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Fitness & Well-Being

Fitness & Well-Being

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Take charge of your health with tips about exercise, diet and overall environmental health.

  • Olive oil and nuts make you smarter, study finds

    Tue, May 21, 2013 4:57 PM by Melissa Breyer

    A Mediterranean diet with a boost of fat proves to be good for cognitive ability, say researchers in Spain.

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  • How to ease children's anxiety after a disaster

    Tue, May 21, 2013 12:00 PM by Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily

    Children can grow anxious after natural disasters like the tornado in Oklahoma, but there are steps you can take to help them through it.

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  • New psychiatric manual stirs controversy

    Mon, May 20, 2013 10:51 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    The DSM-5 is expanding the boundaries of psychiatry to encompass many whom some describe as the 'worried well.'

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  • Kava plant may treat anxiety

    Mon, May 20, 2013 9:50 AM by Bahar Gholipour, LiveScience

    The active chemicals in kava have medicinal potential, with lower risks of side effects and addiction than other treatments.

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  • Do e-cigarettes help smokers quit?

    Mon, May 20, 2013 9:50 AM by Bahar Gholipour, LiveScience

    E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that deliver vaporized nicotine, but they don't contain tobacco or don't produce smoke.

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  • Aimee Copeland gets bionic hands

    Mon, May 20, 2013 9:40 AM

    Video: Touch Bionics donated prosthetics to a Georgia woman, 25, who lost her hands to flesh-eating bacteria.

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  • What's the buzz on bee pollen?

    Fri, May 17, 2013 2:18 PM by Jennifer Nelson

    Bee pollen is said to have numerous health benefits. Here's the lowdown on this versatile bee byproduct.

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  • 'Star Trek' actress went on spinach diet for latest role

    Fri, May 17, 2013 11:19 AM by Michael d'Estries

    Alice Eve says she ate almost nothing but the vegetable for five months.

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  • Early bird or late riser? Blame it on your chronotype

    Thu, May 16, 2013 1:15 PM by Starre Vartan

    The number of hours of sleep we need and the time of day we sleep best varies — and the differences are natural.

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  • Poop prevalent in public swimming pools

    Thu, May 16, 2013 12:10 PM by Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily

    The CDC recommends that all swimmers shower well before taking a dip in a swimming pool (and maybe after as well.)

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  • Killer bacteria: Superbugs, prepare to die!

    Thu, May 16, 2013 11:17 AM by Charles Choi, LiveScience

    These predatory bacteria only attack certain kinds of microbes, not human cells, so they could be safely used as a medical treatment.

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  • Immunotherapy targets cancer cells with remarkable results

    Thu, May 16, 2013 10:19 AM

    Video: Cancer cells typically put up a chemical shield to protect against the body’s disease-fighting T cells. But immunotherapy can break down the shield and let the T cells get to work.

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  • Skin cancer linked with lower Alzheimer's risk

    Wed, May 15, 2013 4:50 PM by Catherine Winters, MyHealthNewsDaily

    Study participants who had been diagnosed with either basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer were nearly 80 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's.

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  • Bird flu vaccine: How will we know it works?

    Wed, May 15, 2013 2:31 PM by Rachael Rettner, LiveScience

    Researchers will test the vaccine's effectiveness by taking blood from vaccinated people, and checking to see if antibodies in their blood can neutralize the virus.

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  • Angelina Jolie may have ovaries removed in preemptive cancer fight

    Wed, May 15, 2013 12:13 PM by Michael d'Estries

    People magazine reports the actress, who yesterday revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy, may next pursue removal of both her ovaries to further reduce her cancer risk.

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