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Potential medical issue postpones spacewalk outside space station
A potential medical issue with one of the new residents of the international space station has prompted NASA to postpone an upcoming spacewalk. The spacewalk by American astronaut Kenneth Bowersox and Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin had been planned for Thursday, but was put off Monday night until at least January.
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By Marcia Dunn,
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
12/11/2002 05:08 AM PST)
Foreigners' ills strain border clinics
Ambulances regularly race across the bridges of the Rio Grande, bringing some of Mexico's sickest to the nearest U.S. emergency room. Obligated by federal law, the hospitals provide the care and worry later if the billing addresses patients give them are accurate. Often the addresses are false, and the hospitals get stuck with the bill.
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By Lynn Brezosky,
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
12/11/2002 05:10 AM PST)
Mother's milk
More of today's mothers are deciding the breast is best. A study released this month shows almost 70 percent of moms start breast-feeding after giving birth, up from 52 percent in 1990 and a mere 25 percent in 1971.
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By Cheryl Powell,
Beacon Journal medical writer,
12/10/2002 05:41 AM PST)
Breathe easy
In 2002, the publishing world took a deep breath and said "ohm." Dozens of hefty new yoga titles were released this year, and no wonder: In the past eight years, the number of yoga practitioners in the United States has doubled, to a total of about 15 million people.
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By Sara Steffens,
CONTRA COSTA TIMES,
12/10/2002 04:43 AM PST)
Outdated contraceptive may help in Third World
For many American women, the words ``diaphragm'' and ``renaissance'' simply don't belong in the same sentence. After all, the diaphragm is the birth control method their mothers used because they didn't have the pill. Cumbersome, messy, and famously prone to flying across the room, the rubbery beige device today is used by just 2 percent of U.S. women who use contraception. So the idea that the diaphragm could make a comeback as a common birth control method might seem, well, a bit far-fetched.
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By Barbara Feder Ostrov,
Mercury News,
12/10/2002 04:48 AM PST)
Have a fitness fan on your Christmas list?
Want to give a gift that will last? Consider something that will enhance the recipient's fitness -- and, therefore, health. Many of these suggestions would be just as appropriate for someone who should be a fan of fitness as for someone who already is. And there's a gift idea for every age. You might even find something to add to your own Christmas list.
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BY KAREN SHIDELER,
The Wichita Eagle,
12/10/2002 05:44 AM PST)
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