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December 28, 2007 - "The payoff for fit kids " [read tip]
December 27, 2007 - "Shoes and knees" [read tip]
December 26, 2007 - "Good stuff about the kids " [read tip]
December 25, 2007 - "Moving with the holiday spirit" [read tip]
December 24, 2007 - "Drinking sugar" [read tip]
December 21, 2007 - "Walking it off with a pedometer" [read tip]
December 20, 2007 - "Cutting the odds" [read tip]
December 19, 2007 - "Seniors paying attention" [read tip]
December 18, 2007 - "Weighing on your blood vessels" [read tip]
December 17, 2007 - "Women’s drinking; children’s problems" [read tip]
December 14, 2007 - "Fear of fat " [read tip]
December 13, 2007 - "Healthy living and babies" [read tip]
December 12, 2007 - "Move more, eat better" [read tip]
December 11, 2007 - "Active kids, good blood pressure" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Steve Blair of the University of South Carolina says
December 10, 2007 - "Growing into heart trouble" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
We Can! (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) -
December 07, 2007 - "Activity and disability" [read tip]
December 06, 2007 - "Fighting a strong bug" [read tip]
December 05, 2007 - "Walking away from the side effects" [read tip]
December 04, 2007 - "Risky cocktails" [read tip]
December 03, 2007 - "Eat right, Baby " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Julie Mennella of the Monell Chemical Senses Center says
November 30, 2007 - "Unequal asthma" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
Asthma (National Library of Medicine) -
November 29, 2007 - "Personal foul!" [read tip]
November 28, 2007 - "Low-fat eating versus ovarian cancer" [read tip]
November 27, 2007 - "Huffing and suicidality" [read tip]
November 26, 2007 - "Working with arthritis" [read tip]
November 23, 2007 - "Weight, sickness and death " [read tip]
November 22, 2007 - "So how’s the family?" [read tip]
November 21, 2007 - "Doing right, not smoking" [read tip]
November 20, 2007 - "Yoga and breast cancer" [read tip]
November 19, 2007 - "On an average day" [read tip]
November 16, 2007 - "Strong as iron" [read tip]
November 15, 2007 - "The parenting mind" [read tip]
November 14, 2007 - "Thinking about exercise" [read tip]
November 13, 2007 - "Healthier kids through immunizations" [read tip]
November 12, 2007 - "Too little sleep, too much weight" [read tip]
November 09, 2007 - "Buckling knees" [read tip]
November 08, 2007 - "Make the kidney connection " [read tip]
November 07, 2007 - "Breastfed baby benefits" [read tip]
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- Researcher Nisha Parikh of Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says:
November 06, 2007 - "The early bounce-back" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Tom Kimball of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center says:
November 05, 2007 - "Breathing and breastfeeding" [read tip]
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- Researcher Hawley Montgomery-Downs of West Virginia University says:
November 02, 2007 - "What kids eat at school" [read tip]
November 01, 2007 - "Men, women, and hearts" [read tip]
October 31, 2007 - "They sense your fear" [read tip]
October 30, 2007 - "Having a plan about a health plan" [read tip]
October 29, 2007 - "Keeping weight off kids" [read tip]
October 26, 2007 - "Growing old with diabetes" [read tip]
October 25, 2007 - "Surviving breast cancer" [read tip]
October 24, 2007 - "Breastfeeding and cavities" [read tip]
October 23, 2007 - "Taking one for the family" [read tip]
October 22, 2007 - "Quit, wherever you are" [read tip]
October 19, 2007 - "What binge drinkers drink" [read tip]
October 18, 2007 - "Millions of doses" [read tip]
October 17, 2007 - "Shrinking cases of breast cancer" [read tip]
October 16, 2007 - "Apples and asthma" [read tip]
October 15, 2007 - "Cleaning your kids’ air" [read tip]
October 12, 2007 - "Not just a craving" [read tip]
October 11, 2007 - "Updates on asthma" [read tip]
October 10, 2007 - "Thinking twice about smokeless" [read tip]
October 09, 2007 - "Too heavy before pregnancy" [read tip]
October 08, 2007 - "Talk with the doc" [read tip]
October 05, 2007 - "Stress stealing years" [read tip]
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Stress (National Library of Medicine) -
October 04, 2007 - "What marks a successful quitter" [read tip]
October 03, 2007 - "Survivors work" [read tip]
October 02, 2007 - "A life of worry" [read tip]
October 01, 2007 - "Teens who start to smoke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Joseph DiFranza of the University of Massachusetts Medical School says
September 28, 2007 - "NSAIDs and colon cancer" [read tip]
September 27, 2007 - "Blocked before the college gate" [read tip]
September 26, 2007 - "Statins and lifestyles" [read tip]
September 25, 2007 - "Encouragement to drink" [read tip]
September 24, 2007 - "Better health and breastfeeding" [read tip]
September 21, 2007 - "Living with a good example" [read tip]
September 20, 2007 - "Check your levels" [read tip]
September 19, 2007 - "The colon cancer survivor diet" [read tip]
September 18, 2007 - "Soy and blood pressure" [read tip]
September 17, 2007 - "Breast cancer and active living" [read tip]
September 14, 2007 - "Drinking mothers, premature babies" [read tip]
September 13, 2007 - "Watch Your Feet" [read tip]
September 12, 2007 - "Trouble with fats" [read tip]
September 11, 2007 - "Look beneath the surface" [read tip]
September 10, 2007 - "Children with high blood pressure?" [read tip]
September 07, 2007 - "Tell your doctor what to do" [read tip]
September 06, 2007 - "Keep your head in the game" [read tip]
September 05, 2007 - "Odds on the flu shot " [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Elizabeth Lewis of Mass General Hospital for Children says
September 04, 2007 - "Moms smoke - babies don’t sleep" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Julie Mennella of the Monell Chemical Senses Center says
September 03, 2007 - "Stay sharp" [read tip]
August 31, 2007 - "Heads up" [read tip]
August 30, 2007 - "What is Healthy Living?" [read tip]
August 29, 2007 - "Babies’ hearing" [read tip]
August 28, 2007 - "When germs get in the food" [read tip]
August 27, 2007 - "Born in the U.S.A." [read tip]
August 24, 2007 - "Men, women, dying and diabetes" [read tip]
August 23, 2007 - "Don’t bring back malaria" [read tip]
August 22, 2007 - "Old but on their feet" [read tip]
August 21, 2007 - "Kids with diabetes " [read tip]
August 20, 2007 - "Pet the bunny? Wash your hands" [read tip]
August 17, 2007 - "Learn the signs" [read tip]
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Autism (National Library of Medicine) -
August 16, 2007 - "The meat-sweet diet" [read tip]
August 15, 2007 - "Girls on ‘roids " [read tip]
August 14, 2007 - "Four healthy habits, and what they get you" [read tip]
August 13, 2007 - "Read the Yellow Book before you turn green" [read tip]
August 10, 2007 - "More weight, more diabetes" [read tip]
August 09, 2007 - "Young and wanting to quit" [read tip]
August 08, 2007 - "Playing with the kids" [read tip]
August 07, 2007 - "Fruits, veggies and breast cancer" [read tip]
August 06, 2007 - "Kids heading for adult problems" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Courtney Gray-McGuire of Case Western Reserve University says
August 03, 2007 - "Whispering stroke" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher George Howard of the University of Alabama, Birmingham says
August 02, 2007 - "Cutting our risk of heart disease" [read tip]
August 01, 2007 - "Heads-up on flu season" [read tip]
July 31, 2007 - "Staying fit and trim" [read tip]
July 30, 2007 - "More whole grain goodness" [read tip]
July 27, 2007 - "No smoking in this home" [read tip]
July 26, 2007 - "Is obesity contagious?" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego says
July 25, 2007 - "Getting it off, keeping it off" [read tip]
July 24, 2007 - "Have a soda" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Dr. Ramachandran Vasan of Boston University School of Medicine says
July 23, 2007 - "Are hair relaxers the cause?" [read tip]
July 20, 2007 - "Summer drinking time" [read tip]
July 19, 2007 - "Clean water" [read tip]
July 18, 2007 - "Weighing in" [read tip]
July 17, 2007 - "Nailed" [read tip]
July 16, 2007 - "Being a player?" [read tip]
July 13, 2007 - "Breastfeeding versus breast cancer" [read tip]
July 12, 2007 - "Women and arthritis" [read tip]
July 11, 2007 - "To use it or not" [read tip]
July 10, 2007 - "Making old genes young again" [read tip]
July 09, 2007 - "Moms’ drugs and kids’ speech" [read tip]
July 06, 2007 - "Does everything cause cancer?" [read tip]
July 05, 2007 - "Guns in the home" [read tip]
July 04, 2007 - "Smoking and wrinkles" [read tip]
July 03, 2007 - "Heavy breathing" [read tip]
July 02, 2007 - "Bad to the bone" [read tip]
June 29, 2007 - "Going swimming?" [read tip]
June 28, 2007 - "Lifestyle and a woman’s heart" [read tip]
June 27, 2007 - "No help for the colon" [read tip]
June 26, 2007 - "A woman’s heart" [read tip]
June 25, 2007 - "Fruit versus cancer" [read tip]
June 22, 2007 - "Done yet?" [read tip]
June 21, 2007 - "Marriage and motherhood" [read tip]
June 20, 2007 - "Diabetes and memory" [read tip]
June 19, 2007 - "Buying what they see" [read tip]
June 15, 2007 - "Sun safety" [read tip]
June 14, 2007 - "Trashing old drugs" [read tip]
June 13, 2007 - "High-fat and breast cancer" [read tip]
June 12, 2007 - "Multivitamins and lung cancer" [read tip]
June 11, 2007 - "Hope to keep it off" [read tip]
June 08, 2007 - "Worried life" [read tip]
June 07, 2007 - "Overweight and injury-prone " [read tip]
June 06, 2007 - "Staph trouble" [read tip]
June 05, 2007 - "Tomatoes" [read tip]
June 04, 2007 - "Whole grain wholesomeness" [read tip]
June 01, 2007 - "Life after breast cancer" [read tip]
May 31, 2007 - "Death by overdose" [read tip]
May 30, 2007 - "Doesn’t take much" [read tip]
May 29, 2007 - "Older folks, vitamin D and active living" [read tip]
May 28, 2007 - "Tai chi versus shingles" [read tip]
May 25, 2007 - "Aspirin and colon cancer" [read tip]
May 24, 2007 - "The handoff" [read tip]
May 23, 2007 - "Doing something about high blood pressure" [read tip]
May 22, 2007 - "Tough teens" [read tip]
May 21, 2007 - "Ever heard of aerobics?" [read tip]
May 18, 2007 - "Magical moose" [read tip]
May 17, 2007 - "Breast cancer, high risk, and black women" [read tip]
May 16, 2007 - "What’s in a name" [read tip]
May 15, 2007 - "Going strong" [read tip]
May 14, 2007 - "Smoking in the movies" [read tip]
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Nicotine (National Institute on Drug Abuse) -
May 11, 2007 - "Who goes home" [read tip]
May 10, 2007 - "Need an antibiotic?" [read tip]
May 09, 2007 - "Fruits, vegetables, exercise? Who, me?" [read tip]
May 08, 2007 - "A video childhood" [read tip]
May 07, 2007 - "Timing eating and fast food" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Cara Ebbeling of Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital Boston says
May 04, 2007 - "Losing the pregnancy weight" [read tip]
May 03, 2007 - "Gut fat" [read tip]
May 02, 2007 - "Twitch on" [read tip]
May 01, 2007 - "Rabies" [read tip]
April 30, 2007 - "Huffing" [read tip]
April 27, 2007 - "Violence and older women" [read tip]
April 26, 2007 - "Cutting the odds of cancer" [read tip]
April 25, 2007 - "Coping with tragedy" [read tip]
April 24, 2007 - "Good habits and healthy blood pressure" [read tip]
April 23, 2007 - "Walking Works" [read tip]
April 20, 2007 - "Stressed families, feverish kids" [read tip]
April 19, 2007 - "More smoke, more cancer" [read tip]
April 18, 2007 - "Early weight, early puberty" [read tip]
April 17, 2007 - "What heavy smokers breathe" [read tip]
April 16, 2007 - "The skinny on diet pills" [read tip]
April 13, 2007 - "Learning from their parents" [read tip]
April 12, 2007 - "What to watch for in a woman's heart" [read tip]
April 11, 2007 - "Do you tell the doctor what you take?" [read tip]
April 10, 2007 - "Tobacco, race and kids" [read tip]
April 09, 2007 - "Life in black and white" [read tip]
April 06, 2007 - "Half the students" [read tip]
April 05, 2007 - "Sleepless in America" [read tip]
April 04, 2007 - "Hard-working back" [read tip]
April 03, 2007 - "The vaccine and HPV" [read tip]
April 02, 2007 - "The prostate and losing weight" [read tip]
March 30, 2007 - "Did the exercise do it?" [read tip]
March 29, 2007 - "Tai chi and good nerves" [read tip]
March 28, 2007 - "Low carbs " [read tip]
March 26, 2007 - "Older and fatter" [read tip]
March 23, 2007 - "Getting teens to quit" [read tip]
March 23, 2007 - "HIV and Native Americans" [read tip]
March 22, 2007 - "The stages of grief" [read tip]
March 21, 2007 - "Skipping and snacking" [read tip]
March 20, 2007 - "Fruits and veggies – more matters" [read tip]
March 19, 2007 - "Breast cancer and a good workout" [read tip]
March 16, 2007 - "Out in the park" [read tip]
March 15, 2007 - "Questions are the answers" [read tip]
March 14, 2007 - "Healthy as the Healthier Feds" [read tip]
March 13, 2007 - "Exercise versus breast cancer" [read tip]
March 12, 2007 - "Still too many" [read tip]
March 09, 2007 - "Should the baby get cold medicine?" [read tip]
March 08, 2007 - "The heart and a bowl of cereal" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Luc Djoussé of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital says
March 07, 2007 - "A Call to Action on underage drinking" [read tip]
March 06, 2007 - "Kids, weight and TV" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Sonia Miller of Harvard Medical School says
March 05, 2007 - "Teens, working, hours, and safety" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Carol Runyan of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill says
March 02, 2007 - "Light reading" [read tip]
March 01, 2007 - "Teens, fruits and vegetables" [read tip]
February 28, 2007 - "Working down the risk " [read tip]
February 27, 2007 - "Folic acid works" [read tip]
February 26, 2007 - "Listen to Donkey" [read tip]
February 23, 2007 - "Bigger older brains" [read tip]
February 22, 2007 - "Loving care" [read tip]
February 21, 2007 - "Deadly drugs" [read tip]
February 20, 2007 - "More help from folic acid" [read tip]
February 19, 2007 - "Sprawled out" [read tip]
February 16, 2007 - "Finding a balance" [read tip]
February 15, 2007 - "Kids swallowing magnets" [read tip]
February 14, 2007 - "A drink or two" [read tip]
February 13, 2007 - "Losing weight, keeping bone" [read tip]
February 09, 2007 - "Keeping up with Steve " [read tip]
February 08, 2007 - "Take stroke seriously" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Virginia Howard of the University of Alabama-Birmingham says
February 07, 2007 - "Church air" [read tip]
February 06, 2007 - "Looking harder for breast cancer" [read tip]
February 05, 2007 - "Parents' fights" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Researcher Janice Probst of the University of South Carolina says
February 02, 2007 - "Hep B" [read tip]
February 01, 2007 - "Working it off" [read tip]
January 31, 2007 - "Growing toward trouble" [read tip]
January 30, 2007 - "Lead hurts" [read tip]
January 29, 2007 - "Cold comfort for hot flashes" [read tip]
January 26, 2007 - "Mind games" [read tip]
January 25, 2007 - "Weighted odds" [read tip]
January 24, 2007 - "What a difference" [read tip]
January 23, 2007 - "Low fat and breast cancer" [read tip]
January 22, 2007 - "Do what the feds do" [read tip]
January 19, 2007 - "Happy and healthy" [read tip]
January 18, 2007 - "Weight on the knees" [read tip]
January 17, 2007 - "Taking the test" [read tip]
January 16, 2007 - "Smoking, genes and cleft palate" [read tip]
January 15, 2007 - "Radon: Can you tell it's there?" [read tip]
January 12, 2007 - "Keeping going" [read tip]
January 11, 2007 - "Diabetes and getting glasses" [read tip]
January 10, 2007 - "Sleeping easier" [read tip]
January 09, 2007 - "Safer in many ways" [read tip]
January 08, 2007 - "Smoke-free around the nation" [read tip]
January 05, 2007 - "Scared to be active" [read tip]
January 04, 2007 - "Weight and the prostate" [read tip]
January 03, 2007 - "Eyes and exercise" [read tip]
January 02, 2007 - "Drinking, bingeing, and more teen trouble" [read tip]
- Take the Next Step:
- Dr. Jacqueline Miller of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
January 01, 2007 - "Left in the medicine chest" [read tip]
Last revised: January 18, 2009 |