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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most women expect hot flashes as a part of the "change of life," but more than half start sweating before menopause has actually begun, according to a survey. The study and others "indicate that women start having hot...

Hazel -- as we'll call her -- knew something was wrong when, in her mid-50s, she started to feel short of breath at the slightest exertion. Over the next few months, she felt increasingly achy, but several medical visits and an X-ray suggested only...

John C. Sullivan of Hagerstown, Md., passed at home with his family after 98 years of life to be in eternity with the Lord on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Edith L. (Skidmore) Sullivan, who passed on Feb. 27, 2012. They...

SEATTLE Don't expect kids to have a lot easier access to pot under Washington state's new law allowing adults to possess an ounce of marijuana. Teens already report that they can score weed pretty easily. Last year, 66 percent of the state's high...

SEATTLE Maybe later, some University of Washington graduates partied at Pioneer Square nightclubs. And maybe some sent out more resumes. But for one sunny afternoon at CenturyLink Field, about 5,000 UW students accepted their diplomas to the cheers and...

ARDMORE, PA. There were moments in Cheng-Tsung Pan's U.S. Open round of 75 Saturday like the double-bogey on 14 or the blown par putt a hole later when another golfer might have wilted, even snapped. But his father raised him to be tougher than that....

ARDMORE, Pa. There were moments in Cheng-Tsung Pan's U.S. Open round of 75 on Saturday such as the double-bogey on 14 or the blown par putt a hole later when another golfer might have wilted, even snapped. But his father raised him to be tougher than...

SEATTLE A type of talk therapy that has helped many American veterans overcome post-traumatic stress disorder can help rape victims in the developing world overcome the shame, depression and fear brought on by sexual assault, according to a study from the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Atlanta Falcons - INSIDE SLANT Falcons first-round draft pick Desmond Trufant completed his graduation work at the University of Washington and participated in OTAs on Tuesday. Trufant, who's expected to land the...

WASHINGTON Hollywood director James Cameron told a Senate panel on Tuesday that federal partnerships in oceanic research are vital to understanding the oceans' role in climate change, trade and education. Cameron's Hollywood appeal he directed "Titanic,"...

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market with a slate of restrictions on its use, and suggested that although evidence of the drug's safety problems may have been overblown,...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. states that require children and teenagers to wear helmets report fewer deaths involving bicycles and cars, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of U.S. bicycle deaths between 1999 and 2010 and...