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One of the country’s leading authorities on nutrition and exercise came to Hampton Roads on Friday, to give working women some tips on good health.
The doctor recommended three things you can do today, to start living better.
Dr. Jana Klauer wrote the New York Times Bestseller “How the Rich Get Thin.” She told Ten On […]

Patricia Villers, Register Staff
SHELTON — From the latest in dental procedures and chiropractic treatments to nutrition consultation, employees of Scinto Towers got valuable health and prevention tips this week.
The Greater Valley Chamber Health Care Council presented its first “Healthy, Well-thy and Wise” spring health fair in Scinto Tower 2. About 35 vendors were at the […]

WEST BARNSTABLE — From hurricanes to kidnappings, a diligent few got prepared yesterday at Barnstable County’s second R-U Ready Family Emergency Education Day.
A light turnout for the event showed that perhaps most people are not willing to face the multitude of disasters discussed at the conference at Cape Cod Community College. Or, maybe it was […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a new therapy to prevent excessive bleeding during and after surgery in certain patients with von Willebrand disease (vWD). The disease is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, affecting about 1 percent of the U.S. population.
Humate-P is the second biological product to be approved for surgery […]

Mouse Study May Explain Why Alcohol Increases Breast Cancer Risk
U.S. researchers say studies with mice may help to explain the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk.
For the first time, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center used a laboratory mouse model to mimic the development of human alcohol-induced breast cancer.
Drinking even […]

BEIJING, — (Xinhuanet) — Montreal’s Ste-Justine Hospital has confirmed that six premature babies who died three years ago in it were infected from bacteria found in a poorly maintained plumbing system, according to Canadian media reports Saturday.
The reports said that about 50 babies had contracted pseudomonas aeruginosa. Four of them, all […]

(AP) Millions of children soon could be saying goodbye to regular colas, candy and salty snacks during school hours.
Concerned about the rise of obesity in young people, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to develop a set of standards for foods that would be available in schools.
The Institute responded Wednesday with a two-tier system designed […]