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To Grasp What Conflicting Health Studies Mean to You, Master Key Science Terms

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2013 | Los Angeles
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Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

In the imperfect communication that translates scientific findings into public pronouncements, a thin thread of an association can come off as a headline that touts a sure-fire way to prevent cancer. But associations and correlations are not definitive proof of causation.

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Eggs As Bad As Smoking? Vitamins Linked To Mortality? 2012’s Most Confusing Studies, Explained

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 02.03.2013 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

The abundance of nutritional research available certainly gives us food for thought when making decisions regarding diet and nutritional supplementation. It can also lead to confusion due to misleading headlines and questionable interpretations of studies.

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The Best Health News Ever

Posted 10.11.2012 | Healthy Living
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Between foods that are making us fat, the behaviors that are slowly killing us, the outbreaks and recalls and epidemics we can't escape, it can someti...

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Get Out Of Bed At Your Own Risk!

Karin Kasdin | Posted 07.31.2012 | Fifty
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Karin Kasdin

Being a cancerphobe is a full-time job and very stressful. And by God, we all know what stress can do to almost every system in our bodies. It can cause cancer and should be avoided at all costs, along with calcium and Prolia and Fosamax and keratin and pesticide and lead and skinny jeans and high heels and nonorganic produce and sunshine and whatever else one comes in contact with after breakfast.

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Being bored Bad For Health

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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LONDON — Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say t...

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Sitting Kills! Experts Say Too Much Sitting Could be deadly

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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LONDON — Here's a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods &nd...

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Coffee, Tea Health Benefits: Curb Diabetes Risk With Daily Drink

Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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A daily dose of coffee, decaf or tea can reduce the risk of getting Type 2 diabetes by 25 to 35 percent, according to a new study published in the Arc...

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