Health & Wellness
Not just a 'women's disease,' osteoporosis strikes men too
GRAND FORKS, N.D.-Osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to weaken and sometimes break, is often thought of as a "women's disease," but it poses a significant threat to more than 2 million men in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Health & Wellness
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Doing battle with breast cancer
Silvana Davis was 16 when breast cancer took her mother.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Nurse practitioner champions a new model of mind-based rehab
She sometimes refers to her death, euphemistically, as "The Event."
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
For male nurse, healing patients and himself
He was riding in his aunt's sedan, a kid in elementary school, watching senior citizens walk in and out of the Lynwood, Calif., retirement home where his mother worked. Then she emerged in scrubs.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Quinn on Nutrition: Nutrition products
This is the time of year I remind myself to take a closer look at some of the product samples I've received over the last few months. Helps me to find out about new products. And sometimes I'm surprised. Here are a few worth noting:
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BUSINESS
Q&A: Readers' questions answered on Affordable Care Act
In a live chat on the Orlando Sentinel's website, Anne Packham, lead navigator for Central Florida for the federal Affordable Care Act, answered questions from readers on how to sign up for insurance.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Salmonella outbreak: 7 ways to protect yourself and your family
A salmonella outbreak has been linked to chicken from three Foster Farms processing facilities in California, sickening nearly 300 people in multiple states and triggering a public health alert.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Health and aging: A youthful glow comes from within
Jane Brody believes it is better to act young than to look young -- and to be physically fit, of course.
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BUSINESS
Beware of con artists' schemes related to Affordable Care Act
Consumers weren't able to sign up for insurance under new health care exchanges until last week, but con artists have been scheming for months to steal money or Social Security numbers under the guise of the Affordable Care Act.

