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Decode your food cravings
Do you crave chocolate? It's basically an antidepressant in dessert form, says Alan R. Hirsch, M.D., head of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago and the author of "What Flavor Is Your Personality?" The urge to scarf is more than a hunger cue gone wild. It's a window into your nutritional needs and your personality. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:07:15 GMT
Swine flu may have hit peak, but not over yet
Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas.The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak across much of the globe, health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:37:51 GMT
Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks Saturday after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, look on.The dispute among Democrats foretells of a rowdy floor debate next month on legislation that would extend health care coverage to roughly 31 million Americans. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:35:41 GMT
Stressed Marines got bad care, therapist says
Dr. Kernan Manion was fired after he complained about conditions for his patients at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.Marines treated for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear live-fire training, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:22:40 GMT
Heavy college students must pass fitness class
A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:17 GMT
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