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health/fitness
Low vitamin D heightens breast cancer mortality rate
By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT, Toronto Globe and Mail
TORONTO -- Women diagnosed with breast cancer are nearly twice as likely to have the disease spread to other parts of their bodies and are 73 pe cent more likely to die from it if they have low levels of vitamin D, according to a Canadian study.
'Magical' nanoparticles scrutinized for health effects
By ANN FERNHOLM, San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO -- Windows cleaned by raindrops, white sofas immune to red wine spills, tiles protected from limescale buildup -- new products created from minute substances called nanoparticles are making such domestic dreams come true.
Chinese healers tout ginger for what ails
By LISA RYCKMAN, Scripps Howard News Service
Question: I have heartburn, and I've heard that ginger can help. Is there anything to it?
Answer: Chinese healers have used ginger for centuries to cure all kinds of stomachaches and intestinal ailments.
New help for tinnitus sufferers
By LEE BOWMAN, Scripps Howard News Service
To some people it's a ringing, for others buzzing and still others hear a whooshing sound or ocean waves. While the symptoms are subjective, what's certain is that millions of Americans -- including tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghan war veterans -- experience a perception of sound in the ears or head when there is no external source making such sound.
Exercise, even marathons, benefit some with AIDS
By SAM MCMANIS, Sacramento Bee
Never an athlete -- simply from lack of interest, not lack of innate ability -- Travis Tanner at first did not realize the magnitude of the challenge that lay ahead.
Novel treatment for autism uses 'clean room'
By TIMOTHY MCNULTY, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With childhood autism cases skyrocketing and no cure in sight, doctors at the Children's Institute in Pittsburgh are planning on a Hail Mary pass approach to the mysterious disorder -- housing young patients for weeks at a time in a pollutant-free "clean room," in an attempt to detoxify their bodies.
Traveling to India -- for a new hip
By VICTORIA COLLIVER, San Francisco Chronicle
Robert Lupo had never been on an airplane until last month, when he flew to India to get his hip replaced.
Stanford doctors focusing on cancer cells' origins
By BERNADETTE TANSEY, San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO -- Stanford University doctors are trying a new tool to fight cancer. It's a test that, by focusing on genetic analysis, could help doctors better understand a patient's treatment needs.
Medication, counseling, insurance coverage help smokers quit
By RICHARD CRAVER, Winston-Salem Journal
Putting more emphasis on combining counseling and medication is "greatly increasing" smokers' ability to quit, according to an update of a federal tobacco-cessation study released this week.
Avoiding bumps in the road
, Sacramento Bee
While no specific medication prevents breakouts, there are many treatment options.

