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Hundreds of thousands of Americans each year are being needlessly rushed into costly, potentially dangerous heart tests and
treatments-particularly angioplasty to open blocked arteries (pages 1, 4, 5).
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UP FRONT
- Editor's note: Bring a friend along on your next visit to the doctor (page 2)
HEALTH WIRE
- Heartburn fix can harm the hips; black cohosh and menopause symptoms; more (pages 2, 3)
NEWS, HEALTHY IDEAS
- Diet pills aren't effective
(page 3)
- Finding a psychologist, more (page 3)
HEALTH-CARE SAVVY
- The bald facts about hair loss (page 7)
SHAPING UP
- How to avoid a pain in the neck
(page 6)
- One-Minute Consult: Walking for your health (page 6)
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SPECIAL REPORT
- Ethnic heritage affects health risks (pages 8, 9)
- Rates of illness among various ethnic groups (page 9)
FOOD SENSE
- Do you want walnuts with that? (page 10)
- Pomegranate for prostate protection (page 10)
OFFICE VISIT
- Minor symptoms, major problems (page 11)
ON YOUR MIND
- Medicine on an empty stomach; the juice on antioxidants; tuning out tinnitus; disjointed fingers (page 12)
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