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Back Pain and Emotional Pain

Chronic back pain can impact more than your physical health. Find out how to manage persistent back pain and its emotional effects.

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Recipes for Health: Seeded Semolina and Rice Flour Breadsticks

A combination of sesame, poppy and sunflower seeds gives these breadsticks a satisfying crunch.

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My asparagus tip: Eating it won’t cure cancer

How likely is it that all these clever scientists who spend their days researching monoclonal antibodies, oncogenes, aromatase inhibitors and novel drugs that interfere with cell division are barking up the wrong tree Not very likely, I would think. But some think otherwise. They claim that all those MDs and PhDs have missed a simple treatment for cancer. It is cheap, effective and free of side effects. Tastes good too. And it’s even “green.” We’re talking asparagus!

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Pfizer lung cancer pill may double survival – study

TRENTON, New Jersey: A much-anticipated drug for advanced lung cancer from Pfizer Inc. appears to double survival over standard drugs against tumors with a certain genetic mutation, according to …

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Week in Review: Side Effects? These Drugs Have a Few

Warning labels keep growing longer. The average label lists 70 possible reactions. What’s going on?

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Single moms’ report worse health in midlife

Single moms may be at risk for poor health later in life. Of thousands of mothers who participated in a 30-year study, the ones who had delivered children outside of marriage reported being less healthy when they reached their 40s.

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Amplified allergies? Blame it on ragweed, mold

Allergies are increasing in America, and a large portion of the overall rise may be attributed to an uptick in ragweed and mold allergies, a new study suggests.

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Octomom’s fertility doctor has license revoked

California medical officials have revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped “Octomom” Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments.

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Rates cut for hard-to-insure patients

The government is cutting premiums and making changes that will make it easier for people with pre-existing medical conditions to get health insurance.

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Fitness expert Chris Powell goes big time in prime time

He made his first appearance on “Good Morning! Arizona” in 2003. Now one of our favorite fitness experts, Chris Powell, is making it big on prime-time TV with “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition.”

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