As the foliage starts to turn colors, we may notice a change in the foods our bodies crave. The desire for an ice popsicle just might be replaced by a yearning for a warm bowl of soup. In Chinese medicine consuming foods that correspond to each season is thought to create harmony and balance. Fruits [...]

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Nearly half of primary care physicians polled confirmed they believe that US patients receive too much health care and more than a quarter said they were practicing more aggressively than they’d like to, suggesting fears of malpractice suits may be to blame, Reuters Health is reporting. Only six percent of doctors believed their patients were [...]

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A build-up of calcified plaque in arteries in parts of the body outside the brain may be linked with brain changes that increase the risk of stroke and dementia, a new study finds. Researchers used CT scans to check 885 people, average age 67, for calcification in four different blood vessel areas: the coronary arteries [...]

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Strokes have spiked in the U.S. among pregnant women and new mothers, probably because more of them are obese and suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease, researchers report. Hospitalizations for pregnancy-related strokes and “mini strokes” jumped from about 4,100 in 1994-95 to around 6,300 in 2006-07, a 54 percent increase, researchers said, extrapolating [...]

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