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Are You Having Trouble Hearing?

Hearing ability changes as you get older
Hearing problems become more common as you get older but few of us wear hearing aids, a survey says
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  CANCER | HEALTH

How Often Should You Get Screened for Cancer?

Frequency of mammogram depends on individual risk
The CDC says that too few Americans get screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer
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  CANCER | HEALTH

Protect Yourself Against Shingles

January 13, 2012
The vaccine reduces the severity and pain of shingles even if you get it
A vaccine can reduce your risk of shingles. Why do so few people get it?
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  DISEASE PREVENTION | HEALTH

What's the Healthiest State?

Vermont has the healthiest residents and some breathtaking scenery
A new ranking says Vermonters are the healthiest and Mississippians are at the bottom of the list
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  CARDIOVASCULAR | HEALTH

Should You Use a Generic Statin?

Lipitor's patent protection expired last week
Lipitor's patent protection has expired and a generic version will soon be on the market
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  DEPRESSION | HEALTH

Getting the Right Treatment for Depression

December 7, 2010

Depression can be an insidious disease. Feelings of helplessness and worthlessness — major symptoms of depression — can also make it difficult for people to get the help they need.  But public policies play a role as well, according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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  HEALTH PROMOTION | HEALTH

How to Get Health Insurance for Your Adult Children

October 11, 2010

If you're the parent of a twenty-something, one of your biggest concerns is probably whether you child has health insurance. Currently, 14.8 million young adults were uninsured in 2009, an increase of more than a million over 2008, according to a report by The Commonwealth Fund. That represents one of the largest uninsured groups of Americans, the report says.

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  FAMILY | HEALTH

Tragedy Can Strike Suddenly, Swiftly—and Sooner Than You Think

June 24, 2010

It wasn't supposed to happen. Not this soon. We're far fitter than our parents were at the same age. We exercise more, eat better, have more sex (okay, some of us do), and we believe our 50s are the new, hell, the new 30s! So it just wasn't supposed to happen.

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  FAMILY | HEALTH

Health and Emotional Benefits of Eldercare

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We know the perils of being in the Sandwich Generation: stress, burnout, depression, even feelings of despair. But it doesn't have to be that way. New research found that helping loved ones can actually make you healthier.

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  FAMILY | HEALTH

What Kelly Preston May Face as an Expectant Mom at 47

May 20, 2010

Losing a child is a parent's worst nightmare. And when the parent is a celebrity, everyone feels entitled to weigh in on what should be the most personal of tragedies. That was the case last year when John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16-year-old son Jett died of a seizure. Now the news that Preston is pregnant again at 47 is bound to fire up talk again.

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