Powerful Tips for Living the Healthy Life.
| Health Tips - Feb08 |
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Obsessed With Feeling Ugly
For some, a distorted image of themselves is a serious illness At 20, Sarah was shy but lived a normal life. Then, when her marriage broke up a year later, she suddenly became convinced she was hideously ugly. " ...
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Timely Medicine
Could it matter when you take your pills? Yes. Doctors are increasingly using chronotherapy, where medication is coordinated with biological rhythms to treat conditions. The practice stems from research showing that some illness ...
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 | The Diet Saboteurs
It’s easy to let celebrations ruin an eating plan-unless you’re smart to these hidden traps. 1. Eating to the beat An American study found that people who dined while listening to fast music ate ab ...
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 | Are You a Good Patient?
Do you visits make your doctor cringe? Take our quiz to find out if you’re a pleasure or a pain If you worry that your question, concerns and problems are a bother to your doctor, relax. “A good pa ...
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 | A Sudden Change in Vision
A frustrated doctor learns the importance of truly focusing on her patients My fist emotion was irritation. It was Friday afternoon, and I was within an hour of finishing my work for the week. As I was leaving ...
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 | Healing Power of Coffee
Almost any way you pour it, java may help fight heart disease, diabetes - even cancer “If it weren’t for the coffee,” David Letterman once quipped, “I’d have no identifiable ...
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 | Soothe Sore Muscles
You went over board at the gym or on the links yesterday, and today you can barely move. Oops. Any time you exercise a muscle, it stretches. But putting too much strain on it causes tiny tears in the muscle and leads to infl ...
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 | Scared of the Dentist?
Fear keeps about one in four of us away from the dentist. If you're frightened, don't avoid the situation but let your dentist know. Whether it's the noise of the drill, the prodding and scraping or the prospect ...
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