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Are you having breathing difficulties? Try singing

LONDON – In a third-floor room of a London hospital with orange and white walls draped with Tibetan prayer flags, about a dozen people gathered recently to perform vocal exercises and sing s...

DATE: Jul 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Use your brain to slow memory decline

Choose cognitively stimulating hobbies

DATE: Jul 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Severe egg allergy? There’s now a flu shot for you

ATLANTA – People with serious egg allergies may no longer have to worry about flu shots. A federal advisory panel has said a new vaccine that’s made without eggs is an option for ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

The germy truth

Art of hand washing remains elusive for most

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Doctors hail promise of ‘artificial pancreas’

Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed. ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Primary-care physicians are in demand

This time of year, recent high school graduates are shopping for supplies, packing their bags and perusing brochures and course listings from their selected college or university. ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Testosterone therapy divides doctors

‘Low T’ therapy endorsed by some; others skeptical

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

That steak may raise risk for diabetes

Red-meat consumption linked to disease, study finds

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls

ATLANTA – A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus has cut infections in teen girls by half, according to a study released last week. The study confirms research done before the ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Growing replacement organs

To ease shortage, scientists growing body parts in a lab

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Hospital to offer hand transplants for kids

A Boston hospital is starting the world’s first hand-transplant program for children, and doctors say it won’t be long until face transplants and other radical operations to improve appearan...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Health

Distraction from pain can help or hurt

A dictionary definition of “distraction” is the “act of distracting or the condition of being distracted.” It appears that distraction is active or passive. Pain distraction or distracting p...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch