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HEALTH BRIEFS

By Corinne Frayer | AFN

Heart and Sole shoe drive...

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HEALTHY LIVING 2008 -- 20s: Staying healthy in your 20s

By Brian Folts | Special to the AFN

For me, staying healthy in my 20s is easy....

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HEALTHY LIVING 2008 -- Staying healthy

By Corinne Frayer | AFN

If you don’t like your house, you can move. If you’re not satisfied with your occupation, you can change it. The one thing you’re stuck with for a lifetime is your body, so why is it so many of us neglect our life-long home?...

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AP Health News

Families make case for vaccine link to autism

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has already rejected any link, government lawyers argued Monday on the first day of a hearing in federal court....

Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism

NEW YORK (AP) -- News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it's a step toward creating "designer babies."...

Nagging via text messages to help teens remember meds

WASHINGTON (AP) -- 4gt yr meds? Getting kids to remember their medicine may be a text message away. Cincinnati doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a lousy job of controlling chronic illnesses like asthma, diabetes or kidney disease....