Bad to the Bone: Acid stoppers appear to have a downside 
Popular heartburn pills taken to block the production of stomach acid seem to increase the risk of hip fractures in older people, according to an analysis of medical records.
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Health Week in Review 
From cloned meat to heartburn drugs, read all about the week that was.
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A twinkle of hope 
Tom Mouat drove home from Childrens Hospital yesterday afternoon to string up another 500 Christmas lights. Christmas might have come and gone, but his holiday lighting display is only getting larger.
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IT’S TIME TO BE A SNORE LOSER 
‘TO sleep, perchance to dream … ” You’ll notice Hamlet makes no mention of snoring. That’s because snoring stinks. And not just for the snorer, either. Snoring is actually the No. 1 medical cause of divorce. According to a National…
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Datebook 
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Esophageal cancer: it s deadly 
STOCKTON SPRINGS When Connie Corrigan tapped out an e-mail message to Gov. John Baldacci last July, the Stockton Springs woman was still so infuriated about her husband s death four months earlier, she said, that I wrote it and just hit send. I didn t even spell-check it.
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