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Knock out knee pain at free seminar
Chronic knee pain can result from a variety of conditions from injury to arthritis, the most common cause of disability in the United States. Banner Boswell Medical Center invites the community to “Knock Out Knee Pain,” a free seminar... Full story
Seminar teaches you to please your knees
Do you experience knee pain? You’re not alone. The good news is you can please your knees and stop suffering with the pain. Learn what treatment options are available for your joint pain at nonprofit Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center by... Full story
Radio talk show looks at smoking cessation, prostate cancer
 Southwest Prostate Cancer Foundation's men’s health talk program from 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 5 , sponsored by Southwest Oncology Centers, will focus on smoking cessation/diabetes and active surveillance of prostate... Full story

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. Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do,... Full story
U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
America needs a trainer.
America needs a trainer. The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape.... Full story
Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs. Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know... Full story

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  • Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer....
  • Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps WASHINGTON (AP) -- First mammograms. Now - in an apparent coincidence - Pap smears....
  • Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S....

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