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...Fortunately, there are other ways to increase bone density. Weight-bearing exercises help, and there are several prescription drugs that have been proved to work. For more information, talk to your doctor. And be sure to have a colonoscopy by age 50?or 45 if you are of African descent. (You may need one even earlier if you have a family history of colorectal cancer.) It's a lot to keep track of, but nobody ever said prevention was easy...
...find yourself waking up with heartburn. Limit your intake of caffeine, which makes it more difficult to fall asleep, and alcohol, which causes a rebound effect that can wake you up. Practice meditation or other stress-reduction techniques. If none of those work, you can talk to your doctor about whether prescription sleeping pills make sense. But remember, they really are best suited for short-term...
...studies found that women who take extra calcium have a 17% greater risk of developing kidney stones. Fortunately, there are other ways to increase bone density. Weight-bearing exercises help, and there are several prescription drugs that have been proved to work. For more information, talk to your doctor. And be sure to have a colonoscopy by age 50 - or 45 if you are of African descent. (You may need one even earlier if you have a family history of colorectal cancer.) It's a lot to keep track of, but nobody ever said prevention was easy...
Federal agents last week arrested three college students from the prosperous Birmingham suburbs--sons of a doctor, a constable and a plant manager--accusing them of setting ablaze nine churches, home to both black and white congregations, in the rural counties around Birmingham in February. "It's hard to believe it was these kinds of kids," says Greene County sheriff Johnny Isaac. Most expected a troubled loner to emerge as the suspect. A volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty to an earlier series of burnings in 1996; a self-professed Satanist is in prison for similar crimes...
Cottle complained that "Pediatricians often treat parents like children" and whined about not getting enough attention from her baby's doctors. My pediatricians treat me the same way they treat my children: with love, respect and clear boundaries. Cottle wants her doctor available for weekly visits, daily calls and weekend chats. That reminds me of my teenager, who wants that kind of 24/7 availability as well as access to the family car. Someone has to be the grownup...