Married people healthier on the Net says health study
A National Center for Health Statistics report based on 127,545 adults from 1999 to 2002 finds married adults are generally healthier than other adults with lower rates of fair or poor health. The main caveat notes married people tend to be overweight, with 56.7 percent overweight or obese.
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Charlotte Schoenborn
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Battle of the Bulge remembered by four Eastern Iowans
The Battle of the Bulge began six years ago and stretched into February. It was the largest American land battle in World War II, with 19 000 Americans killed and 60 000 wounded or captured. Eastern Iowa veterans Ray Olinger and Charles Hromidko recall harsh, rainy and snowy conditions.
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University study links brain area to collecting urges
UI researchers scanned 86 patients with focal brain lesions and found those with abnormal collecting behavior had damage in the right frontal cortex. The finding suggests loss of guidance for the collecting urge and parallels in animal behavior.
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the Gazette
Marlene Glandorf
Hiawatha
Steven Anderson
Anderson
Iowa expands flu shot guidelines for broader protection
Iowa announces expanded vaccination access for adults 50 and older and household contacts of high priority groups. Children receiving the vaccine for the first time may get a second dose this year. About 200000 people fall into the new age group, with 475000 doses supplied.
Teens turn to email for Christmas wish lists
Gracyzk and peers email holiday requests with product links as Internet shopping grows among Generation Y. Census data show two thirds of 18 to 24 year olds use the Internet daily, boosting online wish lists and price checks.
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Bree Gracyzk
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Gracyzk
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Kyle Shifflett
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