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Miralax, a Drug for Adults, Is Popular as a Children’s Remedy
Parents are questioning the long-term effects of the often-used laxative, Miralax, which has become a staple in many American households since it was first introduced 13 years ago.
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Doctors’ Tips for Childhood Constipation
Suggestions on how to help your child with things like diet and stress.
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Game Is Designed to Help Doctors to Spot Drug Abuse
A new video game draws on technology used to train F.B.I. agents and is meant to help doctors look for warning signs of patients likely to abuse prescription painkillers.
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Recipes for Health: Pasta With Collard Greens and Onions — Recipes for Health
Slow cooking sweetens the collards in this satisfying pasta dish.
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Travel: Nifty Ways to Ward Off the Sun's Rays
Foldable sunglasses, protective clothing and parasols are among the new products available.
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Dispute Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food
Concern over the possible health and environmental effects of such food has prompted a move for labeling it, but scientists, farmers and technology companies call the measures alarmist.
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Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: Medical Error and Its Aftermath
"Love Alone," a new play at the Trinity Rep in Providence, R.I., breaks the mold of the medical melodrama in its portrayal of the consequences of a devastating medical mistake.
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Radioactive Release at Fukushima Plant Was Underestimated
The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost two and a half times the initial estimate.
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Senate Backs Bill to Speed Drugs and Avert Shortages
A measure to prevent drug shortages and to accelerate federal review of new and generic medications won broad support, with a similar bill on a fast track to approval in the House.
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Hospitals and Insurers Join to Cut Health Care Costs
Insurers, hospitals and doctors say they are forming partnerships and creating programs to find ways to slow the growth in the nation’s $2.7 trillion health care bill.
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Many Individual Health Policies Fall Short, a Study Says
Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.
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F.D.A. Panel Votes Against Expansion of Anticoagulant
The Food and Drug Administration said concerns over bleeding outweighed the evidence that Xarelto reduced the risk of blood clots.
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Well: The Raw Meat Diet for Pets
A vocal minority of pet food owners are willing to pay a premium for raw pets foods, believing they are healthier for their dogs and cats than commercially prepared foods.
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Phys Ed: Phys Ed: Are Marathons Bad for the Heart?
The death from heart attack of the ultramarathoner Micah True has raised awareness about the safety of marathon racing and training. But the science suggests that distance running and racing are extremely unlikely to kill you -- except when, in rare instances, they do.
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Native Americans Struggle With High Rate of Rape
The assault rate on tribal lands is higher than the national average, and reservation residents who report being attacked often confront gaps in medical and legal help.
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Well: The Doctor's Remedy: Biofeedback for Stress
Patients aren't the only ones interested in alternative and complementary medicine. In a new series, Well talks to doctors across the country to find out what nontraditional medicines or therapies they sometimes recommend or use themselves.
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Tailoring Treatments for Alcoholics
Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
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Well: New Data on Harms of Prostate Cancer Screening
In a controversial finding, a government task force concluded that the harms of the simple blood test far outweigh any potential benefit.
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Advertising: Band-Aids and Muppets Soothe Child’s Scrapes
A free app for iPhones and iPads linked to Muppets Band-Aids makes a Muppet character appear to emerge from the bandage to console the injured child.
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Direct Primary Care Providers Lower Cost of Concierge Services
Direct primary care providers, which were once most associated with concierge health services for the rich, are reaching out to small businesses and the working class.
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