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Menopause and Hair Loss

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So, you’ve soldiered through the hot flashes and weight gain associated with menopause for months and just when you thought […]

CDC: The Facts About Ebola

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EditorΓÇÖs note: Americans have become increasingly concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in this country … Read More→

Pulling

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He smiles proudly as after years of hard work, he pulls the last coupon out of the loan booklet. The […]

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Ready, Set - Change Your Health Habits!

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We all know how crucial it is to make lifestyle changes to improve our health, but knowing that and actually changing a habit are two very different things. Here, the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, offers an easy-to-follow plan that will help you understand how best to make the move to healthier habits.

Five Lessons I Learned From My Years as an Alzheimer's Caregiver

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Why is life so much clearer in retrospect? With the passage of time, it is easy to look back, see the big picture and think: ΓÇ£If IΓÇÖd only known then, what I know now.ΓÇ¥ I often hear caregivers voice this sentiment. And, as a long-time AlzheimerΓÇÖs caregiver myself (for my mother, father and other relatives ΓÇö now all deceased), I feel the same way. In the rear view mirror, the decisions and choices that I agonized over at the time now either seem so obvious or so trivial. I wish IΓÇÖd not been so caught up in details that were unimportant.

Epidemics and the Global VillageΓÇ¿

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By Bill Miller 
MD The agitating Ebola emergency has captured headlines. There are some who undoubtedly assume that this kind of epidemic is unusual. However, localized epidemic disease has been a part of the biological system of the planet since the origin of life. Pandemics in which the spread of disease can encompass a continent or the world are just as ancient a process. 


Menopause: Trigger for the Boomer GenerationΓÇÖs Encore Career

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Seems like when youΓÇÖre raising kids or climbing the career ladder, itΓÇÖs all about checking off ΓÇÿto doΓÇÖ lists. Constant activity, travel, ballgames and baby-sitters can make your head spin. Suddenly, youΓÇÖre done. The kids leave the nest; your career is winding down, leaving you to wonder, whatΓÇÖs next?

Stay Safe During Lightning

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HereΓÇÖs advice from the Centers for Disease Control to help you protect yourself and your loved ones from lightning during a thunderstorm: The weather forecast calls for a slight chance of thunderstorms, but you can only see a few fluffy white clouds overhead. So you and your tennis partner grab your racquets and balls and head for the tennis court. You spend a few minutes warming up and thenΓÇöwait! Is that thunder you hear? Was that a lightning flash?

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