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Olivia Chow struggles to smile due to complications from shingles

Olivia Chow struggles to smile due to complications from shingles

TORONTO - Toronto New Democrat Olivia Chow says a nerve condition that has frozen part of her face won't slow down her work in Parliament.
HealthBeat: People split over how gov't should fight obesity, but balk at limiting food choice

HealthBeat: People split over how gov't should fight obesity, but balk at limiting food choice

WASHINGTON - Everyone could use a little help keeping those New Year's resolutions to slim down. But if it means the government limiting junk food, the response is an overwhelming, "No.

Whooping cough illnesses last year reached highest level since 1955, CDC reports

The nation just suffered its worst year for whooping cough in nearly six decades, according to preliminary government figures. Whooping cough ebbs and flows in multi-year cycles, and experts say 2012 appears to have reached a peak with 41,880 cases.

Norovirus outbreak at VGH running its course, says health officer

VANCOUVER - Several small outbreaks of the norovirus in Vancouver area hospitals have nearly run their course, but a new strain of the highly contagious virus has led to a spike in the number of overall cases in B.C. this winter.

Child-support claim embitters sperm donor

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child says he is shocked the state is now trying to make him pay child support.

Dr. Roach: Doing it all right may not prevent diabetes

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 70 years old, male, about eight pounds underweight, walk five kilometres almost every day, have high blood pressure and am at high risk of developing diabetes, since my mother and brother had diabetes.

1 in 24 adults say they fell asleep at the wheel recently, a CDC survey says

NEW YORK, N.Y. - This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. And health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher.
Under the weather? Disease modelers factor in rain, temperature in forecasting outbreaks

Under the weather? Disease modelers factor in rain, temperature in forecasting outbreaks

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Only a 10 per cent chance of showers today, but a 70 per cent chance of flu next month.

U.S.-made Budokon mixes yoga, martial arts

NEW YORK — Budokon, a workout program developed in 21st century America, blends the ancient mind-body practices of yoga and martial arts into a program that aims to reward followers with conditioning, mindful meditation and progressively coloured kar

Those with balanced diet, good fitness tend to live longest

Mary Meehan Lexington Herald-Leader You might have noticed that TV weatherman Willard Scott’s morning roll call of people celebrating 100-plus years on the planet seems to grow longer and longer. According to the U.S.