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New obesity meds provide more help
<p>My patients frequently come to our clinic seeking easy answers and ask if there’s a “wonder drug” out there that could help them lose and maintain a more healthy weight.
Key Things to Know About The Flu
<p>THE SITUATION: The annual flu season hit about a month early this year, and illness is now widespread in 47 states. Many cases are caused by a flu strain that tends to make people sicker.
Latecomers scramble for vaccine as flu tightens grip
<p>WASHINGTON — Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those “get vaccinated” ads?
Balloon allergy could even prove deadly
<p><strong>Q.</strong> Can you help me with a medical mystery? I believe I am allergic to latex.
Respect pleurisy
Inflammation of lung linings can be serious
<p><strong>DEAR DR. ROACH</strong> : Would you please write about pleurisy? I suffered from it 30 years ago, and now I have it again. Are there any medications that will help me?
Many weighty issues overlooked
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
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Your New Vital Sign
More medical charts may include exercise minutes
<p>CHICAGO — Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer.
Man to be tried in wife’s slaying
<p>MONTROSE (AP) — A Thompson man has been ordered to stand trial in the slaying of his estranged wife last summer.
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No reason for Foster to be sly
<p>We predicted the Golden Globes —with its casks of free alcohol and scores of nutty celebrities — would surely generate a few moments people would be talking about for days.