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Diabetes amputations falling dramatically (Diabetes Care, 1/24/12)
Keeping brain sharp may ward off Alzheimer's protein (Archives of Neurology, 1/23/12)
Frying With Olive, Sunflower Oil OK for Heart (BMJ, 1/24/12)
Lack of ZZZs May Fuel Appetite (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1/18/12)
Optimal Heart Health Starts Early (New England Journal of Medicine, 1/26/2//)
Kids' health predicts parents' future heart disease (Journal of Pediatrics, 1/12/12)
Lunch boxes recalled over leaking freezer gel: California Innovations Inc (Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1/24/12)
Swimming lowers older adults' blood pressure (American Journal of Cardiology, 1/12)
Working Too Much Is Correlated With Two-Fold Increase in Likelihood of Depression (PLoS ONE, 1/25/12)
Narcissistic men have higher levels of stress hormone (Public Library of Science ONE, 1/23/12)
Positive thinking, affirmation help health (Archives of Internal Medicine, 1/12)
Scientists can't find 'G-spot' (Journal of Sexual Medicine, 1/12)
New lung cancer test predicts survival (The Lancet, 1/27/12)
Too Many Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Inactive (Arthritis Care & Research, 1/26/12)
Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause; Bizarre skin disease Morgellons not infectious (PLoS, 1/25/12)
Home Births on the Rise (CDC: National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, 1/26/12)
Oral HPV Tied to More Oral Sex; Oral cancer virus affects 7 percent of Americans (Journal of the American Medical Association, 1/26/12)
Obesity and Pain Linked; People who are obese have more pain (Obesity, 1/19/12)
Sleep Problems Tied to Cardiovascular, Metabolic Troubles (Journal of Sleep Research, 1/27/12)
Cancer Screening Falls Short (CDC, 1/26/12)