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A California woman has regained her voice after a rare operation that marks the second time surgeons have successfully performed a larynx transplant, doctors said on Thursday.
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Women's Health
Until vegetables dominate meal plates, weight loss will be slow
Eat your vegetables! We've all heard this before. Yet we're still not getting enough. In an Ipsos Reid poll of some 2,000 Canadians conducted in the summer of 2009, 92 per cent of men and 90 per cent of women were not eating the seven to 10 daily recommended servings of vegetables and fruit.
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Women's Health
Radiation may increase long-term heart risks
Women treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy are more likely to die from heart disease 20 years or more down the line than women who don't get radiation, according to a new study.
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Men's Health
Antioxidants may improve male fertility
Couples who struggle to conceive could find baby-making help from antioxidants such as vitamin E and zinc, hints a new review of more than 30 studies.
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Seniors
Scientists closing in on Alzheimer's tests
U.S. researchers are closing in on tests that can detect biological signs of Alzheimer's disease, an advance that would improve diagnosis and help in the search for treatments for the mind-robbing disease.
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Children
Internet time tied to teen depression symptoms
Spending time online is normal behaviour for teenagers. But too much Internet use by teens -- or too little, for that matter -- might be related to depression...
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Wal-Mart to make healthful food more accessible
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest retailer and grocer, said Thursday that it would launch an aggressive initiative to make its food products ...
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Kidney transplants could save health-care system millions: Report
The number of Canadians living with kidney failure has tripled in 20 years and thousands of patients are waiting for kidney transplants, researchers say...
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U.S. Surgeon General calls for more breastfeeding
America's chief doctor has called on all Americans to support breastfeeding and given guidelines for mothers and communities to support that most natural...
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Nutrition
Coconut oil revisited
Long vilified for its heavy saturated fat content, coconut oil seems to be staging a comeback.
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Forget fad diets, U.S. registry highlights weigh-ins and writing as ways to get slim
If you’ve been dedicating energy lately to getting off some extra pounds, you might find yourself dangerously close to throwing in the towel about now...
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Boomers slow the aging process — and get buff
When Olga Jean McDermott started working out a decade ago, she had already spent years doing yoga, playing tennis and swimming. But as she passed her ...
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HIV/AIDS
S.Africa "whoonga" is new threat to HIV patients
Millions of South Africans with HIV face a new worry -- being robbed of life-prolonging medicine by drug gangs who use it to lace a highly addictive marijuana...
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Send in the clowns to boost IVF success?
Laughter may not be the best medicine, but it might help women who are trying to become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a small study suggests...
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Odds of an IVF baby? There's an app for that
Want to know your chance of having a baby through in-vitro fertilization? There's an app for that.
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