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March 13, 2008 12:37 PM EDT -- You turn one way, toss over to the other side, and then try lying on your back. No matter which position you take you just cannot fall asleep! We all have restless nights and unfortunately some have more . . . more
May 08, 2007 10:15 AM EDT -- How much money did you spend on prescription drugs last year? $500? $1,000? So much that you don’t want to think about it? You probably know as well as any health-care analyst that the cost of prescription . . . more
May 08, 2007 10:24 AM EDT -- While your doctor may decide which treatments are best for you, it’s your job to see that you use and store the medications safely. That might be harder than it sounds if you’re juggling multiple . . . more
May 08, 2007 10:32 AM EDT -- Is your medicine cabinet, pill drawer, or kitchen counter overflowing with vials of prescription drugs that you started but never finished? Join the club. Roughly half of us (probably more) don’t . . . more
June 05, 2007 11:07 AM EDT -- Excess body weight increases your risk for more than 50 different health problems. These health conditions include the nation’s leading causes of death — heart disease, stroke, and certain . . . more
June 05, 2007 11:15 AM EDT -- A well-rounded exercise program has four components: aerobic activity, strength training, flexibility, and balance exercises. Each benefits your body in a different way. Aerobic activity Aerobic activity . . . more
June 11, 2007 05:32 PM EDT -- Depression and diabetes run together often enough that researchers have long wondered if one might cause the other. There’s little doubt that living with a hazardous chronic condition like diabetes . . . more
July 10, 2007 02:17 PM EDT -- Every time you take antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed, but resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. These bacteria might cause an illness at a later time, and antibiotics would be ineffective . . . more
July 13, 2007 03:45 PM EDT -- There’s some evidence that women and men respond differently to anesthetics. A 1999 study led by Duke University researchers found that women tend to wake up from general anesthesia four minutes . . . more
July 30, 2007 04:46 PM EDT -- According to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, only about 40% of people with major depression receive adequate conventional treatment, so it’s important to get a better understanding of . . . more
July 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT -- Depression in bipolar disorder is a condition that lasts longer than mania and causes more suffering and disability. Because the symptoms of bipolar depression often combine despair with agitation and . . . more
August 06, 2007 01:30 PM EDT -- During young adulthood, sleep patterns usually seem stable but in fact are slowly evolving. Between age 20 and age 30, the amount of deep sleep drops by about half, and nighttime awakenings double. By . . . more
August 07, 2007 11:33 AM EDT -- A strict or authoritarian parenting style is strongly linked to a risk of obesity in young children, according to a study published in a 2006 study in the journal Pediatrics. Imagine that! It’s . . . more
August 07, 2007 11:38 AM EDT -- Every doctor can tell you their names — the patients who change their diet, begin exercising, and lose 40, 50, even 100 pounds. Along the way, those patients also lose something else: medical problems . . . more
February 05, 2008 05:37 PM EST -- Remember when it was so simple? Take two aspirin, call the doctor in the morning. Now we've got a staggering number of pain relievers to choose from. Picking the right one is enough to give you a . . . more
March 04, 2008 05:02 PM EST -- You cannot control some risk factors for breast cancer. For example, you can't change your sex, age, or family history. But there are lifestyle changes that can help reduce your risk of breast cancer, . . . more
July 03, 2007 10:32 AM EDT -- Nutritionists are often asked, "Which is better: tap water or bottled water?" Surprisingly, very little objective, credible research exists to answer this question. This means that deciding which . . . more
February 21, 2008 12:01 PM EST -- New Year's resolutions often serve as great motivators to get us to the gym, but what motivates you after the champagne and party hats are gone? How do you find the motivation to make it to the gym? . . . more
February 28, 2008 11:33 AM EST -- For those who don't live in the sunshine states, the winter can seem endless. For people touched by seasonal affective disorder, the depression that accompanies the cold weather and lack of light . . . more
May 15, 2007 10:18 AM EDT -- Symptoms we call “menopausal” often precede menopause by years. Many women experience an array of symptoms as their hormones shift during the months or years leading up to menopause — . . . more
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