Nov 1st 2016
Naming and knowing about the organs inside our body can be a tough task for those of us who didn't major in pre-med or biology in college. Let's see . . . there's the heart, the abdomen, the liver, th…
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Oct 31st 2016
It's an expression we've heard many times before: Open mouth, insert foot. Unfortunately for some people, every time they open their mouth, it smells like a stinky foot has been there (with sock remov…
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Oct 28th 2016
Psoriasis is one of those fairly common but strange physical conditions most people have heard of but know very little about, other than it presents itself as flaky skin and is a major, irritating nui…
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Oct 28th 2016
Look around you. You're off to a good start, if you can do that easily and without pain. Most likely that means your eyesight is working fine, that your eyes are uninjured and that neither eye is hurt…
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Oct 27th 2016
Look at it this way: as unfun as it is to get that needle stick in an arm muscle, whether it be in a doctor's office, pharmacy or the workplace, it could be worse—you could get the flu itself. A…
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Oct 26th 2016
Hold on a sec and let's get a grip . . . on that barbell or dumbbell. Here's the skinny when it comes to fat and weight training: lifting weights can be a great way to lose weight and change the shape…
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Oct 25th 2016
You don't have to be a sports person to understand that when it comes to taking care of our bodies, germs are on offense, we the people are on defense. This is a daily circumstance, and our immune sys…
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Oct 24th 2016
Soon it will be Halloween, one of the few days of the year (think Valentine's Day and Easter as well) when kids (and us kids at heart) can gorge on candy and other sweets and not worry about what othe…
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Oct 21st 2016
Are you sitting down? Not for long after you read this. If you haven't heard about it before, welcome to a relatively new affliction known as sitting disease. No, this is not some anti-exotic name g…
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Oct 20th 2016
What Is It? The scientific name of the plant is Curcuma longa. It's a rhizome producing plant similar to ginger and is very common in Eastern and Indian cuisine. Aside from it's bright yellow-orange…
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Oct 20th 2016
The good news about breast cancer is that in recent years the number of breast cancer-related deaths has been in decline, and the incidence rate in women 50 and over has been dropping as well. But tha…
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Oct 18th 2016
When we think about our lungs, we usually think about two things: what it takes to yell real loud, and how hard we are breathing during and immediately after strenuous activity, such as exercise, lift…
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