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Doctors see heart benefits in raising amount of 'good' cholesterol

...have a strong genetic component," says Dr. David Silverman, associate professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center. There are several therapies that can raise HDL. Although there is some evidence that statins can raise...

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Holidays can be a rough time for seniors

...schedules can help people feel better and more connected, says Karen Steinberg, a psychologist at the University of Connecticut Health Center. "Denying, covering up or ignoring your feelings just adds to the strain," says Steinberg. "Instead...

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It takes constant vigilance to poison-proof a home

...appealing to their offspring. Rosum and his intern, Nancy Crudele, of the pharmacy department at the University of Connecticut Health Center, came up with a list of potentially confusing prescription and nonprescription items. It includes gums...

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Carbon monoxide now a suspect in brain, heart woes

...problem than anyone has any concept of at present,'' said Mary A. McCormick, a pharmacologist at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Hartford and director of the Connecticut Poison Control Center. Lloyd Ceccato certainly had no idea...

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Tooth much of a good thing?

...of enamel and the weakening of bone and tooth structure. David Pendrys, an oral epidemiologist at the University of Connecticut Health Center, found that brushing habits or excessive fluoride supplementation in early childhood seemed related to...

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When grief hits at holiday time, it's best to focus on the simple joys

...happen, says Julian Ford, a clinical psychologist on the faculty of the department of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. "Look at your holiday expectations in a realistic manner. Otherwise, you simply set...

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Steps to take to avoid unnecessary foot pain

...aging, which it isn't," says Douglas A. Albreski, director of Podiatric Dermatology services at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. "Often, foot conditions can be successfully treated and pain can be eliminated." Foot...

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Tooth decay vaccines are developing

For much of the first half of the 20th century, Boston children could shell out a nickel and get their teeth cared for at the Forsyth Institute, a charitable institution in the Fens section of the city.

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Research shows promise in repairing MS damage

...to figure out how to rebuild myelin once it is stripped away. Others, including Joel Pachter at the University of Connecticut Health Center and Dr. Joseph A. Madri at Yale, are trying to learn how and why overzealous immune cells launch attacks...

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THE HOLIDAY MOOD

...forget," said psychologist Julian Ford, associate professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. Survivors of those murdered on Sept. 11 are facing the bleakest holidays, he said...

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