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Why People Skip the Medication They’re Supposed to Take

By on Monday, August 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Up to one-third of patients fail to fill their pre­scrip­tions and about three-quarters fall short of tak­ing their med­ica­tion as directed. Why? And what should policy-makers do about it?

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Health Problems from Pollution and How You Can Stop Them

By on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Burn­ing coal to make elec­tric­ity places a huge health bur­den on the Amer­i­can pub­lic. But today you have a choice — learn how to switch to 100% renew­able energy.

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Douse the Flames of Inflammation

By on Friday, April 29th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Our ances­tors from the Stone Age sur­vived because their phys­i­ol­ogy evolved to match the envi­ron­ment that existed back then. But the typ­i­cal diet and lifestyle of today — far dif­fer­ent from those of Pale­olithic times — puts you at risk for chronic degen­er­a­tive conditions.

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Restore Lean Muscle

By on Sunday, March 6th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Chronic pain and chronic ill­ness drain your body of its strength. Not only do you feel weaker, you actu­ally lose mus­cle bulk. And the longer the prob­lem goes on, the more mus­cle mass you lose.

But wait, it gets worse…

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Effects of Sedentary Lifestyle — They’re Even Worse Than You Think

By on Monday, January 17th, 2011 | 1 Comment

The more we learn, the more it seems that a large por­tion of the health prob­lems of mod­ern life are caused by the fact that we sit too much. Read­ing this arti­cle will def­i­nitely moti­vate you to get of your derriere.

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Yet Another Way to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

By on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Noise is a seri­ous pub­lic health issue. This arti­cle reveals infor­ma­tion about the role of noise in the gen­e­sis of heart disease.

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Break the Link Between Periodontal Disease and Heart Disease

By on Friday, October 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Even den­tists have been sur­prised over the past few years as researchers have dis­cov­ered the pow­er­ful link between den­tal hygiene and heart disease.

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Cut Your Heart Health Risk 50–70% — Or More

By on Monday, October 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment

You don’t have to be a health nut to be healthy. On the other hand, you’re nuts if you can’t find time to exer­cise — it has a marked effect on your car­dio­vas­cu­lar risk.

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Get Fit in 45 Seconds

By on Monday, September 27th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Want to cut your exer­cise time short but get improved results? There’s a grow­ing con­sen­sus that high inten­sity inter­val train­ing (HIIT) is effec­tive for build­ing strength and pro­tect­ing your heart.

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