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Ever wonder how many calories are lurking in your favorite fast food or chain restaurant meal? Restaurant chains now have to prominently display the calories in standard menu items. The FDA is fine-tuning the rules for other nutritional information.
 

 
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Let’s be honest: Many of us — OK, most of us — weren’t exactly paragons of health in our youth. And we can’t help wondering: Will those margaritas, junk-food binges, forgotten condoms, or even that one bong hit eventually come back to haunt us?
 
“I cringe when I think of the abuse I heaped on my [...]

Consumer Reports unleashes the “Dirty Dozen” of supplements. The article lacks some details, but just know this… The supplements mentioned have never been proven to decrease body fat in human beings. Most studies that have been done on them (I’ve read them) are usually anecdotal and very small scale studies. Some of them have been [...]

Why should older adults lift weights? There is nothing great about growing older. However, there are those out there who handle it better than others. Of course, those who engage in a regular fitness program are among those who age the best. Just ask Jack Lalanne.
 
Understandably, you may not want [...]

It’s a cliché that we’re living in the too much Information Age, and if you Google anything related to health, it’s plain to see why. Plug in “breast cancer screening” and you’ll get 7.39 million results, including guidelines from the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, the Centers [...]

You might have noticed a new commercial to lighten the tarnished image of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). If you’re not familiar with it, let me give you the gist of the commercial.
 
Two women are at a party. One of them is pouring what looks to be some sort of fruit punch into [...]

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – One in eight women get breast cancer. 29-year old Mary Geneva Brackett, who lives in Charlotte, is just one of them.
 
We first met Mary Geneva during The Charlotte 2009 Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure. She had everything going for her: young, beautiful and a great job [...]

One of the most popular pain/anti-inflammatory drugs, ibuprofen (found in over-counter drugs Advil and Motrin), is under fire again with the latest study out of Denmark. According to the study, “There was a nearly threefold increase in the number of deaths from gastrointestinal bleeding within 1 year of ibuprofen prescription.” Among those who [...]

You’ve might have tried everything from taking caffeine out of your diet, to taking the television out of your room. Still, nothing works for you. You might have even tried sleeping pills, but that hardly seems like a long-term solution. However, maybe there is something you have thought about, but still haven’t tried. You know [...]