The Checkup: April 12, 2009 - April 18, 2009
Let's Talk Health-Care Reform
For a health blog, we haven't talked much here about health-care reform. It's a huge, divisive and emotional issue -- in other words, perfect blog fodder. It's clear that health-care costs are out of control and threatening to undermine the entire economy. It's heartbreaking to hear about people losing their...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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April 17, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Does Facebook Lead to Bad Grades?
Spending too much time on Facebook may help a college student's social life but it may not be so great for their grades, according to a new study presented today. Aryn Karpinski of Ohio State University surveyed 219 Ohio State students in 2008, including 102 undergraduates and 117 graduate students....
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Rob Stein
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April 16, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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What's Really Good for Your Heart?
A bit of alcohol's good for your heart, right? And eggs and meat are bad? Turns out we don't really know. In fact, a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that for all the talk in health and nutrition circles about foods that promote heart...
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Nancy Szokan
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April 15, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Nutrition and Fitness
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What to Eat in the Company Caf
It's noon. You're starving, but you didn't pack a lunch, and you don't have time to leave the building for a meal. That's when the company's in-house cafeteria beckons. As today's "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy" column demonstrates, you've got to make the most of every meal if you want...
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Nancy Szokan
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April 14, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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A Most Unusual Lunch: Placenta
I received an attention-grabbing e-mail the other day -- one that took me a while to, er, digest. It came from a lively online Web site called MomLogic, where people write all kinds of parenting tips and information. This particular bit of information was about one mother's experience eating the...
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Jennifer LaRue Huget
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April 13, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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General Health
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Motherhood
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