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Mind Spa offers workout for the brain
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Seniors in this retirement hotspot diligently packed the local Y, sweating to keep their bodies in shape. But after their workout, several couldn't remember where they put their car keys.

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Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

CHICAGO (AP) — The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans.

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Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) —As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone.

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Music headphones can interfere with heart devices
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Have a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator? Don't keep your iPod earbuds in your shirt pocket or draped around your neck — even when they're disconnected. A study finds that some headphones can interfere with heart devices if held very close to them.

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Study: Women lead men in bacteria, hands down
Monday, November 03, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of bacteria than the researchers expected to find.

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