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This simple diet flex can lower risk of heart disease

What if a simple tweak to your diet could significantly reduce your risk of heart disease without requiring you to go entirely meat-free?

Is there an optimal time of day to work out?

It’s a long-standing discussion for all who want to get into shape. When is the best time to exercise? Morning and evening workouts both have their benefits.

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Health care reform survives with Chief Justice’s help

WASHINGTON – America’s historic health care overhaul, certain now to touch virtually every citizen’s life, narrowly survived an election-year battle at the Supreme Court Thursday with the improbable help of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.

Simple checklist may spot signs of autism by age 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — A simple checklist that parents fill out in the waiting room may help doctors someday screen for warning signs of autism as early as a baby’s first birthday.

FDA allows some reprocessing of single-use medical devices

The recent advertisement supporting Dr. Michael Kaplan — the Las Vegas Valley urologist whose medical license was suspended for reusing single-use needle guides — sheds a faint light on a little-known truth. Although a medical device is labeled single-use only, it might have been used before.

UMC clinic helps patch youngsters

A playground fall left 9-year-old Ismael More with a broken lower right leg. A new jump 14-year-old Kyle DeBray tried on his skateboard resulted in a badly torn left ankle ligament.

Nurse residency program hones skills

Out of nursing school for just a few months, 24-year-old Elizabeth Martinez already realizes how easy it would be to burn out. Or to make a mistake that can mean the difference between life and death.

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