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Even in middle age, your best running days may still be ahead of you

Elite road racers make running look effortless. While most of us appear to be in pain, their cadence and form belie any of that misery. But there’s good news, middle-of-the-pack runners, bec...

DATE: Mar 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Fitbit tracks your steps; now it wants to chart your Zs, too

NEW YORK – Fitbit, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well. The company said data collected by the millions of Fitbit ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Bacon, soda too few nuts may kill you

CHICAGO – Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes. Overeating or not eating en...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Want a productive work day? Watch what you eat

Do you have days at work when you feel energetic, inspired and productive, while on other days you feel tired, busy and stressed, with almost nothing to show for your efforts at the end of t...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Risk & reward: Stopping a cancer drug to see if you’re cured

Imagine you had a life-threatening cancer that a wonder drug had kept in remission for years. Would you risk quitting? Thousands of people with a blood cancer called chronic myelo...

DATE: Mar 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Those with blurry close-up vision get some new help

WASHINGTON – Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurr...

DATE: Mar 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease

A French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now has enough properly working red blood cells to dodge the effects of the disorder, researchers rep...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

UN sees bird flu changes but calls risk of people spread low

LONDON – The World Health Organization says it has noticed changes in the bird flu virus now spreading in China, but says the risk of the disease spreading easily between people remains low....

DATE: Mar 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Doctors warn against teen pot use amid looser marijuana laws

CHICAGO – An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana’s potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use. Many parents use the...

DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

The dirty dozen: UN issues list of 12 most worrying bacteria

LONDON – The World Health Organization has issued a list of the top dozen bacteria most dangerous to humans, warning that doctors are fast running out of treatment options. In a p...

DATE: Feb 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see

SAN FRANCISCO – Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company ca...

DATE: Feb 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Free class available for those with prediabetes

Mercy Regional Medical Center is offering a free class to educate community members with prediabetes about effectively managing the condition and preventing Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascula...

DATE: Feb 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health