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For Seniors: You Can Beat the Heat

After age 65, your body can't adjust to changes in air temperature -- especially heat -- as quickly as it did when you were younger. That puts you at risk for heat-related illnesses.

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Antibiotics May Boost Risk for Recurrent Ear Infection

Researchers urge more temperate prescribing of amoxicillin in kids


Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning

Reports link Chantix and Zyban to risk of psychiatric side effects, including suicidal thoughts


Celiac Disease Making Inroads in U.S.

'Something has changed,' researcher says, but just what remains unclear


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Donating Blood

Fewer than 5 percent of healthy Americans who could donate blood actually do so each year, according to the American Association of Blood Banks. The average donor is a college-educated white male, between the ages of 30 and 50, who is married and has an above-average income. On average, 38,000 units of red blood cells are needed each day in the United States for trauma victims, heart surgery, organ transplants and patients receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or other diseases.