3 STAGES OF SUCCESS May 21, 2013 Let’s face it. We all know that more is better! Just look at all the commercials that tell us we ...more EVILS OF SUGAR May 21, 2013 Sugar and other refined carbohydrates are devoid of nutrition. Overconsumption can cause serious health problems, even death!If you were to ...more GRILLED BISON BURGERS May 21, 2013 Credit the revitalizing outdoors or the rustic smell of the grill, it’s no secret that men love to grill! For ...more  |
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If you’re like most guys, you spend much more time thinking about the family jewels than about your prostate gland. You may even think prostate problems are for old guys – and you’re not there just yet, thank you very much. But while many prostate problems do occur in men ...
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The lure of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) is seductive; everyone wants to find that special “something” that gives them the competitive edge. But that minute of glory can come at a huge price. We’ve seen athletes like Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones and Roger Clemens publicly shamed and stripped of their ...
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Dottie Pacharis remembers vividly a time when she feared that her son Scott, who suffered from severe mental illness, might shoot someone. “He had become very paranoid; he asked my husband repeatedly to show him how to shoot a gun so he could protect himself from federal agents he felt ...
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WHEN DO YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE YOUR GYNECOLOGIST? If you’re like many women, you breathed a sigh of relief when major health organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently changed recommendations for frequency of pap tests (a test that checks for changes in cervical cells ...
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Metabolism is a term that gets thrown around by many well-meaning people trying to tell you how to get cut faster by speeding up your fat furnace. Warning: if you mess with the metabolism master, you can severely damage your health – we’re not talking for a couple of weeks, ...
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A recent fungal meningitis outbreak – and a handful of resulting deaths – caused by contaminated steroids used to treat back pain left some 14,000 patients around the country who had been injected with the recalled drug feeling helpless and angry. Is there no end to the health risks that we ...
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If a recent report by consumer watchdog The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) linking caramel coloring in soda to cancer had you dumping your favorite cola down the drain posthaste – you’re not alone. It’s easy nowadays to have a bad case of health news anxiety. After ...
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In today’s unpredictable, unstable – and at times, even dangerous – world, it’s harder than ever for parents to know how to prepare their children to leave the nest. Of all the wisdom you’d like to impart to your teen, what is most important? Here’s what the experts say your ...
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Childhood obesity is and continues to be a national crisis as the rate of obese children has nearly tripled over the last three decades. A study obtained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that one in every three children is obese before the age of five. ...
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Emily Creighton, 42, of Roanoke, Virginia, felt terrified as she awaited the results of her skin biopsy. On a routine physical, her doctor had noticed a suspicious looking mole on her lower back. He performed a punch biopsy and told her that the results would be available in several days. ...
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The energy drink business has grown into a 9 billion dollar industry. Checkout stands are loaded with tiny liquid-filled “energy” bottles. Coffee shops are stationed at every street corner. Everyone is looking for something to wake them up, give them endurance and make them active. What ...
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If you were to pick one area of your body that has the most potential to bring you overall wellness and vitality, it’s doubtful that you’d choose the lowly digestive system, or gut. With all of its rumblings, grumblings, odors and embarrassments, it’s the body system we most often tend ...
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Chances are, you worry less about your bone health than you do about your heart health. After all, when you think about someone with poor bone health, it’s likely you envision an elderly woman with a walker, and that isn’t you – not yet, anyway. But osteoporosis, or a weakening ...
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Cutting-edge therapies are pushing the envelope in sports medicine and offering exciting new ways to rehab, revive and regenerate joints, tendons and ligaments. Twenty-first-century medicine is pushing the frontiers of our imaginations. Doctors are finding new, non-invasive ways to help the body help itself repair. As these therapies become more and ...
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Sally Fraleigh, a former registered nurse living in Maple City, Michigan, prided herself on being independent. At 82, with severe diabetes, disc degeneration and macular degeneration that caused some visual impairment, she was still able to live alone. But she was having increasing trouble seeing the small print on ...
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