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FRIDAY, March 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — If you start an exercise program, it might inspire your spouse to do the same, a new study ...
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Divorce May Be More Likely When Wives Get Sick
THURSDAY, March 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — That part of the marriage vows where couples pledge to stay together “in sickness and in health” may ...
Read More »Kids May Be More Likely to Exercise When Friends Do
Friends play a major role in youngsters’ levels of physical activity, new research indicates. “Clinically, much of the focus on increasing physical activity involves engaging ...
Read More »In Vitro Births Continue to Rise in U.S.
TUESDAY, March 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — More babies in the United States are being conceived by in vitro fertilization, a new report shows. Nearly ...
Read More »Love Coffee? Your Heart May, Too
(HealthDay News) — Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of developing clogged arteries, which in turn might reduce ...
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel Recruits Docs for Ironic, Accurate PSA Against Anti-Vax
“Doctors didn’t learn about the human body from their friends’ Facebook page,” said late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. “They went to medical school ...
Read More »Easy For Teens To Get Electronic Cigarettes Online
The numbers are staggering. Just six years after entering the U.S., electronic cigarettes have become a $2 billion industry and is expected to grow to ...
Read More »ADHD May Raise Odds for Premature Death
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those without the common ...
Read More »Obamacare Won’t Swamp Doctors, Study Contends
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The greater number of Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will lead to only a ...
Read More »Chances Are Good That Smoking Will Kill You; Study
If you’re a smoker and you like to gamble, consider these odds: As many as two out of every three people who smoke will die ...
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