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Not Sleeping Beauty: Dealing with Insomnia in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Aging Gracefully, Depression, Sleeplessness, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hormones, Stress, Estrogen, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hrt, Menopause Symptoms, Blood Pressure, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Fifty News

When I was young, I used to envy princesses like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty for their charm and singing voices. When I entered perimenopause, I started to envy them for a different reason.

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Billion Calorie Challenge: The UnDiet Diet

Barbara Dehn | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Cholesterol, Walking, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Heart Disease Prevention, American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Health, Personal Health, Heart Health, Weight Loss, Fitness and Exercise, Cardiovascular Disease, Healthy Living News

If you can walk, you can lose weight and get your heart in better shape. All you need is 30 minutes a day.

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Ask Not What Your Dog Can Do for You...

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Stress, Cholesterol, Wolves, Blood Pressure, Pet Services, Michael Vick, Dogs, Osama Bin Laden, Culture News

It's wonderful what dogs do for us. But the best part might be what they let us do for them. All in all, not a bad deal.

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Chocolate Can Be a Superfood, But Read the Fine Print

Phil Lempert | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Antioxidants, Superfoods, Insulin Resistance, Flavonoid-Rich Cocoa, Chocolate, Cardiovascular Disease, Blood Pressure, Eric Ding PhD, LDL Cholesterol, Orac, Food News

While all chocolate contains flavonoids, it is important to choose dark chocolate with a cacao content upwards of 70 percent.

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Don't Worry, Drink Coffee: American Heart Month, Day 15

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Coffee, Caffeine, Coffee-Drinkers, Harvard Study on Coffee and Depression, Yale Heart Study, Heart Health Month, Harvard, Suzanne O'Malley, Health, Heart Health, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, American Heart Month, Coffee and Heart Health, Personal Health, Heart Month, Women Heart Health, Healthy Living News

Despite 20 years of reassuring research, many people still avoid caffeinated coffee because they worry about its health effects. But research continues to confirm that -- in moderation -- a few cups a day is safe and even beneficial to heart health.

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Are You Healthy....Really?

Erica Smith | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Waist-Size, Bmi, High Blood Pressure, Health, Fitness, Health Post50, Weight Loss, Weight, Blood Pressure, Fifty News

The majority of us have developed a love/hate relationship with our scales. Whether traditional or digital, they all seem to deliver rather disappoint...

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Use Of Stress, Antidepressant Meds Show High Correlation With The Jobless Rate: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Stress, U.S. Economy, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Mental Health, Antidepressants, Unemployment Rate, High Blood Pressure, Health, Great Recession, Health News, Acid Reflux, Blood Pressure, Recession, Heartburn, Business News

The job market is weak, and not looking like it will get substantially better any time soon. And if prescription medication patterns are any indicatio...

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Using Food as Medicine and Our Ally

Julie Chen, M.D. | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, Healthy Living, Anti-Inflammatory, Dash Diet, Hypertension, Personal Health, Food for Medicine, Food as Medicine, Food Is Medicine, Blood Pressure, Natural Health, New Research, Custom-Diet-and-Nutrition, Healthy Living News

The next time you hear your doctor tell you to eat your vegetables and to avoid fatty processed pro-inflammatory foods, just remember that it's not just your doctor who's telling you that... your body is screaming to you for the same thing as well.

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Smart Ways To Stave Off Hypertension

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Hypertension, Video, Preventing Hypertension, Symptoms of Hypertension, Personal Health, High Blood Pressure, Types of High Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure, Treatment for High Blood Pressure, Causes of Hypertension, Healthy Living News

Hypertension may go unnoticed for years, with few if any signs of discomfort -- unlike the cartoon character sending his blood pressure through the roof, steam doesn't come out of your ears, your face doesn't turn red and you don't swell up. Generally speaking, nothing hurts.

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Stuart and Polly: Is There Anything Else We Can Get You?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Yellow Labs, Old Dogs, Cute Dogs, Lassie, Biophilia, Beta-Blockers, F Unny Dogs, Pomeranian, Shih Tzu, Blood Pressure, Dogs, Family, Timmy, Mindful Living News

It's wonderful what dogs do for us. But the best part might be what they let us do for them.

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5 Tips to Help You Forgive -- And Become Healthier

David R. Hamilton, Ph.D. | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Anger, Forgiving, Cardiovascular Health, Blood Pressure, Forgiveness, Letting Go, Forgiveness Benefits, Healthy Living Spirit, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

It's not about letting someone off the hook. Forgiveness is about freeing ourselves so that we can move forwards in our lives and not continue to suffer.

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High Blood Pressure Ups Birth Defect Risk, Study Says

AP | By MARIA CHENG | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Risks During Pregnancy, Blood Pressure in Moms, Pregnancy, Blood Pressure Risks, Blood Pressure, Pregnancy Risks, High Blood Pressure, Parents News

LONDON -- A new study suggests that high blood pressure during early pregnancy is what raises the risk of major birth defects – not the medicine...

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Blood Pressure Just Slightly High? It Could Still Up Stroke Risk

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: High Blood Presure, Prehypertension, Blood Pressure Stroke, Stroke Risk, Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Prehypertension Stroke, Stroke Prevention, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Slightly High Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Video, Healthy Living News

Having blood pressure that is just slightly higher than normal could still spell trouble in terms of stroke risk, according to a comprehensive scienti...

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A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Mutemath Perform and Discuss "Blood Pressure"

Jon Chattman | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Mutemath, Paul Meany, Twilight Soundtrack, Judaism, Christianity, Twilight, American Idol, Blood Pressure, Roy Mitchell-Cardenas, Darren King, Crocs, Mercury Lounge, Alphabet City, New York City, Odd Soul, Hurricane Irene, Entertainment News

Two days before Hurricane Irene, New Orleans rockers Mutemath and I took refuge in the lower depths of the historic rock venue Mercury Lounge in New York City.

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Lack Of Deep Sleep Could Fuel High Blood Pressure

Health.com | Anne Harding | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Deep Sleep High Blood Pressure, Video, Deep Sleep Blood Pressure, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Blood Pressure, Sleep High Blood Pressure, Sleep, Sleep Blood Pressure, Healthy Living News

Missing out on deep sleep can leave you feeling slow-witted and irritable in the morning, but the consequences don't necessarily end there. Over t...

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Eat Up: Breakfasts That Can Lower Blood Pressure (VIDEO)

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Natural Ways to Lower Blood Pressure, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Blood Pressure, Nutrition, Blood Pressure Remedies, Breakfast Lower Blood Pressure, Video, Healthy Living News

The typical poster child for a "complete" breakfast -- bacon, hash browns, eggs and cheese, for instance, or a stack of buttery pancakes -- certainly ...

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A Healthy Dose of Self-Delusion

Sam Sommers | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Self-Delusion, High Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure, Exercise, Health, Psychology, College, Healthy Living News

Research in psychology suggests that we possess a veritable toolbox of self-deception to help us cope with ego-threatening feedback. Well, I visited near every aisle in my mental hardware store.

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Feeling Good? Don't Let A Doctor Overdiagnose You!

Charles Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Schwartz, Gilbert Welch, Wall Street, Prostate, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Medical Costs, Cancer, Blood Pressure, Steven Woloshin, Medicine, Health Care, Mammogram, Dartmouth, Home News

Because the standards have changed, millions have people have gone on medication for life. Shouldn't we applaud this as a wise and cautious policy? Maybe not. As the authors of Overdiagnosed point out, the milder the condition the less benefit you are likely to receive from treatment.

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Finding God And Health In The Experience Of Storytelling

Dori Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Church, Empathy, Personal Narratives, Christianity, Christians, Storytelling, God, Blood Pressure, Testimony, Health Benefits, Religion News

When people are invited into a safe space to tell their own stories, a mystery unfolds that kindles an authentic connection. It feels as if one of Jesus' parables is getting re-enacted before our very eyes.

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Pfizer Withdraws Blood Pressure Drug Over Fatal Liver Damage

AP | MARLEY SEAMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pfizer, Pfizer Recalls, Drug Trials, Fda, Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Drugs, Pfizer Thelin, Thelin Recalled, Business News

NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. said Friday it is pulling its blood pressure drug Thelin off the market and stopping all clinical trials because the drug...

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Human Connections: A Powerful Health Care Strategy

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Interaction, Mental Health, Human Connections, Social Network, Public Health, Behavioral Influences, Health-Related Behaviors, Obesity, Stress, Social Connections, Physical Health, Healthy Relationships, Network Science, Metabolism, Social Connectors, Blood Pressure, Immune Systems, Dr. Braunstein, Los Angeles News

Relationships can be as much of a factor in good health as cholesterol, blood pressure and BMI.

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Weekly Health Tip: Blood Pressure Basics

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: thevisualmd.com, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, Home News

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras, and TheVisualMD.com Every time your heart beats, its power propels blood through your a...

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The Search For the Right Blood Pressure Medicine

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: High Blood Pressure, Causes of High Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Treatment, Medical Bills, Bills, Treatment, Drug Trials, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — It's hard to predict which pills will best lower which patient's high blood pressure, but researchers are hunting ways to better pe...

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Fructose, Blood Pressure Link Found By American Researchers

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Blood Sugar, Fructose Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressure, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Blood Pressure, Fructose High Blood Pressure, Fructose, Sugar, Healthy Living News

Eating a lot of foods and drinks sweetened with fructose significantly raises a person's risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said Thu...

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Domino Drug Therapy for Heart Disease

Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, Heart, Statin Drugs, Blood Pressure, Magnesium, Health, Healthy Living News

Even though the American Medical Association (AMA) says stress-related illness and symptoms account for 60 to 90 percent of doctor visits most symptoms are still treated with drugs.

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