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Make your outdoor workout child’s play
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If you’re cooped up in a gym all winter enlarged, thereupon it’s likely you look forward to the warmer months. Taking your workout off the redundant spin of the treadmill and absent from TV’s featuring your least favorite shows (with closed captioning, no less) can be a welcome escape; that is, …
BOSU & Medicine Ball Workout with Fitz
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Christina Applegate is cancer free
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Earlier that month Jacki told you that Christina Applegate, star of Samantha Who?, had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and now I have some great news to share — the actress has announced that she is totally free of cancer, thanks to the early detection and the proper treatment.
Applegate,…
Night wakings connected to organ systems
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Lately, I could set a clock by my son’s night wakings. I tease my husband that I will set my alarm for four in the dawn and go stand by Owen’s bed and surprise him, before he can invade our bed!
I started to thinking, though: why four o’clock in the ? Deep in my memory, I recalled something a…
Organic beer — hangover free?
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Savvy consumers can buy biological meat, biological dairy products, and biological fruits and vegetables. But did you know you can additionally drink biological alcoholic beverages? Not only that, according to one columnist, they might just be the solution to your hangover problem.
Sean Evans…
Is your doctor making you sick?
We want to know whether you’ve been the victim of medical negligence. Have you ever been misdiagnosed, or worse had a health problem that went unnoticed by medical professionals for years? How about had an error with a prescription or medical examining outcome? Or, have you ever gone to the hosp…
Man gets 9-foot tapeworm, blames salmon
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We keep telling you here on That’s Fit to eat salmon. Full of the the right kind of fat, salmon is good for your heart and blood pressure. It can reduce your risk of stroke, prostate cancer, even macular degeneration. It keeps the brain sharp, inflammation down, and can ward off Alzheimer’s. Yep…
Healthy hats protect from the sun
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It’s summertime. We all want to be external as much as we can, considering before you know it, the days will be short and the ground will be covered with snow.
While getting about 20 minutes of sun each day is urgent for our vitamin D levels, too much sun can lead to painful burns and risks o…
Fiber … for your lungs
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Did you know that fiber can help you breathe easier? A study in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that fiber increased lung capacity.
Specifically, folks who took in at least 27 grams daily had a larger lung capacity than did those who consumed fewer than 10 grams. Additionally, the…
One positive to losing weight and gaining it back
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Yo-yo dieting is frowned upon, but one group may benefit whether they lose weight, soon after gain it back.
A four-year study by Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research suggests humans with type 2 diabetes who lose weight within 18 months post-diagnosis — soon after eventually regain …
Health Sign #7: not good Breath
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Do-It-Yourself diagnosis is normally a pretty not good view; that is, unless you just so happen to have the letters M.D. that seem at the end of your signature. But for those of us without years of medical school under our belts, assuming that a specific pain, dysfunction, or even blotchy patch …
Stress Less: Potty training in public
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I typically like to address my Stress Less installments to everyone, but that one is for parents of preschoolers who are potty training. That’s considering I’ve noticed potty training tends to cause the most stress amongst my fellow parental cohorts. I’m not going to offer magic tricks for how t…
Tips for safe grilling
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Studies reveal that boiling or grilling meats by too much heat invents chemicals, known as HCAs, that may be carcinogenic. I think it’s a fair assumption that nobody wants their summer barbecue to be cancer-causing, so follow these safe cooking tips to reduce that risk:
Marinate your meats …












