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Many Americans Say Doing Taxes Is Easier Than Eating Right()  

May 23, 2012 More than 70 percent of respondents say they've made efforts to cut back on fats, added sugars and salt, they're trying to eat more whole grains, and they're trying to cut calories by drinking water, and low -or zero- calorie beverages.

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Compensating Organ Donors Becomes 'Talk Of The Nation'()  

A U.S. postage stamp from 1998 promotes donations of organs and tissue for transplant.

May 23, 2012 There's a persistent shortage of organs for transplantation in this country, and it's getting worse. Federal law bans financial incentives for organ donations. Is it time to reconsider? Some calls and emails from listeners illuminate the range of opinions on the controversial subject.

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Happy Feet: Tips For Healthier Running()  

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May 23, 2012 Have you thought about switching to barefoot running? New York Times exercise columnist Gretchen Reynolds did — and promptly injured herself. She details what she did wrong — and how to keep your own feet healthy — in her new book, The First 20 Minutes.

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Dangerous Gut Bacteria Move Outside Hospitals, Infect Kids ()  

Colonies of Clostridium difficile look awfully nice, but they're definitely something you'd be advised to keep at a safe distance.

May 23, 2012 Clostridium difficile is a nasty bacterial infection that used to strike mainly older hospitalized patients taking antibiotics. In findings presented at a conference this week, Mayo Clinic researchers say it's now cropping up in communities, and infecting children.

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Judge Sours On POM Wonderful's Erectile Dysfunction And Heart Disease Claims()  

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May 22, 2012 A federal judge says POM Wonderful violated the law by making claims that led people to believe the juice could treat, prevent or reduce the risk of certain diseases. But the company is claiming victory because it will not have to clear its future marketing plans with the FDA.

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Easier Colon Cancer Test Works Well, But Colonoscopy's Still King()  

May 22, 2012 Over the past decade or so, sigmoidoscopy has been largely abandoned by doctors in the U.S. in favor of colonoscopy to detect and prevent colon cancer. But sigmoidoscopy is easier on patients and is also effective in finding precancerous polyps.

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Tracking The Junk Food The World Eats After Dark()  

After dark, North Americans' food choices become much less healthy. Junk foods are spread across the continent at 10 p.m. Eastern.

May 22, 2012 Data from a mobile phone app shows that people all over the world eat less healthy foods later in the day and at night. Is it a lack of healthy options? A lack of willpower? Whatever the answer, it's not good for our health.

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Trained Interpreters Can Help Prevent Medical Errors()  

A speech bubble of talkers.

May 22, 2012 Though they may be well-meaning, not to mention more affordable than trained interpreters, relying on accidental interpreters, such as family members, during medical treatment isn't the best idea, research has found.

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Task Force: End Routine PSA Tests For Prostate Cancer()  

Terry Dyroff, at home in Silver Spring, Md., got a PSA blood test that led to a prostate biopsy. The biopsy found no cancer, but it gave him a life-threatening infection.

May 21, 2012 The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the testing doesn't save enough lives to justify the risk of unnecessary surgery and radiation. But one testing supporter says, "If all PSA screening were to stop, there would be thousands of men who would unnecessarily suffer and die from prostate cancer."

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Your Stories Of Being Sick Inside The U.S. Health Care System()  

Douglas Harlow Brown, 80, of East Lansing, Mich., watches birds inside a medical rehab facility.

May 21, 2012 Our call-out on Facebook for people to share their experiences of the health care system yielded close to 1,000 responses. From Oregon to Florida, respondents told wrenching tales of bankruptcies, medical errors, and treatment delayed or foregone because of cost.

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