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December 31, 2008

Severed-arm man hopes to return to garden

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PEACEHAVEN, England (UPI) — A British man says he hopes to
return to his garden to plant tomatoes, four months after surgery to
reattach an arm he accidentally cut off with a chainsaw.

“I was trying my fork and spade one-handed over Christmas — and I’m
very optimistic about putting my tomato

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Ebola virus outbreak kills 11 in Congo

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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (UPI) — At least 11
people were killed by an Ebola virus outbreak in western Congo, the
country’s health minister said Tuesday.

The 11 are among 35 people infected with the hemorrhagic fever in the
village of Kaluemba, Western Kasai province, where the

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Moderate alcohol may cut Alzheimer’s risk

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CHICAGO (UPI) — Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of
Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive loss, U.S. researchers said.

Lead author Michael Collins of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School
of Medicine said the researchers examined 44 studies, and in more than
half of the studies,

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Comfort foods fatten U.S. adults in winter

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BALTIMORE (UPI) — Many think weight gain is inevitable as days
grow colder but a group of U.S. dietitians says this does not have to
happen.

Registered dietitians from Baltimore Northwest Hospital, Levindale
Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and LifeBridge Health & Fitness say
Americans

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December 30, 2008

Dietitians: Nutrition advice ignored

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CHURUBUSCO, N.Y. (UPI) — America has a toxic food environment
and health and nutrition advice goes largely ignored by U.S. adults, two
registered dietitians warn.
Dietitians Suzanne Dixon and Dave Ellis of the functional food company
AppleBoost Products Inc. note sensible nutrition counsel has

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Begin watching waistline on New Year’s Eve

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DALLAS (UPI) — The New Year’s Eve party is a good place and
time to start keeping a New Year’s resolution to watch one’s weight, a
U.S. expert suggests.
Lona Sandon, a registered dietitian at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, says the winter holidays
shouldn’t be a

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Rural areas have much higher injury rate

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (UPI) — Country life may provide scenic
tableaus but a U.S. study found injuries requiring hospitalization occur
at much higher rates in rural areas than elsewhere.
West Virginia University researchers analyzed all reported injuries of
people who were admitted to U.S.

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Physical therapy effective on neck pain

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (UPI) — The American Physical Therapy
Association is urging U.S. patients with musculoskeletal pain to
consider treatment by a physical therapist.
Lead researcher and APTA spokesman Michael Walker says a 2007 survey
indicated that more than one-third of the 32,000 U.S. adults,

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Top hangover remedies

On New Year’s Eve many people party like there’s no tomorrow, and when New Year’s Day rolls in they often wish it hadn’t. Head pounding, cotton-mouthed, nauseated, sensitive to light and sound, they are suffering from the classic, but poorly understood, syndrome called hangover. Neither the cause nor the treatment of hangover is fully known. Some people suffer the ill effects of alcohol after only one or two drinks while others can drink like a fish without incident. And so-called hangover cures abound. Just ask anyone you know, everyone’s got their favorite (that they no doubt heard from someone else like in a game of telephone where the original message gets distorted the more times it’s repeated - but in this case even the initial recommendation is something someone made up in the distant past). Truth be told, no hangover treatment has ever been […]

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December 29, 2008

Too much beer, wine linked to cancer

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LONDON (UPI) — Downing a pint of beer or large glass of wine
every day increases the risk of liver and bowel cancer, says the World
Cancer Research Fund in Britain.
While some studies suggest moderate alcohol consumption can reduce heart
disease, the same amount of alcohol may damage a person’s

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