Health Tips For Kids

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Health Tips For Ramadan 2012 Fasting

Once again Ramadan coincides with the country’s most suffocating season. As temperatures, accompanied by wilting levels of humidity, bob in the high 30s, the very real danger of dehydration confronts the many people who will refrain from drink from sunup to sundown for the duration of the holy month. Midsummer’s 15 hours of daylight leave […]

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Health: Tips For De-stressing

It’s nearly winter break, and it seems that everyone is begging for a relaxing, work-free holiday season. Before we can actually enjoy a nice hiatus, though, finals threaten the necessity for unpleasant endeavors, such as downing bottomless cups of coffee or pulling all-nighters in Kirk lab (something a friend of mine dubbed “klabbing”). Holiday season […]

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Health Tips For Ramadan Fasting In Lebanons Summer Heat

Once again Ramadan coincides with the countrys most suffocating season. As temperatures, accompanied by wilting levels of humidity, bob in the high 30s, the very real danger of dehydration confronts the many people who will refrain from drink from sunup to sundown for the duration of the holy month. Midsummers 15 hours of daylight leave […]

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A Community-based, Members Only, All Female Health Site

    Two twenty-something Ivy League grads were fed up with ill-advised health tips from friends and fruitless Google searches, so they decided to build a digital home for the kind of trustworthy medical advice they couldn’t find. Meghan Muntean and Stacey Borden are co-founders of ChickRx[1], a health information site specifically tailored to chicks. This […]

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Tips For Female Boomers Nearing Retirement

Female boomers broke the mold when it came to working outside the house and establishing successful careers. The first boomer to file for Social Security last year was a woman, and according to a survey by the Urban Institute, between 1975 and 2007, the number of working women ages 25 to 54 increased to 76% […]

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Choose A Healthy Breakfast Cereal

Are the ‘healthy’ cereals really healthy or just misleadingly advertised? STORY HIGHLIGHTS Cereal makers offer ‘healthy’ options, but some are better options than others. Learning to search nutrition labels for misleading information can help you make smarter choices. Whole grain cereals that are low in sugar (and fake sugar!) are your best bets. (Time.com) — […]

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Health Dept. Offers Tips For "bug Safety"

Teen Drowns in Houghton Lake[1] Teen Drowns in Houghton Lake[2] Updated: Thursday, July 5 2012 10:58 AM EDT2012-07-05 14:58:34 GMT An unidentified 16 year old boy drowned in Houghton Lake, today. The drowning happened around 1 PM this afternoon. Crews found the body about 40 minutes after the incident. Stay tuned with 9 and 10 […]

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Health Department Issues Tips For Cutting Risk Of Salmonella Infection From Live Poultry

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Following an announcement Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control[1] is conducting a multi-state investigation into a salmonella[2] outbreak traced to a chicken hatchery in Springfield, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department stresses the following hygiene tips and frequently asked questions. You can reduce the risk of salmonella infection from live poultry by […]

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Health Department Tips

By Linda Girardi For The Courier-News July 2, 2012 8:38PM Tree falls across sidewalk from westerly wind gusts Sunday in the 400 block of South First Street in Geneva. storyidforme: 33018345 tmspicid: 12041908 fileheaderid: 5510685 On the heels of the powerful storms over the weekend that knocked out power to numerous homes, and with the […]

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Diabetes Summer Health Guide: Seven Tips To Avoid Heat-related Illnesses

MINNETONKA, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– This summer, UnitedHealth Groups Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance[1] (DPCA) is reminding the nearly 26 million[2] Americans living with diabetes that they are at higher risk for serious, heat-related illness, and offers tips for enjoying a safe, healthy and fun-filled season. Summer is a great time to head outdoors to the beach, […]

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