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Exercise If You Take Insulin? This Online Calculator Makes It Easy
If you have diabetes and take insulin, exercise can be tricky—and sometimes, dangerous. This online calculator helps make it easier to be safe.
This Vegetable Fights B.O.
Are you concerned about the chemicals in antiperspirants? But you still need help in the smelly armpit department. Try this… Cucumber can be used to...
Keep a Common Cold Out of Your Lungs—Especially If You Have Asthma
If you’re prone to bronchitis or pneumonia or have asthma, you may freak out any time someone near you coughs or sneezes, as viral droplets...
Fast Fitness: Jump for Stronger Bones!
Research shows that daily bouts of jumping not only reverses bone density loss but can improve it.
What Your Eyes Say About Your Alzheimer’s Risk
Alzheimer’s disease has been notoriously difficult to diagnose. Now, researchers have found an eye scan that may change that…
What are the safest vacation spots for people with asthma?
Here’s how to avoid places most likely to trigger asthma symptoms…and find vacation spots where you can have fun—and stay healthy!
Lessons from a Dementia Coach
These tips from a dementia coach can improve care for a loved one with dementia at home–and help you cope, too.
Patient Wisdom: 7 Tips for Living Alone with Diabetes
It’s easy to feel vulnerable when you have diabetes and live alone. I know—I’ve had type 1 diabetes for more than 30 years, and I’ve...
The Best Trigger Finger Cure (It’s Not Surgery or Cortisone)
Injections or surgery won’t fix trigger finger (when your finger is trapped in a bent position). But these exercises will.
The Health Risks of Iron After Menopause
After menopause, a woman’s risk for diabetes and heart disease goes up. One likely culprit is the loss of estrogen because of menopause. But another...
