Monday, March 19, 2012

The Health Report



Yoga offers benefits for people with special needs

Yoga offers benefits for people with special needs

 

Erin Feeney capped off her 19th birthday celebration with a huge accomplishment that still makes her smile. For the first time in her life, she was able to blow out her birthday candle.

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Foundations help grown-up dreams come true

Foundations help grown-up dreams come true

 

Two years ago, Matt Hendon realized his back was bleeding from a mole that had gone undetected because it blended in with a tattoo he has. The spot, sadly, turned out to be a cancerous growth.

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Red meat: What makes it unhealthy?

Red meat: What makes it unhealthy?

 

The more red meat — beef, pork or lamb, for the purposes of the Harvard School of Public Health research — study participants reported they ate, the more likely they were to die during the period of time that data collection took place (more than 20 years).

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'Grave concerns' about popular Bumbo baby seat

'Grave concerns' about popular Bumbo baby seat

 

Needing a moment to prepare a snack, nanny Teri Deel set her 3-month-old charge in a Bumbo Baby Seat on the kitchen floor nearby. Suddenly the 20-pound boy arched his back, lurched out of the round plastic seat and struck his head on a rattle.

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Experts seek to classify hoarding disorder

Experts seek to classify hoarding disorder

 

Until recent reality shows, compulsive hoarding often remained out of sight, partly because hoarders tend to avoid having visitors and rarely seek help. Mental health professionals have proposed making "hoarding disorder" a distinct category in the diagnostic manual used by psychiatrists.

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Cadmium in diet linked to higher breast cancer risk
Cadmium in diet is linked to higher breast cancer risk

 

Some foods don't mix with drugs, supplements
Some foods don't mix with drugs, supplements

 

Gender nonconformity linked to child abuse
Gender nonconformity linked to child abuse

 


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