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  1. Late-night meals can spoil efforts to get into shape

    He was a big guy. I would guess he was around 350 pounds. Sweat poured from his face as he walked away from the treadmills at Lifetime Fitness.

  2. Reproductive issues spark fight

    Dayton, Ohio — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.

  3. Chronic pulmonary disease therapies don’t include cure

    Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife was diagnosed with COPD. She is on medicines and has been given lung tests that confirm COPD. Is there a cure?

  4. Komen exec Karen Handel quits after Planned Parenthood funding flap

    Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported the move to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. She said the discussion started before she arrived at the organization and was approved at the highest levels of the charity.

    • Feb. 7, 2012
    • LIFESTYLE
    • Health

    CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

    Atlanta — Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

  5. Pennsylvania vending machine dispenses ‘morning-after’ pill

    Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government.

  6. Patient cannot tolerate sleep apnea mask

    Dear Dr. Donohue: On my own, I went to a sleep clinic to be assessed for sleep apnea. After two nights there, I was told I need a CPAP machine. They decided I needed a full-face mask because I am a mouth-breather. After the first night, I knew I could not wear that mask. Finally, after five months of stress, I went to my heart doctor and a lung doctor. They told me not to put myself through such stress.

  7. White House hints at compromise on birth control to tame uproar

    Washington — Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

    • Feb. 6, 2012
    • LIFESTYLE
    • Health

    Learn proper flu etiquette

    Don't laugh but there is a socially proper way to have the flu. And Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of the doyen of proper etiquette, Emily Post, has put together the flu etiquette ground rules.

    • Feb. 6, 2012
    • BUSINESS

    Henry Ford Health System opens center in Bloomfield Hills

    Henry Ford Health System is opening its 32nd medical center Monday at a site in Bloomfield Hills.

    • Feb. 6, 2012
    • LIFESTYLE
    • Health

    Rules to spare kids smoky cars urged

    Chicago — Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

  8. Big medical bills may add up to qualified tax breaks

    Taxpayers swamped by big medical bills in 2011 can get some relief when they file income tax forms this spring thanks to an overlooked deduction that is hard to reach in a typical year.

  9. New program to improve poor's access to medicine

    Detroit— Details of a new national program to improve how the uninsured receive prescription medication are expected to be released in Detroit.

  10. Whooshing in ear could be serious, must be checked

    Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 72-year-old woman who had a scope exam of my stomach and esophagus done a few weeks ago. The next morning I woke and heard a loud whoosh-whoosh in my left ear.

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