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A silent, killer syndrome The Herald News Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:24 AM PDT Metabolic syndrome is on the rise â€" and it can be a killer. Sometimes silent, metabolic syndrome is actually a group of symptoms, each of which is harmful to the body by itself, but in combination can be a major contributor to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.“Right now,” Morris Hospital endocrinologist Dr. Meiraj Zuberi said, “there are an estimated 50 million Americans with metabolic ... Skin Donations at Sacramento Plastic Surgery Practice Help Cancer Survivors, Burn Victims PRWeb Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:18 AM PDT Dr. Charles Perry, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Sacramento, CA , is helping his patients provide an invaluable gift to those who have survived cancer, as well as burn and trauma victims. By participating in the Living Skin Donation program, in cooperation with the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), Dr. Perry is helping patients donate skin following a body contouring procedure ... Radiation study: Don't fear X-rays from airport scanners Los Angeles Times Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:59 AM PDT The Transportation Security Administration began installing full-body scanners in American airports shortly after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab hid explosives in his underwear in a thwarted attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet on its way from Amsterdam to Detroit. Airport body scanners not a health risk: study AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:50 AM PDT Full-body scanners used to secure airports, about 1,000 of which will be deployed across the United States by year's end, do not pose health risks, a study released has found. Airport Scanners Radiation Risk 'Extremely Low,' Independent Research Shows The Huffington Post Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:38 AM PDT With the TSA putting more and more full-body scanners in U.S. airports, experts are battling over the potential risks for human health. Ex-mistress: Bonds blamed injury on 'roids Lincoln Courier Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:27 AM PDT Barry Bonds’ former mistress testified Monday that he blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use, and that the body and behavior of baseball’s home run king changed during their nine-year relationship. Humans more diverse than we allow PhysOrg Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:55 AM PDT A question central to Gillian Einstein's research is, How can I do science that would not make essentialist assumptions about the body? Body of missing Seattle-area man exhumed in central Pa. after he disappeared 18 years ago Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa. - A sister's long search for her brother is finally over. A central Pennsylvania coroner exhumed the body of John Leonard Adams on Monday, 18 years after he was last seen by his family. Conflicting Fitness Messages Underscore Women's Fit Body Stereotypes Medical News Today Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:43 AM PDT A new book gives voice to women's experiences of exercise, and examines the fitness industry, and the media's role in helping or hindering their pursuit of fitness and well-being From boot camp to step aerobics, yoga to martial arts, women have been pummelled by the fitness industry and messages in the media to exercise in pursuit of the pervasive fit, feminine ideal: to look young, thin and ... Port Huron man charged after body is found The Voice Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PDT An area man was charged Friday in connection with the death of a man whose body was dumped in Port Huron Township.

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