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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 at 4:18 pm Posted by smp

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Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 11:28 AM CST

Shalonda Frederick poses at her apartment in Glen Burnie, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. Shalonda Frederick managed a bakery, where she decorated cakes for special occasions. One day her face and hands, and her arms and legs, started clenching up. Then she fell off a ladder at work. It turned out to be multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer.

Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 08:21 PM CST

Rena Cerbone, 41, talks about medication on the counter that she currently takes to prevent migraines, at her home in Montclair, N.J., Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. Cerbone says she found relief after a period of rebound headaches provoked by the painkiller used to dull her frequent migraines. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)AP - Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication. A very unlucky fraction even get what's called chronic migraine, where they're in pain more days than not, and new research suggests certain prescription painkillers, including narcotics, increase that risk.

Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 23, 2008 (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:

Health Tip: Preparing Your Child For Therapy (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- If your child needs to visit a therapist to work on emotional or behavioral issues, the youngster may be a bit nervous about going.

Study Shows Exercise Shields Against Osteoporosis (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Doing weight-bearing exercise during adolescence may help women maintain their bone strength in old age, a new study says.

Cancer Medicine Advances on Many Fronts (HealthDay)

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- The war against cancer gathered steam in 2008, as new drugs tackled the toughest cancers with some success, and advances were made in both disease prevention and risk factor identification.

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