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Food Choice Consequences
Huge, new study asks Is eating processed meats associated with heart disease and cancer?... Read more..
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6 Instant Ways to Stress Less and Smile More
You can't completely eliminate stress from your life, but you can learn to deal with it in a healthy way. And since stress is associated with all sorts of negative health effects like high blood pressure and a weakened immune system, taking a few minutes a day to fight stress keeps you not only happy and smiling, but healthy too. ... Read more..
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When it comes to sweets and teeth, our dentist suggests watching what you drink more than what you eat.
I wish I could tell you that cookies, cake, chocolate and other yummy sweets were good for your teeth. ... Read more..
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Trouble Falling Asleep
Eye-opening news about insomnia and a possible link to heart failure.... Read more..
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Life saving Screening
Routine colonoscopies may cut your risk of late stage colon cancer by up to 70 percent, according to new study.... Read more..
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Nervous New Moms
New research shows more than 15 percent of new moms suffer from postpartum anxiety.... Read more..
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Food for Thought
It's National Nutrition Month. Experts share their top tips for eating healthy and staying within calorie limits.... Read more..
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Not So Sweet News About Diabetes
Sugar, carbohydrates or obesity: Which is more strongly linked to increasing diabetes rates? New research may surprise you.... Read more..
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Breast Cancer in the U.S.
Major new analysis finds small, but steady increase in advanced breast cancer in women 25 and 39 years old.... Read more..
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Supplements for Stronger Bones?
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issues its final recommendation on vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures.... Read more..
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SIDS Risk
New study finds link between mother's alcohol use and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.... Read more..
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Viruses and Exercise
When you're battling a bug is it best to rest or will putting those sneakers on help boost your immune system?... Read more..
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Stroke Support
Do anti-oxidant rich foods in your diet help prevent stroke and dementia?... Read more..
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Rating Robotic Surgery
Researchers find substantial increase in robot-assisted hysterectomy. Is there a benefit to patients?... Read more..
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Acupuncture and Allergies
With allergy season around the corner, new research looks at whether acupuncture may help treat some of the miserable symptoms.... Read more..
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TV and Good Behavior
Can watching positive, educational TV programming help kids behave better?... Read more..
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Alcohol and Cancer Connection?
New research finds even moderate alcohol use may increase your risk of dying from certain types of cancer.... Read more..
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Money, Marriage and Your Health
Could the size of your salary affect your health, especially after you walk down the aisle?... Read more..
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Folic Acid and Autism
Taking folic acid early in pregnancy may lower your child's risk of autism, according to new study.... Read more..
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Air Force Vet Overcomes PTSD and Sleep Disorder With Medical Foods
After serving four years in the Army and six in the U.S. Air Force, Christi J. Cook of Harbor Beach, Mich. left the military the same way many service members do -- proud and dutiful, yet struggling with a wrecked body and a civilian life she had never known. ... Read more..