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As Workouts Intensify, a Harmful Side Effect Grows More Common
- Health & Healing
- July 19, 2017
“I would never discourage exercise, ever. Spin class is great exercise. But it’s not an activity where you start off at full speed. And it’s important for the public to realize this and for trainers to realize this.”
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‘Healthy’ foods have most of us confused, survey finds
- Health & Healing
- June 12, 2017
“Dietary factors were estimated to be associated with a substantial portion of deaths from heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.”
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Food for thought: Your diet and cancer
- Health & Healing
- March 23, 2017
“So the relationship of food to health is massive. I didn’t get it.” That’s what chef Eric Levin told CBS correspondent Martha Teichner. It took five times facing cancer before he came to what he called this “Eureka” realization.
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Good for You Cranberry Sauce: No White Sugar Added
- Health & Healing
- November 23, 2016
An easy Good for You cranberry sauce, no white sugar added! It’s healthy and tasty too!
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Stopped flossing? Teeth still vital to overall health
- Headlines & Highlights, Health & Healing
- August 3, 2016
“I’m a periodontist so I deal with gum disease every day, and there are lots of studies showing that plaque building up between the teeth does cause gum disease.”
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Prince, opioids and the rest of us: America needs a massive public education campaign to help people hooked on Percocet and related drugs
- Health & Healing
- May 11, 2016
Have you ever been prescribed a painkiller? Did the doctor tell you that opioids like Persoset, Vicatin and Fentanyl, while effective in the short term, can become highly addictive? Did you think that it couldn’t happen to you?
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Newlyweds become medical researchers to find cure for wife’s disease
- Health & Healing
- April 5, 2016
Sonia Vallabj and Eric Minikel fell in love and married expecting to live happily ever after. But 5 years ago, she was diagnosed with genetic prion disease, which leads to a decline in memory that only worsens over time. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, this husband and wife decided they couldn’t afford to sit back and wait for others to come up with a cure; they had to be part of the process.
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New findings could lead to early pancreatic cancer test
- Health & Healing
- September 2, 2015
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease. Usually by the time it’s diagnosed, it’s already reached an advanced stage. But now British researchers have announced that they’ve discovered several bio-markers that could lead to early detection.
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Healthful eating is smart way to sustain brain power, study finds
- Health & Healing
- July 14, 2015
Do you want to keep your brain functioning well and reduce your chance of cognitive decline as you get older? It’s smart to eat healthy. That’s the finding of a new study in the journal Neurology.
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Yankees’ Pinstripes May Be Slimming, but a Nutritionist Helps
- Health & Healing
- May 4, 2015
What did NY Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman do to improve the athletic performance and health of his players? And why have teams like the LA Angels and Boston Red Sox done something similar?
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How Flavor Drives Nutrition
- Health & Healing
- April 16, 2015
Have you ever bit into a tomato just picked from the garden that was red, ripe, juicy and bursting with flavor? Can you remember eating a slice of tomato in a pre-packaged sandwich that was pinkish and plastic looking and devoid of flavor and taste?
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Experimental cancer therapy extends woman’s life by 9 years
- Health & Healing
- March 16, 2015
The treatment may be experimental, but for one grateful woman its been a lifesaver. Sandy Hillburn was told she had only months to live after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. That was 9 years ago, and remarkably she’s still alive.
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Study links common food additives to Crohn’s disease
- Health & Healing
- March 12, 2015
The next time you purchase packaged bread, processed foods, ice cream, candy, cream cheese, salad dressing, mayonnaise or margarine, take a look at the ingredients on the label. These products may contain emulsifiers like polysorbate 80 or carboxymethyl cellulose, which are added not only to extend their shelf life, but to improve the texture.
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Our Amazingly Plastic Brains
- Health & Healing
- February 10, 2015
If one day there was a drug on the market that could decrease your chance of developing dementia by 60%, would you consider taking it? But there is something we can all do right now, which is one of the interesting points made by Dr. Norman Doidge, author of The Brain’s Way of Healing.
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How much sleep do you need? An expert panel releases its recommendations.
- Health & Healing
- February 10, 2015
Are you getting enough sleep? Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers insufficient sleep a public health epidemic? For this reason, The National Sleep Foundation recently updated its recommendations on how many hours of shut-eye each age group needs.
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