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Menopause: Time To Check Your Heart
The big myth First let’s blow up the biggest myth—you know, the one that says that women don’t get heart attacks. Women do get heart attacks! Heart disease is the leading cause of death... Continue reading »
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Want to Save Two Pounds This Month? Try This!
How often do you arrive at a restaurant starving and wind up stuffing yourself with bread or chips before the meal arrives? If you’re like most people, the answer is all the time. Next time you... Continue reading »
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Seven Unexpected Changes During Pregnancy
There are some things about pregnancy that come as no surprise: Swollen feet that have spread to a full shoe size larger, angry red stretch marks that zig-zag around your hips, belly and breasts and... Continue reading »
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Are Energy Drinks Safe?
Since the 1997 introduction of Red Bull, energy drinks have seen exponential growth, outpacing nearly every other offering in the beverage market. From supermarkets to gas stations to drug stores,... Continue reading »
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These Simple Words Will Improve Your Health
I have a credo—an expression of truth—that hangs on my bedroom wall. It is a poem by an anonymous author, written in wonderful script on an old piece of cloth, its ends glued to two pieces of... Continue reading »
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Can This Evolutionary Feat Help You Lose Weight?
It’s May, and you’d have to be living in a cave not to notice the constant, anxiety-inducing reminders that bathing suit season is upon us. Too often, we all try to look like the skinny... Continue reading »
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A Surprising Cause of Obesity
While overeating, inactivity and genetics are key players in the path to obesity, but there may be a surprising, hidden cause that’s also to blame. (Hint: it’s in your stomach—and it’s not... Continue reading »
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Can You Beat Your Genes?
Among the well-known risk factors for the development of coronary heart disease, there are many that we can change and some that appear beyond our control. Through diet, exercise and good habits, you... Continue reading »
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Happiness Boosts Your Heart Health
‘Fess up, folks—are you part of the glass half empty or the glass half full camp? Here’s good news for card-carrying members of the latter category: A new study by researchers at the Harvard... Continue reading »
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Who Says You Can't Follow Your Dreams?
I think the most important thing in life is to dream. I dream a lot. I think it is the essence of life. Believe that anything is possible. I think it should be totally illegal for someone to say,... Continue reading »
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False-Positive Mammograms May Not Be So False
It’s understandable to breathe a sigh of relief after getting a false-positive on a mammogram—meaning receiving an abnormal result that, after further testing such as a biopsy, no cancer is... Continue reading »
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Do You Need Vitamin D Supplements?
Vitamin D is the “vitamin du jour.” Everybody knows that vitamin D and calcium influence bone health, but in recent years scientists have linked vitamin D to an ever-increasing list of health... Continue reading »
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Can You Trust an Overweight Doctor?
Most of us realize the impact of our friends’ behaviors: smokers tend to hang out with other smokers, exercisers with other exercisers, Yankee fans with other Yankee fans. Like begets like. When... Continue reading »
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Cholesterol Control: Fact and Fiction
Of all the risk factors for coronary heart disease (blockages in the heart’s arteries that can cause heart attacks), cholesterol receives the most attention. Hundreds of medical studies confirm the... Continue reading »
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Aspirin: The Anti-Aging Pill
Aspirin, the little pill that packs a punch against heart disease and stroke, boasts another health claim: reducing your chances of having a cancer and of dying from a cancer if you get one. Another... Continue reading »
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Is Red Wine Really Good for Your Heart?
This question spurs great conversation at cocktail parties, backyard cookouts and even tailgates. Could it possibly be the truth that red wine (or alcohol in general) adds to heart health? If... Continue reading »
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5 Ways to Save Money on Medicine
Did you know that according to the 2010 report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers, spending for prescription medications was $234.1 billion in 2008? This is... Continue reading »
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The Top Five Health Hazards in Your Home
You probably don’t give much thought to toxins when you sip a glass of cold water, grab a receipt at your local grocery store or enjoy a barbecue on your backyard deck. And yet, in each of these... Continue reading »
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A Holy Plant to Help You Manage Stress
I haven’t mentioned much about the role of medicinal plants in my integrative medical practice, but I use them quite a bit. Frankly, I think botanicals do a much better job with less toxicity than... Continue reading »
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Five Guilt-Free Ways to Indulge Yourself
Spring Fever got you in its grip? Whether the weather has you skipping or slumping, the best remedy is some indulgence. But not necessarily the sugary kind. If you spend a little time on taking... Continue reading »
