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Yoga for Your Mind and Body
Yoga can help you beat stress, feel more in control of your life, and stay healthier.

You Can Be Your Own Fitness Coach
If you don’t have the time or money to meet with a trainer, just hire yourself to get the job done.

You Can Choose to Have a Healthy Life
Each year, two out of every three deaths in the United States are caused by cancer, diabetes, heart disease, or stroke. That figure could be significantly reduced if Americans made healthier food choices, got more exercise, and stopped smoking.

You Can Head Off Stress Fractures
A stress fracture occurs when you increase the length or intensity of your workout too quickly.

You Can Keep Yourself From Falling
The best way to reduce your risk is to improve your overall level of fitness and flexibility.

You Can Outwit Your Appetite
If you're trying to lose weight, here's good news: You can control your appetite and feel satisfied eating less food and fewer calories without feeling deprived.

You Can Sleep Better as You Age
A good night’s sleep is as important to your health as eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise. As we age, however, it can become more difficult to get deep sleep.

You Can Stave Off Osteoporosis
Take care of your bones with proper diet and exercise, as well as with the right vitamin and mineral supplements.

You Can Stay Smoke-Free
Know your triggers for wanting a cigarette and figure out a plan to deal with them.

You Need Help for Sinus Infections
Health care experts estimate that more than 37 million Americans are affected by sinusitis each year. When a minor cold or allergy attack goes bad, it can progress to sinusitis, also called a sinus infection. Sinus infections can be acute (three weeks or less), chronic (three to eight weeks, or longer) or recurrent (several acute attacks in a year).

Your Arthritis Health Care Team
No matter what form of arthritis you have, your role as part of your health care team can make the difference in how well you function with pain, stiffness or inflammation.

Your Asthma Health Care Team
An entire team of health care experts is on hand to help people with asthma manage their symptoms and continue to live normal, active lives.

Your Child and Vitamin D
Shunning milk and the sun is more and more common for children, and the result is a lack of vitamin D.

Your Child’s Separation Anxiety
The prospect of new experiences away from parents or other loved ones can be quite frightening, especially for younger children. These worries are a normal part of development for all children.

Your Child's Diabetes Care Team
Having a child with diabetes can be overwhelming. Fortunately, a team of experts can guide you now and in the years to come.

Your Child's Imaginary Friend…What It Means
If your child starts hanging around with an imaginary friend, enjoy the company. It's often part of a child's development and usually happens between ages 3 and 6.

Your Guide to Food Additives

Your Guide to Health Savings Accounts
With a health savings account, part of your monthly pretax income goes into an account for use toward future medical expenses.

Your Immune System's Constant Battle
Your immune system carries on daily battles with invaders without your knowledge.

Your Lips Need Protection
Your skin contains oil that protects it from drying out and from extreme temperatures, but your lips do not.

Your Pancreas
Pound for pound, your pancreas is one of the hardest-working organs you have. It's not very big -- about as long as your hand in an irregular tube shape. But your pancreas does two different yet equally important jobs.

Your Path to Successful Control of Diabetes
Do you sometimes wonder if you can keep up with the day-to day management of your diabetes? It's natural to feel overwhelmed sometimes. Try these tips to help keep yourself on the path to good health.

Your Personal Rx for Exercise Success
Like your signature, the exercise routine you prefer is individual. If you’re outgoing, for example, working out in a group situation could be what keeps you coming back for more. A more reserved person, however, might do better exercising solo.

Your Skin's Worst Enemies
As children, many of us were brought up with the notion that looking good meant lying out in the sun to achieve a tan. Little did we know the dangers of excessive sun exposure.

Your Voice Is Unique
What gives each voice its unique, if sometimes deceptive, sound? Why do voices follow patterns?


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