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Review & Giveaway: Smart But Feeling Dumb

Any parent that has a child with dyslexia can appreciate just how frustrating the disease is. While you want to sympathize with the child, sometimes it is difficult to know exactly what is going on...

Obesity Contributes to Some Cancers

Cancer is a tricky disease. We know some causes of some cancers and some risk factors for some cancers, but we don’t know enough to cure most of them. What we can do, however, is take what we...

Hand Washing May Not Prevent H1N1

For the last several months, health officials have told us that frequent hand washing might be one way we can help prevent the H1N1 virus. While everyone from office workers to school children has...

African Americans: Higher Blood Clot Risk

It’s a known fact that African Americans have a higher risk of some illnesses, such as hypertension (high blood pressure) but researchers have discovered that they are also at a higher risk of...

Flavored Cigarettes Now Illegal in U.S.

Although we’d love to see cigarette smoking rates dropping among our youth, certain manufacturers are trying their darndest to get our kids smoking. They deny this, but if it’s not for...

Technology to Make Us Healthier

It seems that all the technology in the world has definitely made us unhealthy. Instead of going to the mailbox we send email. One click, we never get out of our chair. Instead of walking we...

Health E-card

Want to remind someone to take care of their health? How about sending a health e-card. Several different designs and messages are available from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and offer a...

Insurance Companies Reaching Out?

I got a surprising call today from none other than my insurance company. In the past, this has never been good. Our last insurance company used to call repeatedly to find out if we had any other...

Video Tuesday: Diabetes and Foot Care

I know, it seems odd to be told you have diabetes and then get a lecture from your doctor or nurse on the topic of foot care. As odd as it seems though, there’s a very good reason for it. You...

Get More Sleep, Maybe Avoid a Cold

Although being tired and run down doesn’t cause colds, research has backed up the long-time belief that being tired can help reduce your defenses, increasing your risk of developing a cold if...