Doctor Links a Manâs Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit
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A fondness for microwave buttered popcorn may have led a Colorado man to develop a serious lung condition that until now has been found only in people working in popcorn plants.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder. Though similar to women with bulimia, patients who fit this description don't binge-eat. Yet they feel compelled to purge, usually by vomiting, even after eating only a...
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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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There is a way to derail the fast food train to disease and earlier death, according to a Forest Grove doctor and health educator.
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FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of U.S. children and adults obsessed with video games may suffer from a real addiction, according to a proposal up for debate by top U.S. doctors.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Reuters Life!) - Los Angeles pediatrician Francine Kaufman is on the front lines of the childhood obesity epidemic, which has flooded her office with diabetes patients and put kids at risk of adult health problems.
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By DR DANNY PENMAN DOCTOR Penny Sartori was barely halfway through her night shift at Morriston Hospital in Swansea when one of her patients began behaving in a most peculiar way.
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Â· Study links to hyperactivity and bad behaviour Â· Government tells parents to check packaging
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A public-health doctor discovers that poor diet, not airborne microbes, is the cause of pellagra, a debilitating and often fatal disease. He's bucking the medical establishment, though, and his findings are not universally accepted.
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Scientists say they have new evidence to support the belief that Crohn&#39;s disease, an irritable bowel condition that affects a half-million Americans, has a bacterial origin.
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Esther Pacione needs a family doctor. At age 56 she is afflicted with severe ataxia, a neurological condition that causes her acute pain, choking and loss of consciousness.
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The bacterium that causes ulcers and contributes to stomach cancers uses a clever interaction between two genes to randomly tighten and loosen its grip on the stomach, according to a study by researchers at ...
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A study by a major health-care provider seeks to deepen the understanding of how the interplay of genetics and lifestyle affect your health. By the Associated Press.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney Jr. used to get a lot of colds when his children were little and, later, when his grandchildren came to visit; catching a cold is almost inevitable with little germ factories running around the house.
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According to new British study, patients who use the internet to find out information about chronic disease rather than listening to their doctor could be putting their health at risk.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- The nation's largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc., says it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers.
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A flavoring chemical from the products is linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers.