Health and Fitness

Cut back _ way back _ on extra sugar

JAMIE STENGLE

Associated Press

DALLAS — A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says.

Most of that added sugar comes from soft drinks and candy — ...

Pittsburgh mom says daughter bulled into anorexia

JOE MANDAK

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — A woman has filed what experts believe is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Public Schools, claiming her daughter developed anorexia because male students bullied the girl about her weigh ...

Autistic teens master social cues, find friends

ALICIA CHANG

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Thirteen-year-old Andrea Levy ticked off a mental list of rules to follow when her guest arrived: Greet her at the door. Introduce her to the family. Offer a cold drink.

Above all, make her feel welcome ...

Man says he sold kidney in U.S. for $20k


ADAM GOLDMAN AND CARLA K. JOHNSON

Associated Press

NEW YORK — In 2005, a rebellious and sporadically employed Israeli man flew to New York to give up a kidney to save an American businessman. For that, he says he was paid $20,000, which appea ...

Polio surge in Nigeria after vaccine virus mutates

MARIA CHENG

Associated Press

LONDON — Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it's caused by the vaccine used to fight it.

In July, the World ...

New osteoporosis drug cuts fracture risk

LINDA A. JOHNSON

Associated Press

A first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines, studies in older women and men with prostate cancer suggest.

Wall Street sees Amgen Inc.'s gene ...

Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants

JILL LAWLESS

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.

A government-commissi ...

Consumers pay $34 billion for alternative medicine

MARILYNN MARCHIONE AND MIKE STOBBE

Associated Press

 
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