from some health experts, reports... More »

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technology • health • Japan • Nintendo • National Health Service • exercise • Britain • fitness • Wii Fit • Wii Fit Plus

 Heart Doc's Tips 
 for a Healthy Ticker 


South Beach Diet guru shares his secrets

Oct 18, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arthur Agatston, the cardiologist who cooked up the South Beach Diet, takes no medications and embraces a philosophy of moderation—he's not starving himself or downing dozens of vitamins. He clues Prevention magazine in on his advice for keeping your heart in tip-top shape:
  • Eat four times a day:
... More »

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nutrition • sleep • health • heart • exercise • chocolate • South Beach diet • cardiology • dietary supplement • Arthur Agatston

 Green Spaces 
 Make You Healthier 

People who live near vegetation suffer fewer diseases

Oct 15, 09 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - People who live close to parks or other “green spaces” are likely to be healthier, a new study suggests. Dutch researchers scoured the health records of 345,000 people, comparing their health status to the amount of green space in the surrounding area, from a half-mile to 2-mile radius.... More »

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environment • health • depression • disease • nature • health study • green home • Texas A&M

 Daredevil 
 Stunts 
 Crippling 
 Cheerleaders 

Serious injuries skyrocket as performers take to the air

Oct 13, 09 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - American high school and college cheerleaders are losing teeth, breaking backs and becoming paralyzed in increasingly dangerous stunts that agonized parents and experts say should be stopped. "I didn't know that they were throwing her up in the air.  Why would the school allow that?" asked one stunned... More »

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high school • health • college • accident • paralysis • cheerleading • male cheerleaders • cheerleaders

 Even a Little Exercise 
 Boosts Your Ego 

Psychological benefits of working out not related to actual fitness: study

Oct 8, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for the semi-motivated couch potato: doing just a little exercise—not actually getting fit—will make you feel better about yourself, a new study says. University of Florida researchers reviewing 57 studies on exercise and body image found that people who exercised got the same body-image boost no... More »

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health • exercise • fitness • body image • academic research

 Time-Starved Working 
 Parents Eat Poorly: Study 

Low-income work schedules make healthy eating difficult

Sep 10, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nature of low-income employment promotes unhealthy eating, Time reports. Over half of working parents in low-to-moderate income communities relied on dietary “coping” measures when their schedules couldn’t accommodate a full meal, according to a new Cornell University study. Those strategies included skipping breakfast or family meals,... More »

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obesity • parenting • health • obesity epidemic • public health • diet • unemployment • Cornell University • healthy eating • job • dinner

 Too Much 
 Exercise 
 Is Gross, 
 Dangerous 

Intense celeb workouts take toll on Elle, Sarko

Aug 30, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna’s sinewy arms, Elle Macpherson’s “saggy knees,” Nicolas Sarkozy's collapse: Extreme exercise regimes are taking a noticeable toll on some celebrity bodies, highlighting the negative effects of an overly heavy workout, the Times of London reports. Experts say too much exercise does nothing to make us... More »

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Hollywood • health • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • exercise • workout • Madonna • Elle MacPherson

 Job Loss 
 Anxiety Hurts 
 More Than 
 No Job at All 

Smoking, hypertension worse than unemployment fear

Aug 29, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worried about your job? It may be better for your health if you just quit, new research suggests. Looking at studies of nearly 2,000 adults, scientists at the University of Michigan have found job loss anxiety can be more harmful to your health than unemployment, hypertension, or even smoking,... More »

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health • hypertension • work • smoking • stress • University of Michigan • jobless

 Website Predicts 
 Your Odds of Dying 

Risk based on age, gender

Aug 27, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Feeling morbid? A new website will give you your odds of dying in the next year, LiveScience reports. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon came up with DeathRiskRanking.com. Input some basic info—age, gender, place of residence—and the site spits out when and of what you're likely to die. "... More »

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technology • health • public health • death • website • mortality • odds

 The Healthiest 
 Ways to Watch TV 

Mehmet Oz gives his top 4 tips

Aug 25, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Mehmet Oz is getting a new show starting Sept. 14, inspiring Esquire to ask Oprah’s favorite physician how to watch the tube in the healthiest way possible. His recommendations:
  1. Drink water—Take advantage of the opportunity: you won’t mind its blandness when your focus is elsewhere.
... More »

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television • health • health tips • women's issues • Mehmet Oz

(Newser) - Fidel Castro is dressed sharply and looking healthier in a photo released by a state-run newspaper today, the BBC reports. Dressed in a white shirt instead of his trademark tracksuit, with his nearly white hair combed back, the nation's ailing former leader is seen chatting with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa.... More »

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health • Fidel Castro • Cuba • photograph

(Newser) - Chinese furious about a lead smelting plant that has sickened some 600 children stormed the factory yesterday after a suicide attempt by teenager who feared she had been poisoned, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some 150 children have been hospitalized due to lead poisoning near the plant in northwest China's... More »

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China • health • Shanxi Province • protests • lead poisoning • contamination

 Docs Warned to Watch for 
 Brain Disease Link 
 to Flu Vaccine 

UK officials cite concern over 1976 vaccinations

Aug 16, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials have alerted neurologists to watch out for any surge of cases of a deadly brain disease after a massive swine flu vaccination program begins, reports the Telegraph. A 1976 US swine flu vaccine was followed by an eight-fold increase in cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which killed 25 people... More »

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health • vaccination • vaccine • neurological disorder • Britain • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Running May Be 
 Good for Knees 

Runners' 'motion groove' can prevents arthritis in old age

Aug 12, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom holds that running will eventually trash your knees by wearing down their cartilage, ultimately leading to arthritis. But that may have to be revised: Recent studies suggest that runners may have healthier knees in old age than their sedentary peers, reports Gretchen Reynolds for the New York Times.... More »

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health • running • old age • knee • knee injury • arthritis • jogging

Optimistic Women Face Lower Heart Disease Risk

Subjects less likely to die of any cause over set period

Aug 11, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women 50 and up who see the glass as half full have a lower risk of getting heart disease—or dying of any cause—than their half-empty peers, a study suggests. Researchers found that over 8 years, the most optimistic subjects in their 97,000-woman-strong study faced a 9% lower... More »

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health • women • heart disease • psychology • optimism • health research • health study • postmenopausal women • attitudes • women's issues

(Newser) - Kim Jong Il was healthy and "in full control of his government" when Bill Clinton met with the North Korean dictator last week, a White House official says. Kim “seemed in control of his faculties" and "sounded very reasoned" during the meeting, says National Security Advisor James... More »

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North Korea • health • dictatorship • Kim Jong Il

sunscreen overkill

 A Guide to SPFs, From 4 to 233 

Honestly, is 100+ really necessary?

Aug 3, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The development of SPF 100+ sunscreen has led to confusion for some consumers—or at least that's Zev Borow's excuse for a tongue-in-cheek guide to the wide world of sun protection, in the New Yorker:
  • SPF 4: “You’re joking, right? This is some kind of joke?
... More »

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health • humor • sunscreen • Jay-ZTV

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