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Terri Cole: WATCH: Need a Fearlessness Boost? Get More Sleep!

2012-05-26T11:11:50Z

This week, I want to explore how sleep and fear are related. Their connection is direct and undeniable, as lack of the prior leads to an increase in the latter.

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Donna Gates: How Eating Probiotic-Rich Can Protect You From Heart Disease

2012-05-24T19:50:49Z

While gut health and heart disease may seem unrelated at first glance, it turns out that the friendly bacteria living in our intestines may offer more benefits to our health than we ever imagined.

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Marisa Moore: Women's Health Week: 7 Simple Tips for Heart Health

2012-05-18T18:30:18Z

While breast cancer gets a lot of attention in the media and is certainly a concern, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States and a leading cause of disability among women. Here are seven simple changes you can make to begin nurturing your heart at any stage of your life.

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WATCH: Hospital Hosts Prom For Sick Kids

2012-05-18T14:16:20Z

After Jeff Kahan lost his son to cancer, the grieving dad decided to bring life to kids battling life-threatening diseases.

He fulfills his mission...

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How To Live Longer And Better

2012-05-15T13:14:57Z

The key to living long and better? Taking advantage of what you can control when it comes to your health, says David B. Agus, M.D., oncologist and aut...

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Linda Novick O'Keefe: How to Address the Obesity Epidemic: Start Young

2012-05-09T20:23:47Z

Access to fresh groceries changed everything for Elijah and his mom. For many families in Los Angeles and other metro areas across the country, things are not as easy -- but they are getting better.

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Marianne Cusato: No, This Is Why We're Fat!

2012-05-09T10:50:23Z

Dismissing community design in fighting obesity is irresponsible. In 30 years, the number of overweight children in the U.S has tripled, and there's a direct correlation between the reduction in walking and biking and increased weight.

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Dr. Andrew Weil: Fat-Free Half-and-Half?

2012-05-07T20:00:20Z

No one's health is improved by swapping out natural saturated or monounsaturated fats for skim milk, sugars or processed grains. So if you encounter misbegotten products such as fat-free half-and-half, do what I do -- leave them on the shelf.

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Peter Hotez, M.D, Ph.D.: For Expectant Mothers, Chagas Disease Is Cause for Concern

2012-05-02T13:09:55Z

For expectant mothers, what makes Chagas disease especially harmful is that it can be passed to their unborn children, causing highly lethal congenital infections. However, few obstetricians are trained to recognize the signs of Chagas disease.

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Kelly Meyer: Teaching Gardens are Sprouting

2012-05-01T15:00:06Z

I draw an invisible circle around my body and say, "the environment starts here." To kids living in inner cities where trees and plants are scarce, personalizing the environment is crucial.

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Jeffrey Levi: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice: Eliminating Health Disparities

2012-04-23T19:55:32Z

All Americans should have the opportunity to lead long, healthy and productive lives. Yet one in two African-American and Hispanic-Latino children born this generation will develop type 2 diabetes as adults. This statistic is unacceptable because it is preventable.

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Team Of Scientists Go To Great Heights For Research

2012-04-20T12:44:10Z

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A team of American scientists and researchers flew to the Mount Everest region on Friday to set up a laboratory at the base of the ...

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Randy Turner: My New Pacemaker: Some Teachers Will Do Anything to Get Out of State Testing

2012-04-17T10:31:35Z

Later today, after my students have completed the second day of MAP testing, my big test will begin. I have faith that my eighth graders and I are going to excel.

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Andrew S. Doctoroff: A Litigator's Decision to Not Sue His Heart Surgeon

2012-04-11T13:20:43Z

Some hospitals embrace the type of constructive conversation in which my surgeon and I engaged, but most do not. Perhaps experiences like mine present an opportunity for the medical community.

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12 Foods That Could Naturally Lower Cholesterol

2012-04-05T08:04:31Z

Cholesterol gets a bad rap. In fact, our bodies need some cholesterol. The waxy substance travels through the blood, helping in the production of some...

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Barbara Dehn: Billion Calorie Challenge: The UnDiet Diet

2012-04-04T11:02:48Z

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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8 Foods With More Salt Than Potato Chips

2012-04-04T08:48:20Z

You probably already know that a diet too high in salt can increase a person's risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and dying from other heart...

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Julie Chen, M.D.: Should We Take a Daily Aspirin or Not?

2012-04-02T10:23:00Z

For decades now, we've heard about taking aspirin daily as a way to prevent heart disease. Some of my patients have even taken it upon themselves to start taking a daily baby aspirin because they think that it is a healthy thing to do.

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Sunil Adam: New Heart for Old Dick

2012-03-28T16:41:19Z

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Kelly Meyer: Video: Gardens That Teach

2012-03-28T10:18:00Z

With a little creativity, vision and willingness to get our hands dirty, we can remake spaces defined by asphalt and dead grass into productive places of beauty.

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Dick Cheney And The History Of The Heart Transplant

2012-03-26T15:40:40Z

Dick Cheney's heart transplant at age 71 has left many wondering if the former Vice President was too old to undergo the procedure.

Often, hospital...

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Cheney Not The Typical Patient For Heart Transplant

2012-03-26T09:36:15Z

By Julie Steenhuysen and Debra Sherman

CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a hear...

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Pat LaMarche: When Will Republicans Get a Heart? And When Will Democrats Get a Stomach?

2012-03-25T20:15:04Z

Alas, the Republicans aren't the only ones needing an organ transplant. The Democrats need the stomach to fight for the American people.

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WATCH: The Single Biggest Health Threat To Women

2012-03-23T08:14:56Z

Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of American women.

That's a statistic that can be surprising, given how much more we hear about a dis...

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Sleep Less, Eat More?

2012-03-14T16:00:19Z

Skimping on sleep may significantly increase the number of calories consumed in a day.

A new study finds that individuals who are sleep deprived m...

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