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Eat Less Sat: 8 Quick Tips
Many Americans tend to eat more than 30 percent of the recommended daily amount of sodium.
Traditional Chinese Medicine 101
Traditional Chinese medicine covers a wide variety of practices meant to improve health and quality of life. But is it safe? Does it work?
Is Your Water Bottle Really BPA-Free?
That reusable BPA-free water bottle may need to take a trip through the dishwasher to actually be free of BPA.
Staying Safe in the Summer Sun
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. What are you doing to protect your skin?
How Dietary Fiber Could Impact Cancer Treatment
The amount of fiber in your diet may influence how effective certain cancer treatments will be.
TV and Your Brain Health
That nightly TV binge might be harming your brain.
Hernias: What You Need to Know
June is National Hernia Awareness Month. Take a few minutes to learn more about hernias.
Youth Increasingly at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
The threat of type 2 diabetes has continued to increase for young people in recent years. But there are ways to avoid this disease.
Get in the Know About Keto
The keto diet is probably one of the most talked about diets. But what is the keto diet, exactly?
Glaucoma: Everything You Need to Know
Around half of the people who have glaucoma do not even know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).