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6 Ways to Eat Healthy and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Cut back on animal foods--such as meats and cheese--and shift to more organic, locally grown plant foods, including beans, vegetables and grains, to slash...
Finding Long-term Care for a Loved One
Making the decision to move a loved one who has dementia into an assisted-living facility or nursing home is never easy. Not only can...
Why Mosquitoes Are Attracted to Us and How to Naturally Repel...
Nothing screams summer more than family BBQ’s beneath the hot July moon and the feeling of lush green grass on your bare feet. As...
26 Flowers That Are Safe to Eat
Edible flowers are back in vogue, gracing the covers of glossy food magazines and adding panache to restaurant entrees. Today's flower cookery revival is...
Parenting Advice From Kangaroos?
As many as 450,000 lives could be saved each year by taking a cue from marsupials. If parents of premature babies in poor countries...
The Power of Fear and Cancer Screenings
Cancer is a scary illness. It is one of the illnesses that people most fear, even though heart disease and diabetes are far more...
Rise in Synthetic Marijuana Use Among Teens Poses Huge Health Risks
Synthetic marijuana continues to be a problem with adolescents. In March, 2011, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrationtook emergency action to control five chemicals used to...
Harvard Health Question: What Happens When You Faint?
Fainting, the temporary loss of consciousness that doctors call syncope (SINK-uh-pee), can be embarrassing, scary, and dangerous. It's also quite common -- an estimated...
Meditation and Yoga Can Have Positive Effects on Breast Cancer Patients
Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered that a specific type of meditation training helps with breast cancer survival outcomes. Breast cancer is...
Drug-free Therapy Can Help Addicts ‘Forget’ Addiction
As anyone who's tried to quit smoking will know, it can be tough to abstain when you see or smell a cigarette. Exposing people...
