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Gov't Set to Step In on Pro Drug Testing
July 7, 2005 -- Professional sports leagues could soon face a new federal law clamping down on anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs used by athletes. Anabolic steroids are synthetic male sex hormones. They can be prescribed by doctors to treat conditions resulting from low testost
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Rich People Die Differently
July 7, 2005 -- Rich people not only live differently than the rest of us, but a new study suggests that they die differently, too. Researchers found older men and women who had a net worth of $70,000 or more were a third less likely than poorer people to have been in pain frequently in the year bef
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Study: Men May Overestimate Normal Penis Size
June 29, 2005 -- Some men may have the wrong idea about normal penis size, says a researcher in Canada. Rany Shamloul, MD, studied 92 men who complained of small penis size at an Egyptian andrology clinic in Cairo. None actually had a small penis. Most were reassured to hear that, write Shamloul, wh
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Rise in Health Costs Outpaces Wages
June 21, 2005 -- The rise in health care costs for American workers hit a plateau in 2004, though costs continue to rise at a speed that analysts warn is unsustainable. Health care costs for workers with private insurance went up 8.2% in 2004, an increase roughly similar to the year before, accordin
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Gulf War Illness: 10 Years Later
June 6, 2005 -- Ten years after the end of the 1991 war with Iraq, the physical health of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf was similar to that of veterans who served elsewhere, with several notable exceptions, a new study shows. Gulf War veterans were more likely than veterans who served outs
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Chronic Illness in Middle Age?
May 31, 2005 -- Glance around the waiting room in your family doctor's office, and many people may be facing more than one chronic illness, even if they're only in middle age. Chronic illnesses - such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis, depression, and heart disease -- are not just
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Levitra a Day May Keep the Doctor Away
May 24, 2005 -- Men now have two new reasons to take erection-enhancing drugs every day. Those reasons: The drugs may lower a man's risk of heart disease and of noncancerous prostate symptoms. Instead of calling them erectile dysfunction drugs, they might come to be called "men's health pills," sugg
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Viagra May Help a Man's Heart
May 19, 2005 (San Francisco) -- A popular treatment for erectile dysfunction may help a man's heart, and men with high blood pressure are at risk for impotence, two new studies show. "Middle-aged and older males are more likely to have erectile dysfunction, and this same group of men are more likely
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Testosterone May Actually Help Men's Hearts
May 16, 2005 -- Middle-aged men may suffer more frequently from heart disease than women, but testosterone may not be to blame. A new Finnish study shows that testosterone may actually help protect men from atherosclerosis (or hardening of the arteries) and reduce their risk of heart disease. Resear
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Standing Out in a Crowd: What Gets Attention
April 21, 2005 -- Ever search for someone in a crowded room, scan the supermarket shelves for your favorite spaghetti sauce, survey your laundry for the proverbial missing sock, or pick through a bag of Halloween candy to find your favorite chocolate bar? Then you know what it's like to hunt through
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