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Chart Your Course for Heart Health
You can learn a lot about your heart with a few simple numbers. When you know what numbers indicate a strong, healthy heart, you can set goals to reduce your risk for…
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eHealth Connection How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Feeling sluggish and irritable during the day? It could be you aren’t getting enough sleep. Work, household chores, family responsibilities, social obligations and all of the…
eHealth Connection How to Reduce IBS Symptoms
The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse offers these tips to help IBS sufferers control their symptoms: (more…)
Kids Connection Buy the Right Bike and They’ll Ride Safely
Hundreds of thousands of children are seriously injured in bicycle falls each year, with more than 600 fatalities occurring annually. The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper…
eHealth Connection Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition that affects up to one in seven Americans and accounts for nearly 50 percent of office visits to…
eHealth Connection Medicines and Older Adults
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers these safety guidelines for older adults taking medications: Be More Careful with Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs While everyone…
eHealth Connection Is Your Kitchen Food-Safe?
In addition to maintaining good health by eating well-balanced, nutritious meals, we also need to exercise care in how we handle, store and prepare our foods…
eHealth Connection The Real Deal on Whole Grains
Grains are the seeds of a wide variety of plants and grasses (such as maize, wheat and rye), which are cultivated for food. All types of…
eHealth Connection Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
“Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce…
eHealth Connection Study on Vitamin Use Among Cancer Survivors Brings Patients, Doctors to Task
New research showing widespread use of vitamins and supplements among people diagnosed with cancer suggests the need for greater communication between doctors and patients. In a…