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MSNBC: Heart Health
- ‘Super X-ray’ rules out heart attacks faster
- Permanent heart pump aids survival, study says
- FDA says Prilosec can block benefits of Plavix
- Coffee lovers don’t face higher risk of heart ills
- What are the 10 healthiest cities for women?
- Are you at risk for sudden death?
- Omega-3 deficiency may be hurting our hearts
- Many doctors ignore heart drug guidelines
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- Sperm donor passed on deadly heart defect
- 6 ways to keep your heart healthy
- 3 tests to predict your heart risk
- Smoking bans do protect nonsmokers' hearts
- Scientists grow piece of heart muscle
- Fish may not lower risk of heart failure
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MSNBC: Diet and Nutrition
- 6 celebrity fad diets you won’t believe
- Obesity rates highest in Southeast, Appalachia
- 15 best (and worst) foods for immunity
- Exotic juice health claims: Pulp fiction?
- 11 ways to beat winter flab
- Mon Dieu! French women do get fat, study says
- Healthy ice cream? Scientists set out to create it
- Is it a food allergy or food intolerance?
- 8 Thanksgiving recipe makeovers
- Big brewers battle it out in calorie-cutting
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MSNBC: Fitness
- Heavy college students must pass fitness class
- Nintendo Wii may provide actual exercise
- Can working out wear you out?
- Lack of exercise not to blame for teen obesity?
- Get fit, faster, with short-burst training
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- Move that muffin top to your chest?
- Why music makes exercise easier
- Hula hooping it up for health, first lady swivels
- Poll: Americans are spending less on exercise