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The Check-Up: How to Get a Jolt Without Caffeine

Dozing at your desk? A cup of decaf might do the trick. University of London researchers conducted a study to test the placebo effect in […]

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The Check-Up: Hospital Germs Are Everywhere

I came across two tangentially related stories this week that I really wish I’d never read. The first, about hand washing rates in hospitals, found […]

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The Check-Up: Would You Eat Hot Dog Potato Chips?

I did a double take when I saw a Runner’s World post about hot-dog-flavored potato chips. I mean, I know there’s some weird junk food out […]

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The Check-Up: Sniffing Out Heart Failure (Literally)

For the record, if you post a story about an electronic nose that can detect heart failure, and you don’t include a photo, you’re leaving […]

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The Check-Up: Babies Everywhere!

Hospitals up and down the East Coast are buzzing about an apparent Hurricane Irene baby boom, with many clocking double-digit deliveries over the weekend. News […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

A team of researchers in the UK might soon be cashing in big time on a gel they’ve developed that could make the dental drill […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

A team of researchers in the UK might soon be cashing in big time on a gel they’ve developed that could make the dental drill […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

Ok, I know you know the statistic: One in three kids in the US is overweight or obese. That’s crazy, frightening, sad—all that. But is a […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

Ok, I know you know the statistic: One in three kids in the US is overweight or obese. That’s crazy, frightening, sad—all that. But is a […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

Hold the phone—did you know you might soon be able to charge your cell phone just by walking around? New technology developed by researchers at […]

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The Check-Up: Today’s Top Health Headlines

Hold the phone—did you know you might soon be able to charge your cell phone just by walking around? New technology developed by researchers at […]

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Studies Show: I’m Going to Die

Research shows that my life is killing me. A recent Australian study announced terrifying news: For every hour of television I watch, my life span […]

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Will the Brazilian Blowout Make You Sick?

The Brazilian keratin hair treatment sounds simple enough: A gel-like mixture is painted on the hair. Twenty minutes, a blowout, some flatironing, and $250 later, […]

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Why Lipo Sucks

A new medical study out of the University of Colorado says that fat liposuctioned from a woman’s hips will return to her belly within 12 […]

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Physical Therapists Get “Grin and Bear It” Patients

I hurt my back skiing this past January. No big deal. Coming from a large family, I learned to shake it off, man up, rub […]