When the Flu strikes, laughter is often the best medicine. And
right now I could do with a taste of my own. You see, when you're
flat on your back with the flu, like I am, the ceiling becomes a
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In helping overweight and obese men and women achieve weight loss,
can low-cost peer mentoring work as well as or better than more
expensive treatment delivered by health professionals? Yes,
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Can peas replace Prozac pills and apples replace Abilify tablets?
Hippocrates, who believed in the healing power of nature, may have
been on to something when he advised us nearly 25 centuries ago to
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Are you familiar with the term clean eating? The editors of
Clean Eating magazine state that the basic idea is
"consuming food in its most natural state, or as close to it as
possible." Clean
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To eat fat, or not to eat fat: that is the question. If you are
overweight, chances are good that your doctor has advised you to
cut back on fats. One kind of fat, however, needs to remain in your
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On any given day, reading the newspaper can lead one to believe
that the fate of humankind is doomed. With the advent of global
communications, we learn instantly of bad news anywhere on the
planet
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For most of us, hearts, flowers, and candy symbolizes Valentine's
Day, but according to MedlinePlus, it’s also a day when
approximately 2,800 people—parents, aunts, friends, siblings,
uncles,
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If weight loss is your goal in 2012, you'll probably find yourself
eating more fresh salads. Besides being nutritious, salads help us
feel fuller without being dense in calories. Incorporating
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That the earth is flat was an idea whose time came—and went!
Copernicus and Galileo argued otherwise in the 16th and 17th
centuries, and their ideas eventually prevailed. Yet in the 21st
century,
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