Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses..  Full Story
 
Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study
It's been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs — everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form.
 
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- Food and nutrition

 

10 great health foods
Don't waste your time and taste buds on empty calories. Explore a bounty of foods packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber. They can help lower your risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, as well as promote healthy aging. Sample 10 great health foods
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   Sample 10 great health foods!

                 • 15 healthy snacks for your grocery list
                 • Best bets for low-calorie snacking
                
Superfoods: Exotic fruits to know and love

The food pyramid
One size no longer fits all when it comes to a balanced diet. Today, healthy eaters angle for nutrients from a wide range of foods and a wide range of ethnic, religious, cultural and personal preferences. Is there a pyramid plan that works best for you?  Review the facts

                • Mediterranean food pyramid: Gift from the Greeks?                         • Asian food pyramid: Back to Far East basics
               
4 keys to balanced nutrition              

Grocery shopping
Hate to grocery shop? Make a list (and check it twice). Then pencil in a few healthy snack foods, fill up your stomach, and head out the door armed with these top tips.
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                             • Tips to get the most from what you buy  
                            
Selecting safe and healthful seafood
                            

Smart food choices: The power of 10
These Why waste your time with empty calories when you can enjoy tasty foods that pack a nutritional wallop? Try a new food or recipe from each of our Top 10 lists, and soon your diet will rate a 10!
                 
                             

                             • 10 great health foods  
                            
10 foods that should be in every dad's fridge
                         

 

 

 Health News

Fish oil pills don't boost benefit of heart drugs
Heart attack patients who are already taking the right medicines to prevent future problems get no added benefit from taking fish oil capsules, a large study in Germany finds....  Full Story


Extending time of stroke drug treatment OK
Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests....  Full Story

Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines
Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication..  Full Story
 

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Is it breast cancer? Procedures to evaluate breast lumps Fortunately, most breast lumps aren't cancerous. But you need to be evaluated to be certain. Know what to expect during evaluation of a breast lump.

 


No scars: New obesity surgery goes through mouth Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach.

 

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