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Are computer screens damaging your eyes?

After staring at a monitor for hours on end, have your eyes ever felt dry, itchy or irritated? Has your vision become blurry, or have you even seen double? Has your head begun to pound because of all the squinting and straining? Annoying eye problems like these call for eyedrops -- or maybe for dropping your computer off a cliff. But are Macs and PCs really to blame for our eyestrain? The verdict: Computer use can definitely strain your eyes -- but there are ways to combat the...

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Typhoon creates health crisis in the Philippines

The unprecedented natural disaster that came in the form of Typhoon Haiyan is a potential medical disaster for the Philippines, according to emergency crews on the ground. The Red Cross says it has ordered 10,000 body bags in preparation for the number of bodies it believes it will have to retrieve. The official death toll, currently in the hundreds, is likely to grow quickly as rescue crews are better able to assess the situation. What is left behind are some 4.2 million people who...

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Testosterone treatment could be dangerous to the heart

It’s become the hot new treatment for older men. “T,” or testosterone replacement therapy, has been touted as the new way to turn back a man’s body clock and improve his sexual performance.  But there may be trouble in paradise, according to new research.  In a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists have found that men taking testosterone therapy had a 29% greater risk of death, heart attack and...

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Are you sleeping too much?

You're groggy, dizzy even. You can't see straight and you sure as hell can't keep your eyes (or your mind) focused on the screen in front of you. And you're pretty sure your boss has noticed. You want to assure her that you're not drunk and you got enough sleep. In fact, you got more than enough. Could that be the problem? The rumor: Sleeping too much is just as bad as not sleeping enough We've all heard how important it is to get enough rest, even though most of us don't....

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Johnson & Johnson to pay $2 billion for false marketing

Johnson & Johnson will pay $2.2 billion to settle charges that the company marketed drugs for unapproved uses and paid "kickbacks" to doctors and nursing homes. The penalties announced Monday involve fines and forfeiture to the federal government and several states. The settlement involves the schizophrenia drugs Risperdal and Invega, and the heart failure drug Natrecor, the company and Attorney General Eric Holder said. Johnson & Johnson and two subsidiaries...

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Wombs for rent: India's surrogate mother boomtown

 Madhu Makwan asks a reporter to translate a card in English she received from a Canadian family for whom the Indian laborer spent nine months gestating their son for them. The letter reads in part: "Without your help and sacrifice, we would not be able to have our family. Please know we will tell him about you and how special you are to us. We will never forget you, you will always be in our hearts." Makwan delivered the boy two weeks ago. "Of course I feel bad -- I...

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Wombs for rent: India's surrogate mother boomtown

 Madhu Makwan asks a reporter to translate a card in English she received from a Canadian family for whom the Indian laborer spent nine months gestating their son for them. The letter reads in part: "Without your help and sacrifice, we would not be able to have our family. Please know we will tell him about you and how special you are to us. We will never forget you, you will always be in our hearts." Makwan delivered the boy two weeks ago. "Of course I feel bad -- I...

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A single dose of HPV vaccine may be enough

 Just one dose of the HPV vaccine Cervarix appears to provide enough of an immune response to protect women from two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) and ultimately cervical cancer, according to a new study published Monday.   HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The infection, transmitted through genital contact, is the primary cause of cervical cancer, which affects about 10,300...

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Early puberty: Growing older sooner

Should a mother be alarmed if her daughter begins to sprout breast buds and pubic hair at 7 or 8? At the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics this week in Orlando, Florida, pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Paul Kaplowitz explained that these early physical changes are quite common among American girls and represent a new norm. "I spend a lot of time reassuring parents -- usually, this does not signal a rapid progression into full puberty," said...

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Exercise: It's what we evolved to do

When it comes to health care, Americans disagree about much, but we do agree that our $2.7-trillion-a-year health care system is broken. Although fixing the system will be difficult, there is one inexpensive, readily available, and highly effective way to prevent illness while drastically reducing skyrocketing health care costs: Let's help each other exercise more. In fact, it's what we evolved to do. The essential role of physical activity in promoting health has deep evolutionary...

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