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— If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to a healthy level, a study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than...
The fascination with low-carb versus low-fat diet continues; the latest news comes from a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine released today that found that people on both diets lost about the same amount of weight over two years. However, the low-carb group had an edge in raising HDL (good) cholesterol and lowering diastolic blood pressure
For decades, Garry Apelian has seen his annual health care costs go up...
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Seven-year-old Alex Rowe, who has a rare bleeding disorder, soon...
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