Phys Ed: How Do Marathons Affect Your Heart?
Is it possible that running a marathon could be unwise or insalubrious? Is there a chance that something about the distance and exertion, at least in some people, harms the cardiac muscle?
read moreThe Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States
In December 2008, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Center for Health Statistics (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) released new findings on Americans’ use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The findings are from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an annual in-person survey of Americans regarding their health- and illness-related experiences. The CAM section gathered information on 23,393 adults aged 18 years or older and 9,417...
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