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Health Tip – Nov. 19 – High Fructose Corn Syrup: Worse...

If a food is likely to lead to obesity, researchers term it “obesogenic.” So here’s an important question - is high fructose corn syrup...

Health Tip – Oct. 23 – Meditation, Loneliness and Inflammation

Learning to meditate might help ease feelings of loneliness among seniors, and the practice may also reduce inflammation in the body and thus decrease...

Health Tip – Oct. 8 – Egg Yolks and Your Heart

Eating eggs regularly could be almost as bad for your heart as smoking, according to newly published data from the University of Western Ontario...

Health Tip – Oct. 5 – Build Stamina With Stair Climbing

The Empire State Building "run up" happens each winter. Hundreds of competitors race up the 1,576 stairs to the 86th floor; the winner typically...

Health Tip – Sept. 24 – What’s Really Wrong With Fast...

In addition to consuming oversize portions that quickly exceed a prudent calorie intake, eating too much fast food appears to dramatically raise the risk...

Health Tip – Sept. 21 – Sedentary Life as Bad as...

If you’ve been thinking about an exercise program, it’s about time to get off the couch. A new study from Harvard suggests that inactivity...

Health Tip – Sept. 18 – Five Reasons Supplements Are Useful

The daunting variety of vitamins and other supplements on the market today can make choices difficult. Alongside traditional multivitamins and single-nutrient pills (such as...

Health Tip – Aug. 22 – Do Earlobe Creases Indicate...

If you have ever heard that a crease in the earlobes - specifically one that runs diagonally - indicates an increased risk of heart...

Health Tip – Aug. 16 – Obese, But Healthy?

Being obese doesn’t automatically mean you’re destined for cardiovascular disease - although it certainly increases the odds. New research from the UK shows that...

Health Tip – Aug. 14 – More Chocolate, Fewer Heart Attacks

If more people at high risk for cardiac disease ate dark chocolate daily, there might be fewer heart attacks and strokes. That conclusion comes...