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- Anti-inflammatory medicine not seen to curb Alzheimer's
CHICAGO -- Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
- Living Well: Subtract stress and add vigor through yoga
Yoga is energizing in ways beyond the workout, and a local instructor sees no reason why most of us can't tap into it for stress relief and everyday vigor.
- Natural Medicine: Beating the blues with food
It may be more than coincidence that the decrease in the quality of Americans' diets has occurred simultaneously with increased reports of depression.
- Reality Check: Does running outside burn more calories than a treadmill?
Pavement or treadmill? Most avid runners have a strong preference for one or the other, but how do the two differ in producing results?
- Hospital-only doctors on rise here, in U.S.
Called the fastest-growing medical specialty in the country by the Society of Hospital Medicine, the estimated number of hospitalists is projected to grow to about 30,000 by 2010 -- from 20,000 in 2008.
- You Docs: Learn your carbs
- Help for pregnant smokers
The Washington Department of Health has launched a new effort to help pregnant women quit smoking.
- You Docs: Tips for falling asleep
- Wife dies but new hospital bills keep coming
Thomas Smailus keeps getting bills for a pricey medical procedure his wife supposedly received four months after she died undergoing cancer treatment.
- Parents are autism's hidden victims
The parents of children with autism are often invisible casualties. Their child's disorder ricochets through their lives, breaking up marriages, draining bank accounts and robbing them of sleep.
- What's autism? Symptoms vary among people with disorder
Autism covers a range of symptoms. People on this spectrum can be gifted or can struggle with developmental delays. They can engage their parents or appear trapped in their own worlds.
- Living Well: The perfect body weight is not a figure carved in stone
Seeking a solution to America's obesity crisis is almost too overwhelming. Same goes for figuring what exactly is ideal or healthy body weight.
- Thousands march to ensure infant health
Thousands of Seattle-area parents, adults and youths spent Sunday morning walking in the "March for Babies," the March of Dimes-sponsored event that raises money and awareness for infant health.
- Kids And Health: Treatment for depression has improved
It is estimated that at some point, 10 percent to 15 percent of children and adolescents have some symptoms of depression. The bad news is that major depression in children is very serious. The good news is that depression is treatable.
- Natural Medicine: Coffee: Is it really good for you?
In recent decades, some 19,000 studies have been done examining coffee's impact on health, many of which tout the benefits of the beverage's high levels of polyphenols, potent health-protecting antioxidants. However, coffee also is a source of caffeine, which for some may jolt changes in mood and behavior.
- Reality Check: How should you treat a nosebleed?
Most people know the right way to stop a nosebleed: lean the head back and apply pressure to the nose. But medical experts say that what most people know about nosebleeds is wrong.
- Ninth case of measles confirmed in Grant County
OLYMPIA -- A ninth case of measles has been confirmed in Grant County in Eastern Washington, and some people in King County also may have been exposed.
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