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How to Make Walking a Habit
Reader's Digest — By Elena Rover From Reader's Digest You know walking can help your health, weight, and mood, but are you having trouble with that first step? Try walking to your computer. Beginning April 8, you'll be able to create a personalized walking plan on ...More…
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Zen Secret #1: Watch your breath.
Reader's Digest — Feel your attention drifting away? Take a moment to pay attention to your breathing. After a few breaths, also notice how your body feels. This technique can also help you relax. The next time you hold hands, kiss, or make love, focus your ...More…
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Get Fit Before Dinner: 7 Easy Exercises to Do While You Cook
Reader's Digest — Sit in the chair and extend your arms to either side at shoulder height, palms facing forward. Slowly, over the space of 5 seconds, raise your arms until your hands meet over your head. Try to keep your arms even with your ears, not letting them ...More…
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Can You Sleep Yourself Thin?
Reader's Digest — Common sense says that someone who's awake and running around should be using up more calories than someone who's in bed. Running around should make them skinnier, right? But the study, conducted over a 16-year period, reveals that even when the . ...More…
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Reader's Digest — The type of insomnia that causes you to wake through the night or in the early morning hours can be caused by both external and internal factors, explains Dr. Yan-Go, a neurologist and psychiatrist, as well as the medical director of the UCLA ...More…
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Folic Acid: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Reader's Digest — Folic acid is one of the rare vitamin supplements with proven health benefits: Since it was added to enriched grain products in the 1990s, the risk of a certain kind of birth defect has plummeted. But recent studies suggest that too much can be ...More…
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Improve Your Life with Online Therapy
Reader's Digest — By Elena Rover From Reader's Digest Just when economic insecurity leaves you anxious, depressed, or sleepless, you may feel unable to spend money on therapy that could help. Fortunately, new research points the way to inexpensive, effective ...More…
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5 Happiness Secrets For Tough Times
Reader's Digest — Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Penguin Press, 2008) has researched the science of happiness for years. Here are her tips to help you cope with a bad economy, and increase ...More…
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Imaging tests.
Reader's Digest — By Shannon Brownlee From Reader's Digest Cancer screening: Doing more harm than good? Ask Shannon Brownlee your questions about cancer screening tests Studies show that doctors tend to be too quick to use several other types of tests and ...More…
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In the Pipeline:
Reader's Digest — By Laurie Tarkan From Reader's Digest Cancer screening: Doing more harm than good? Ask Shannon Brownlee your questions about cancer screening tests Many current cancer screening tests are like a dumb but eager bloodhound that sometimes nabs a ...More…
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Screening Tests:
Reader's Digest — By Shannon Brownlee From Reader's Digest Cancer screening: Doing more harm than good? If you have close relatives with cancer, your own risk of developing it may be above average. Generally, only immediate relatives (mother, father, sibling, ...More…
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Thank you.
Reader's Digest — By Maureen Mackey From Reader's Digest The dreaded mother-in-law! Your relationship with her can certainly place stress on your marriage. No matter how hard you try to please her, there will surely be some things she doesn't like but never ...More…