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The YOU Docs: Which vitamins shorten a cold?
Q: Whenever I start coming down with a cold, I double my vitamin C supplements to 1,000 mg a day and start taking zinc lozenges, echinacea, vitamins E, D and B-50 — that blend of every B vitamins. Do you think this lessens the severity of the cold?...
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AP Health News
An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other drugs....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape....
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows....
Focus on Fitness
Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape....
Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs....
