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Being a woman isn’t easy. Any woman will tell you that. And with all the things that we deal with as we develop, it’s important to be aware of what we need to do to best care for our bodies…

  Who doesn’t love a sprinkling of cinnamon on fresh apple pie or atop a chai latte?  It’s just one of those spices that tastes fantastic.  But taste is not the only reason to love cinnamon.  Here are 10 health…

When you hear friends or doctors talk about glaucoma, it’s really a collection of conditions with the eye that result in damage to the eye’s optic nerve. Most commonly, it’s caused by an unusually large amount of pressure inside the…

Halloween is that sweet time of year when children can collect and eat as much candy as they want. But with the obesity rate triple what it was a generation ago, and the number of cavities among children increasing for…

Ever experienced blurred vision, odd glares, seeing haloes, and/or real difficulty in low light conditions? You could have cataracts. And cataracts can be a serious thing. First, let's define what a cataract is. It's a clouding of the natural intraocular…

If you are what you eat, then why not be super? Here are five superfoods, loaded with nutritional benefits, that are in season now. These foods are easy to find in the produce aisle of your neighborhood grocery store or…

  October marks breast cancer awareness month. The causes of breast cancer are not fully known. However, researchers have found a number of factors that increase your chance of getting breast cancer. These are called risk factors. Risk factors do…

If you’re concerned about your risk of prostate cancer, you may be interested in prostate cancer prevention. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men. You may have friends or family members who have been diagnosed with prostate…

I'll be the first to say it. Salt is great. Makes things taste good, it helps us store food for longer periods of time, and is stupendous on a baked potato. However… when you've had too much, salt is a…

For men, the current leading cancer diagnosis is prostate cancer.  For the "half-full" folks, one way to look at that is that more men are coming in for prostate exams, so the math indicates that we would find more. Half-empty…