Health

Quit smoking: Your heart will thank you

Jacque Wilson - March 14, 2013

(CNN) -- Cigarette smoking increases your heart rate, narrows the walls of your blood vessels and reduces the amount of oxygen being delivered to...

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HIV mothers warned to protect baby from disease

Jessica R. Key - March 14, 2013

HIV/AIDS testing is imperative for all individuals, but due to recent unfavorable trends, health officials are urging pregnant women to make sure they’re being...

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EMS issues warning

For the Recorder - March 7, 2013

Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has issued a warning on the potential risks of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning this winter. Unintentional carbon monoxide exposure...

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Cost of diabetes rising in America

Jacque Wilson and Sophia Dengo - March 7, 2013

(CNN) -- Dr. John Anderson isn't surprised by the rapidly growing cost of diabetes in America. New research from the American Diabetes Association shows...

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Why ‘nightmare bacteria’ on the rise

Aaron E. Carroll Special to CNN - March 7, 2013

Editor's note: Dr. Aaron E. Carroll is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the director of the...

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Flu vaccine less effective than thought, but still helpful

For the Recorder - March 5, 2013

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week that this season’s flu vaccine is less effective than previously reported—showing 56 percent...

Arts & Culture

Our unhealthy love of reality TV bullying

Jen Christensen - February 28, 2013

(CNN) -- A red-faced Gordon Ramsay gets nose-to-nose with an older man and shouts, "Wake up!" He calls another chef's food "rotten." He reduces...

Health

MHS partners with National Kidney Foundation for healthy lifestyle event

Guest Contributor - February 26, 2013

Managed Health Services (MHS) is partnering with the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana and its Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP®) on a special health...

Health

Open wide

Jessica R. Key - February 21, 2013

When one thinks of health care, oftentimes the body comes to mind. Fern Ingber, president and CEO of the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation...

Health

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome seem to have higher risk of heart attack and stroke

Guest Contributor - February 19, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS -- A syndrome common in women of reproductive age may place them at greater risk for hardening of the arteries, which predisposes them...

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