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April 11, 2011 A persnickety analysis of the eating and exercise habits moms and dads with young found they exercised less than similar people without kids. The moms also ate quite a bit more junky stuff and consumed more calories than women without kids.

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March 22, 2011 Doing a lot more exercise or having a lot more sex would actually reduce the risk of heart attacks, researchers say. And people who are regularly physically active gain benefits that far outweigh that small risk.

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March 14, 2011 Fathers who are depressed are far more likely to spank their 1-year-olds than dads who aren't. Thirteen percent of dads who weren't depressed reported spanking their kids. Among the depressed dads, however, 41 percent had given a spanking.

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February 16, 2011 A study found men who reported any kind of balding in their 20s were twice as likely to be in a group being treated for prostate cancer. Men who said they didn't start losing their hair until their 30s or later didn't have a higher risk of the disease.

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January 31, 2011 The new USDA nutrition guidelines are pretty good at telling us what to eat, like more vegetables, lean meats, and low-fat milk. It's a little less clear when they're telling us what not to eat.

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December 30, 2010 The men nicked their fingers while dressing deer carcasses. Within a few weeks angry-looking raised lesions appeared at the sites of the cuts. Scientists determined that a virus from the deer had infected the men.

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December 13, 2010 The agency says the pills have been found to contain sulfoaildenafil, a chemical cousin of Viagra that could lead to sudden drops in blood pressure in men also taking nitrates, such as nitroglycerin, for heart conditions.

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November 29, 2010 A new study is linking higher levels of triclosan to allergies in kids and Bisphenol-A exposure to changes in adult immune systems raises new health questions. But the concerns about these chemicals are far from settled.

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November 29, 2010 A House committee investigation into Johnson & Johnson's spate of recent recalls continues for now, but when Republicans take over the committee in January, that could change.

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November 29, 2010 Bravo Farms is recalling all of its cheese, including cheddar it makes for Whole Foods, after E. coli and listeria was found at its plant. Earlier this month, the company recalled gouda sold at Costco.

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November 24, 2010 We are a nation of procrastinators when it comes to getting a flu shot. That leaves us vulnerable to all kinds of respiratory illnesses, thanks to togetherness at Thanksgiving and other holiday times.

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November 23, 2010 A large study shows that men who took the pill Truvada nearly every day cut their risk of HIV infection by 73 percent. But those who took their pills half the time just cut their risk by 50 percent.

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