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Health Matters

Your Health Matters is an online health resource that compliments the weekly on-air Your Health Matters live news segment, Tuesday's at 8:00 am on FOX45 Morning News. Physicians from the University of Maryland Medical Center, Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, and Maryland General Hospital will offer healthy living and disease prevention tips to help our community live healthier more productive lives.

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TOP HEALTH HEADLINES

Low-Sodium Diet For Men
While your body needs sodium, too much is a bad thing. Here's why.



Sperm-Donors' Kids Seek More Rights, Respect
Katrina Clark and Lindsay Greenawalt have much in common. Bright women in their 20s, raised by single mothers, keenly curious about the men whose donated sperm helped give them life.



Gulf Seafood Gets Intense Safety Testing
Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is being put under the microscope like no other kind on the market, with fish, shrimp and other catches ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil — far more reassuring than that sniff test that made all the headlines.



Weight-Loss Procedure Removes Stomach Through Mouth
A California woman had 80 percent of her stomach removed through her mouth using a minimally invasive technique. The operating surgeons say it may be the first time this type of weight-loss surgery has been performed in the U.S.



Study: Teen Sex Doesn't Affect School Performance
There's good news for parents who worry that their teenagers' sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don't have sex.



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