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Health: Seeing Yourself Thinner
Need a little motivation to exercise? New technology offers previews of what diet and exercise can do. Maggie Rodriguez talks fitness with Health Magazine clinical nutritionist Samantha Heller. |
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Health: Irish Teen Getting Reconstructed Face
An Irish teen with a rare condition called otofacial syndrome is undergoing surgery to correct the facial deformity. Last summer, surgeons at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in NY removed a bone from the teen's hip which will become his lower jaw. |
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Health: Fat Virus Test
INTRO - You've likely seen the latest headlines about how a common-cold virus might contribute to obesity. But did you know there's a test that can tell if you've been infected? Before you opt for the test, there's disagreement on whether doing so makes sense. |
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Health: Breastfeeding Or Bust
Sophie Currier tells Hannah Storm that denying a woman the opportunity to pump milk from her breasts puts her at a health risk. |
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Health: A new dose of Chinese medicine
Chinese medicine has been practised for thousands of years. But some practitioners now want to modernise the ancient art. They are transforming herbs and plants into soluble granules and tablets, which they claim is more convenient and faster than going home to boil your herbs. Nina Mehra reports... |
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Health: Man survives record tumour surgery
A Chinese man recovers from surgery that removed part of his facial tumours. A Chinese man says he is relieved after part of his facial tumours, which weighed about 23 kg or around 50 pounds, was removed. Yet doctors say the surgery has caused him to lose his balance. |
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Health: New procedure for the brain-damaged
A promising new medical procedure may give new hope to people who have suffered severe brain trauma. In the procedure, called Deep Brain Stimulation, doctors implant a pacemaker attached to electrodes that stimulate targeted areas deep in the brain. |
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Health: Scientists Warn On Plastics Causing Reproductive Disorder
In an unusual effort targeting a single chemical, several dozen scientists on Thursday issued a strongly worded consensus statement warning that an estrogen-like compound in plastic is likely causing an array of serious reproductive disorders in people. The compound, bisphenol A or BPA, is one of th... |
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Health: Microwave Popcorn Fumes Could Damage Lungs
Consumers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital, Shaun Boyd reports. |
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Health: 17th Century beauty tips
A book dating 1697 was uncovered recently which catalogs the unconventional beauty treatments given to women at that time. It shows that while the treatments may have changed, women's quest for eternal youth hasn't. |
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Health: Protecting Your Eyes
As baby boomers continue to age, they should be taking measures to prevent vision problems. Dr. Emily Senay tells Julie Chen that regular screenings by your ophthalmologist are key. |
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Health: Flipside of India's medical tourism boom
As medical tourism pours millions of dollars into India's private hospitals, critics say the industry is absorbing much needed resources from the country's already struggling public health care system. A look at the complex nature of the booming business. Voiced report shot and first filed... |
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Health: Ultrasound Ads Promote Female Abortion
Advertisements for ultrasound clinics that appear in Canadian Punjabi newspapers are promoting the abortion of female fetuses, charges the head of an immigrant society in Surrey. Now Gill is shocked that ads for ultrasound clinics are running in two Punjabi-language newspapers, the Ajit Weekly, base... |
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