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Eight Foods Loaded With Hidden Salt

Eight Foods Loaded With Hidden Salt

If you closely review all the foods you eat throughout the day, you’ll probably notice that quite a few of them contain salt. All of that salt can quickly add up, and salt-heavy diets can eventually lead to chronic health ...

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Four Hidden Headache Triggers in Your Diet

Four Hidden Headache Triggers in Your Diet

Headaches are like colds, cuts and stomach aches – virtually everyone deals with them occasionally, no matter how well we treat our bodies. Generally, people blame this ailment on things such as loud noise and stress. While this is often ...

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Can Spousal Death Threaten Your Health?

Can Spousal Death Threaten Your Health?

There are fewer things more painful in life than the passing of a loved one. The grieving process can last for months or years, and can make life’s challenges much more difficult. Aside from the emotional fallout, studies have found ...

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Deep Vein Thrombosis: Little Known but Lethal

Deep Vein Thrombosis: Little Known but Lethal

Never heard of deep vein thrombosis (DTV)? You’re hardly alone; a 2002 survey found that 74% of Americans knew little or absolutely nothing about this condition. This obscurity shouldn’t be taken to mean that DTV has a minor impact on ...

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Spotting the Warning Signs of Type 2 Diabetes

Spotting the Warning Signs of Type 2 Diabetes

Much has been written about the growing problem of diabetes in the United States. A quick look at the total number of diabetics reveals the scope of this problem; from 1980 to 2011, the total number of Americans with diabetes ...

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How Safe is Our Produce?

How Safe is Our Produce?

Over the last several years, the issue of chemicals used in food preparation has received a fair amount of media attention. One such chemical that is commonly used by food producers is pesticides, which are applied to a wide range ...

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The Growing Worldwide Threat of Cancer

The Growing Worldwide Threat of Cancer

Despite all of the advances in medicine over the last several decades, scientists have yet to unearth a reliable cure for cancer. Even with billions upon billions of dollars spent on research, cancer still killed more than half a million ...

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Stroke, Heart Attacks and Cold Weather

Stroke, Heart Attacks and Cold Weather

As shown by the large influx of travelers who head south every winter, very few people enjoy cold weather. Frigid temperatures force those living in colder climates to spend most of their time indoors, and to throw on several layers ...

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Microchips: A New Kind of Hearing Aid

Microchips: A New Kind of Hearing Aid

Along with medicinal drugs, medical technology has improved by leaps and bounds over the last several decades. In the past several decades, devices such as MRIs, CT scanners and ultrasound machines have become commonplace in hospitals. Even today, medical science ...

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