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| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Marital strife may hurt your health |
| That perennial argument about who takes out the garbage does more than make you upset at your spouse; it can inhibit your immune system and interfere with healing. And if the relationship includes a lot of upsetting arguments, it can have even more powerful effects on the immune system. |
| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Higher blood pressure means lower brain health |
| Brain catastrophes such as strokes or dementia are well-known consequences of high blood pressure in older people. Now research points to more insidious, stealthier problems: a hard time coming up with the right word and difficulties with short-term memory. Sure, these frustrations often are part of normal aging. But it turns out they're a lot worse in people whose blood pressure is out of control. |
| Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:00:00 EST Antipsychotic drugs could increase risk of death in the elderly |
| Antipsychotic drugs such as Risperdal, Seroquel, and Thorazine for mania and schizophrenia are often given to elderly people with dementia to temper their sometimes strange or aggressive behavior. Up to 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes, in fact, are thought to be taking at least one antipsychotic. And that may put them at a heightened risk of death. |
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| Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:27:03 EST Winter storm dumps on Northeast |
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| Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:09:27 EST Passengers, witnesses describe terrifying landing |
| Passengers aboard Southwest Flight 1248 -- and witnesses on the ground -- described the harrowing moments before and after the jet ran off the runway Thursday night at Chicago's Midway International Airport, plowed into an intersection and killed a boy in a car. Southwest passenger Stanley Den said, "We were kind of going for a while until the impact -- when we hit maybe, I guess, a barrier fence, went through that and into the middle of the street with cars and stuff riding past us." |
| Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:56:23 EST Clinton: Bush 'flat wrong' on climate |
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