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Managing Holiday Feasts When You Are Diabetic

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|Date: December 18, 2013
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Managing Holiday Feasts When You Are Diabetic

A healthy diet is not only critical to proper diabetes management, but will also help you stay at a desir ...

A healthy diet is not only critical to proper diabetes management, but will also help you stay at a desirable weight, control your blood pressure, and prevent heart disease and stroke. The arrival of ...

December 18, 2013
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Exercising for Two is as Important as Eating Healthily for Two!

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|Date: November 18, 2013
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Exercising for Two is as Important as Eating Healthily for Two!

Gestational diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels during pregnancy, and preeclampsia, a form of hi ...

Gestational diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels during pregnancy, and preeclampsia, a form of high blood pressure, are two of the most common pregnancy complications. They are both potentiall ...

November 18, 2013
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To Screen or Not to Screen… A Urologist’s POV on PSA Screening

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|Date: October 31, 2013
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To Screen or Not to Screen… A Urologist’s POV on PSA Screening

Editor's Note: Since women make the majority of healthcare decisions for their families, we though ...

Editor's Note: Since women make the majority of healthcare decisions for their families, we thought our GLOW members and blog readers might be interested in this article on Prostrate-Specific A ...

October 31, 2013
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Looking for a New Stress Reliever? Try an Epsom Salt Bath!

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|Date: October 29, 2013
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Looking for a New Stress Reliever? Try an Epsom Salt Bath!

Epsom salt is not actually a salt, but is a natural compound of magnesium and sulfate. Stress can ...

Epsom salt is not actually a salt, but is a natural compound of magnesium and sulfate. Stress can often lead to a reduced level of magnesium in the blood, resulting in the production of adrenal ...

October 29, 2013
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Home Remedies – Do They Really Work?

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|Date: July 16, 2013
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Home Remedies – Do They Really Work?

Do you ever wonder which home remedies actually work? In some cases, such as putting cool cucumber over y ...

Do you ever wonder which home remedies actually work? In some cases, such as putting cool cucumber over your eyes to reduce puffiness, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. But if you're lo ...

July 16, 2013
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Should You Consider Genetic Testing for Breast & Ovarian Cancer?

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|Date: May 23, 2013
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Should You Consider Genetic Testing for Breast & Ovarian Cancer?

The recent news about Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy after hereditary ca ...

The recent news about Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy after hereditary cancer tests revealed an elevated cancer risk have many women (and some men) asking, “Should I ha ...

May 23, 2013
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May is National Stroke Month: Are Young Women at Risk?

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|Date: May 21, 2013
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May is National Stroke Month: Are Young Women at Risk?

Although most strokes occur in people older than 50, about one in 5,000 women ages 15 to 49 suffer ...

Although most strokes occur in people older than 50, about one in 5,000 women ages 15 to 49 suffers a stroke each year, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ...

May 21, 2013
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Don’t Wait Until You Have a Fracture to Learn About Osteoporosis

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|Date: May 01, 2013
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Don’t Wait Until You Have a Fracture to Learn About Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a condition in which our bones become weakened, increasing the risk of fracture, typicall ...

Osteoporosis is a condition in which our bones become weakened, increasing the risk of fracture, typically in the hip or spine. Our bones reach a maximum density when we are about 30 years old, and f ...

May 01, 2013
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Sugary Drinks May Explain 180,000 Deaths Worldwide Each Year

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|Date: March 20, 2013
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Sugary Drinks May Explain 180,000 Deaths Worldwide Each Year

Written by Marlene Busko for Medscape Today News Mar 20, 2013 A large, international epidemiologic ...

Written by Marlene Busko for Medscape Today News Mar 20, 2013 A large, international epidemiologic study reports that slurping back large amounts of sugary beverages was associated with an incr ...

March 20, 2013
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Kidneys – Your Body’s Filtering System

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|Date: March 13, 2013
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Kidneys – Your Body’s Filtering System

Your kidneys are your body's filters. They remove waste and excess fluid from your blood. People w ...

Your kidneys are your body's filters. They remove waste and excess fluid from your blood. People who have high blood pressure and diabetes are at higher risk for kidney disease because of the w ...

March 13, 2013
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