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• 50 Reasons to Get a Headache
  If you tell your doctor you have a problem with headaches and don't give any more information, you're going to get a really distressed look. That's because headaches are a symptom of many hundreds [...]
• Holiday Workout - Part 1
  Holiday Workout - Part 1 Tis the season to eat with reckless abandon. That means you’ve got to get serious about your workout plan and tighten up the slack (literally and figuratively) in your [...]
• 'The Kind Diet': Alicia Silverstone Writes Vegan Book
  When the news hit yesterday that Alicia Silverstone is writing a book about veganism called The Kind Diet, I could not have been more excited. I did not think it was possible for me to be [...]
• Genes Only Slightly Helpful For Predicting Diabetes
  About 11 to 18 genes can help predict a person’s likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, two new studies say. However, those genes don’t add much more to a patient’s diabetes-risk profile [...]
• Study: Fast-food ad ban may cut obesity in kids
  Experts: Nixing commercials may lower number of heavy kids by 18 percent Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much [...]
• Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away
  Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the [...]
• What To Do When A Friend Tries To Commit Suicide
  Mom got a frantic phone call this afternoon. Her friend of about twenty years was calling from the hospital, after a failed suicide attempt. Her friend had been increasingly isolating herself from [...]
• Pay Attention to Wyeth V. Levine In Supreme Court
  An anti-nausea drug called Phenergan, made by Big Pharma giant Wyeth, gave singer and guitarist, pianist and reord-label executive Diana Levine gangrene in her right arm, which then had to be [...]
• America Spends $7000 On Health Care For Each Person
  This is one reason anti-universal healthcare advocates in America point to and say there's no need for universal health care, as the government already spends $7000 per person for health care. [...]
• Obesity among poor children tied to diet
  Findings show some don’t get enough nutrition for proper cell function and metabolism. A study finds that obese children from poor families often don’t eat enough. Researchers have long [...]