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genes or lifestyle?
Obesity often seems to run in families, and researchers are using new tools to determine which has a bigger impact:
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
The concern about the obesity crisis and the observation that excess weight seems to run in families is raising an age-old question. Are similarities between parents and children due to the same....MORE
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Immunization cutoff date is next week
February 9, 2010 4:00 am
Oregon students will be excluded from schools and child care on Feb. 17 if their school records....MORE
Bend looking for committee members
February 9, 2010 4:00 am
The city of Bend is seeking applicants interested in serving on the nine-member City of Bend....MORE
Study links mother's age with likelihood of an autistic child
February 9, 2010 4:00 am
LOS ANGELES — Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child....MORE
Will Obama’s summit be more than just good TV?
February 9, 2010 4:00 am
WASHINGTON — Could this turn into something more than political theater?President Barack....MORE
Suspect in Texas woman’s debilitation: denture cream
She’s one of a growing number who have filed lawsuits claiming some denture cream makers knew of health risks associated with their product
February 9, 2010 4:00 am
FORT WORTH, Texas — It began with a tingling sensation, as if her foot was going to sleep.....MORE
Immortal cells
The legacy of Henrietta Lacks: How one woman's contribution to medical science wasn't really a gift
February 7, 2010 4:00 am
Fifty years after Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in the “colored” ward at....MORE
Warm Springs
Proposed plastic ban gains attention of tribes
February 7, 2010 4:00 am
SALEM — Tribal leaders in Warm Springs are jumping into what currently is one of the most....MORE
Unemployment traumas follow many jobless back to work
February 6, 2010 4:00 am
RALEIGH, N. C. — Antje Newby went back to work in September, but she has still not escaped the ....MORE
Oregon tribes buck trend in report on swine flu
February 6, 2010 4:00 am
Nationally, American Indians have died from swine flu at a rate four times higher than the general....MORE
Obama suggests alternate health path
February 6, 2010 4:00 am
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sketched out an alternative approach to passing health....MORE
U.S. swine flu epidemic shows increasing signs of having passed
February 6, 2010 4:00 am
ATLANTA — Is the U. S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won’t go so far ....MORE
In hospital’s ruins, one weary Haitian fights rising TB crisis
February 6, 2010 4:00 am
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At a fly-infested clinic hastily erected alongside the rubble of the....MORE
Cancer care
Stricter rules urged on medical radiation
February 5, 2010 4:00 am
The leading professional organization dedicated to radiation oncology has called for enhanced....MORE
‘Vegetative’ patient’s case raises questions about brain injuries
Man’s surprising responses in study have experts re-evaluating diagnoses
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
He emerged from the car accident alive but alone, there and not there: a young man whose eyes....MORE
Health official says she can’t guarantee openness in negotiations
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, told Congress on....MORE
Schools learn to put recess before lunch
Research shows it results in better eating habits, fewer disciplinary problems
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Can something as simple as the timing of recess make a difference in a child’s health and....MORE
Your weight loss efforts can help feed the hungry
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Several cooperations are teaming up to encourage people to lose weight and donate to area food....MORE
Gadgets might help keep you motivated
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
For some people, the thrill of a lung-clearing hike or a thigh-burning run is enough to get them....MORE
Paralyzed instructor embraces yoga's mind-body connection
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
DETROIT — Tickle the bottom of Matthew Sanford's foot, and he won't feel it. He's been....MORE
Breast-feeding diet? It’s not a guarantee
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
After Jen Matlack had a baby, the Connecticut mom went on what she called the easiest and most....MORE
In Motion
Are training plans linked to female athletes' high injury rate?
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Female athletes experience two to six times the number of injuries that male athletes do. But....MORE
Fish oil can head off first psychotic episodes
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
In the lives of young people at high risk for developing serious mental illness, heading off that....MORE
Keep alert to invisible, odorless gas in house
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
A hidden danger may be making you sick. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that exposure....MORE
See the doctor or pay later
Study: Delaying care means higher costs
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Rising health care costs have led many Americans to put off going to the doctor. But a new study....MORE
Thinking of changing doctors? Here’s how
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
The decision to move to a new medical practice can be awkward, but it doesn’t have to be too ....MORE
Smokers with lung cancer: It’s not too late
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Smokers may develop a fatalistic attitude and assume there is little they can do to improve their....MORE
Body parts
The uvula
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Location: The uvula is a small teardrop-shaped piece of tissue that hangs from the back part of the ....MORE
Contacts may be riskier than laser eye surgery
OHSU study is the first to compare the two, and its findings may surprise you
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Since the advent of laser surgery several decades ago, doctors and patients have recognized there....MORE
People
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Dr. Bruce McLellan has completed recertification in interventional cardiology, a field that....MORE
Uninsured? Care is out there
Local clinics, doctors offer patients discounts when paying at time of service
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
For the one in five Central Oregonians who lack health insurance, getting a doctor's appointment....MORE
Health Datebook
February 4, 2010 4:00 am
Flu shotsThe following locations have H1N1 vaccinations. Call for times or appointments. Costs may....MORE
1998 paper tying autism to vaccines is retracted
February 3, 2010 4:00 am
A prominent British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a 1998 research paper that set off a sharp ....MORE
A health care push from another Obama
First lady previews campaign against childhood obesity
February 3, 2010 4:00 am
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s best shot at health care reform this year may ....MORE
Madras group: Vote on park
Some decry plan to build police station, City Hall over soccer fields
February 3, 2010 4:00 am
A group of Madras residents is hoping they can stop the city’s plan to build a new City Hall ....MORE
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