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What's All the Swelling About?

Edema is the uncomfortable swelling, or retention of water that occurs primarily in your feet, ankles, and hands during pregnancy. As long as there's no increase in blood pressure or protein in the urine, edema is normal and unfortunately tends to get w

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Five Tips for Exercising in the Summer Heat

A beautiful sunny day in the ultimate motivation to go outside and play, but the summer sun and exercise can be a risky combination. Here are 5 tips for enjoying a safe, summer exercise program.

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Overeating Explained

Dessert is hard to pass up, even after you polished off a meal.

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Leave Cravings Behind

Next time you have chocolate on the brain, walk it off, literally.

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Keep Your Heart Healthy

Getting a heart pumping workout has never been so important. According to new and troubling research from the American Heart Association, there's been a steady increase in the risk of dying from heart attack in young women over the past decade. In fact

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Shape Up Your Plate

Every effective fitness plan needs a smart approach to nutrition to ensure success. Here are some helpful guidelines to follow to keep you (and your plate) at its best.

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Coffee Adds Years to Your Life

Enjoying an extra cup or two of coffee in the morning has a surprising benefit: It will help you live longer, say researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Fast Food Restaurant Sugar Traps

Increasingly, eateries are whetting guests appetites by packing their dishes with extra sugar, which can set off a chain reaction that leads to belly fat. Help is on the way!

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A Moment on Your Lips…Forever on Your Hips

Researchers at the University of Oxford found that the fat you eat quickly enters your bloodstream and is stored by the cells around your waistline in as little as three hours.

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Fast Food Lovers Dangers

People who regularly ate fast food over six years were 41 percent more likely to become depressed than those who avoided the greasy grub, reports the journal of Public Health Nutrition.