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This is a wonderful time of year to reflect on who we are and where we’re headed. Have a beautiful holiday.

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This report runs counter to conventional wisdom, which for the past generation has held that moderate use of alcohol — the proverbial glass of wine with dinner — is protective against heart disease. According to a new study, this is not true for nonsmokers who eat healthy diets and exercise regularly. Here’s a summary of [...]

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You probably could have figured this out for yourself, but there’s now research confirming that students going to schools less than half a mile from a fast food restaurant are more likely to be obese, which results at least in part from drinking more soda and eating less fruits and vegetables. The research is published in [...]

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This study is preliminary but intriguing. Middle aged people who sleep longer on average are less likely to develop calcium deposits in the arteries that supply their hearts. Sleep duration and quality were measured using a wrist activity monitor and questionnaires assessing daytime sleepiness, overall quality, and self-reported duration. Mean sleep duration was 6.1 hours. [...]

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Cleveland Chiropractic College-Kansas City will host a Health Care Community Discussion on Monday, December 22, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. in the Assembly Hall at the college’s new campus, 10850 Lowell Avenue in Overland Park. President-elect Barack Obama’s Transition Health Policy Team has invited members of the public to share their ideas, experiences and concerns at meetings [...]

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Because fish contain significant levels of mercury from water pollution, the U.S. federal government for many years has recommended that pregnant women and young children limit their consumption of fish for health reasons. These guidelines were jointly endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2004. Now, the two federal [...]

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Hormone replacement therapy (now re-branded as menopausal hormone therapy) seems to be making a comeback after rates of use fell off a cliff following research showing that they don’t prevent heart attacks (heart disease worsens) and they do cause cancer. This study from the groundbreaking Women’s Health Initiative, makes the same case more strongly. One would [...]

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I recently posted an America Online article that ranked the 20 worst restaurant food in the United States. Apparently, ’tis the season for “worst” lists, and The Cancer Project has its list of the 5 worst menu items available in the fast food joints that grace every city, suburb and town in the nation. In [...]

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Nicholas Kristof’s column points out the problems with the Agriculture Department, which sends taxpayer dollars to all the wrong places and harms Americans’ health when it should be helping. One measure of the absurdity of the system: Every year you, the American taxpayer, send me a check for $588 in exchange for me not growing [...]

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It’s actually a “nutritional powerhouse” in disguise. This article is written by Martha Rose Shulman, one of America’s great chefs and food writers.

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