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Monday, February 28, 2011
As joint replacements grow more popular, younger patients face repeat surgeries
Billy Poole's pain was so bad that he couldn't exercise - he put on an extra 40 pounds - and was reduced to hobbling around the Charles County Detention Center.
Kenya's mentally ill locked up and forgotten
The tin shack looks like any other in a patch of small plots on the dusty outskirts of Nairobi. It's the haunting sound that grabs you, the awful moaning and cries coming from within. 
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Helping fattest state get fit
Mississippi, the most obese state in the United States, needs to shed pounds. A former pro football player turned fitness coach wants to make it happen. 
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Shooting in Tucson sparks interest in 'mental health first aid' courses
Shooting in Tucson sparks interest in 'mental health first aid' courses.
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FlyScreen Lands On iPhone But Not As We Know It
FlyScreen , the lock screen replacement for Android and Symbian phones from Israeli startup Cellogic, has landed on the iPhone . But not as we know it.That's because Apple's iOS is locked down as it were (see what I did there) and doesn't allow third-party apps to take over the lock screen. This...
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Filtered and bottled water consumption could increase tooth decay risk
Little did I know that filtering my family's tap water might put our teeth at risk.
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U.S. recovers $4 billion from health-care fraud cases
The government recaptured a record $4 billion last year from pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and other providers of care that defrauded federal health-care programs, the Obama administration reported Monday.
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February 25, 2011 Movie Releases
DRIVE ANGRY In the newest 3D action-adventure from the director of MY BLOODY VALENTINE, DRIVE ANGRY stars Nicolas Cage as Milton, a hardened felon who has broken out of hell for one last chance at redemption. Intent on stopping a vicious cult who murdered his daughter, he has three days to stop them before they [...]
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An insomniac learns to make the most of getting the least sleep
In the wee hours of the morning - or is it still night? - my eyes snap open and my mind races. What do I have to do today? What didn't I get done yesterday? Why did I get into that disagreement? Other nights, I am on a high wire, hovering between sleep and wakefulness and chewing over my next mov...
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Got milk? What kind?
After spending a day with her boyfriend's family recently, my daughter marveled, "They only drink whole milk!" That milk was delicious, she reported, even after the container had sat on the counter for a while.
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Filtered and bottled water consumption could increase tooth decay risk
Little did I know that filtering my family's tap water might put our teeth at risk.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Filtered and bottled water consumption could increase tooth decay risk
Little did I know that filtering my family's tap water might put our teeth at risk.
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Winners Announced for 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to Black Swan, Winter?s Bone, 127 Hours, and The Kids Are All Right at this afternoon?s 26th Film Independent Spirit Awards. The King?s Speech, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Get Low, Tiny Furniture, and [...]
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Google, Yahoo! BabelFish use math principles to translate documents online
Early one morning in 2007, Libby Casey was trying to do her laundry in a guesthouse in Reykjavik, Iceland. When she couldn't figure out how to use the washing machine, she opened up the instruction manual.
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The Obamacare Shift
By PAUL LEVY
A colleague pointed this out to me recently, and I think he has it right: While more people will have health insurance as a result of the federal health care reform act, a side effect will be to reduce the number of people insured through the employer-based insurance plans that have characterized the [...]
A colleague pointed this out to me recently, and I think he has it right: While more people will have health insurance as a result of the federal health care reform act, a side effect will be to reduce the number of people insured through the employer-based insurance plans that have characterized the [...]
Source: http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/02/25/the-obamacare-shift/
Bacteria's role in colon cancer, cystic fibrosis; burning paper to measure carbon
Here's a not-so-savory news flash: There are more bacterial cells living in our bodies than human cells. Researchers are learning how the balance of these bugs affects our health, but reaping the benefits of bacteria is not quite as simple as eating probiotic yogurt. That's the gist of "The Good,...
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Looking beyond smoking, lung-cancer activists want early detection and treatment
Lung-cancer survivors, victims' relatives and advocacy groups are calling for abroader focus on the disease, to include not just anti-smoking campaigns but also early detection and treatment.
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