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Women Have To Work Harder 
Fewer Resources Mean Greater Cancer Risks
Secondhand smoke causes firsthand injury
Good cholesterol offers insurance

It’s not just sodas making us fat
And other fun items…..
Women Have To Work Harder
Remember that old line about Ginger Rogers having to be a better dancer than Fred Astaire because she did everything he did, only […]

Well duh! Guess what the Journal of the American Medical Association found out? If you are overweight and aging you are more likely to have a diminished quality of life! Why? Because your knees are likely to hurt and not work as well. Why? Because obese people over the age […]

You may have seen the headlines, screaming at you from the health section of your local or national newspaper. “Is Fat Contagious”. It’s an eye-catching title, but what really lay behind the banner?
Well, it’s based on a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, that looked at 12,000 people in one community […]

Laughing out loud is good for you! A study from The University of Maryland School of Medicine says that a hearty laugh on a daily basis increases the blood flow by expanding the blood vessels.
Remember Santa? “his belly would shake like a bowl full of jelly.”? Well, Santa might as well have been […]

Every day we hear details of a new study telling us important new information about health. But sometimes you have to wonder what the researchers were thinking, because their findings are, to state the obvious, really obvious.
For example, a Kaiser Family Foundation study found children shouldn’t do their homework with the television on, because it’s […]

One of the hardest things to do is to find what works for you. There is so much advice out there, so many diet books, exercise books, lifestyle books, that sometimes it can be overwhelming. So we thought the best way to help you was to let you hear from people who put aside the […]

Hey! What do you really know about colds and flu?
Well, did you know that colds and flu are caused by viruses. Now while your mother probably didn’t sit you down and say “a virus is a minute particle that lives as a parasite in plants and animals”, she probably did tell you how […]

What if I told you there is a simple activity that can help you lower your blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, increase your alertness, and put you in a better mood. Best of all it doesn’t involve any medication, any special equipment, in fact it doesn’t involve any effort at […]

We’ve all done it. You have your workout clothes all ready, you have finished work for the day and you are supposed to be heading to the gym. But somehow the idea of jumping on the treadmill, taking an aerobics class, or lifting those weights is not nearly as appealing as going home, flopping on […]

Hey! Act your Age! “ What the heck does that mean? Ever wonder how many phrases and words enter our minds and travel to our brains remaining in our subconscious storage tank where they work to make you do, act, or say things that are unconscious?How about these, “Well at my age….” Can you think […]