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Playing It Safe With High School Sports
Coaches, athletic trainers focus on prevention, better treatment for young athletes.
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Tongue-Driven Device Aids Handicapped
Magnetic tracer lets disabled control wheelchairs, perform other tasks independently.
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Compound in Red Wine Fights Ravages of Age
Resveratrol mimics the benefits of restricted calorie diets, study finds.
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Freeze-Dried Formula May Block HIV Virus in Breast Milk
Could help prevent spread of disease in developing countries, study suggests.
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Working Hard When Tired Raises Blood Pressure
Finding suggests chronic fatigue may pose serious health risks
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Screening Athletes Could Cut Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
But ECG use controversial because of cost, number of false positives, study says.
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Barcode Technology Flaws Put Some Patients at Risk
Nurses forced to use 'workarounds' to ensure medication errors are kept to minimum, study says.
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