Erickson Tribune - Health Secrets

Mind Spa offers workout for the brain
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Seniors in this retirement hotspot diligently packed the local Y, sweating to keep their bodies in shape. But after their workout, several couldn't remember where they put their car keys.

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Doc to Dock converts surplus supplies into survival
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Every day, U.S. hospitals and clinics discard more than 70,000 tons of medical supplies—most of which is reusable—reaching a value of over $20 billion annually.

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Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

CHICAGO (AP) — The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans.

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NH prescription privacy law upheld
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information about doctors' prescription writing habits.

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Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) —As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone.

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