LIVING HEALTHY

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• Taking Truvada before and after sexual encounters can reduced risk of getting HIV

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• Dec 01, 2015 05:59 PM EST

• TAking an antiviral medication before and after sexual encounters was effective at preventing a group of gay men and transgender women from contracting HIV.

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• Eating nuts such as walnuts, pistachios, and pecans may lower cardiovascular disease risks

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• Dec 01, 2015 01:39 AM EST

• Eating tree nuts appears to be good for your health according to a review of many studies of adding them to your diet.

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• Go Easy on the Salt, New York City Says

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• Nov 30, 2015 10:50 PM EST

• The next time you check out a New York City menu, you might find this symbol.

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• More women get early diagnosis of cervical cancer because of better health insurance

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• Nov 28, 2015 06:19 PM EST

• More women under age 26 have health insurance, which had contributed to a higher rate of diagnosis of early-stage cervical cancer.

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• Prolonged Sitting a Bad Choice for People with Heart Disease

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• Nov 27, 2015 10:33 PM EST

• Got a heart disease? That’s not the best excuse to be sedentary. In fact, it can only worsen your case and increase your risk of dying prematurely.

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• Sleeping late on weekends may raise your risk for heart disease and diabetes

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• Nov 24, 2015 09:39 PM EST

• Getting up early on weekdays but then sleeping late on weekends may raise your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

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• Genetically engineered mosquitoes may help prevent spread of malaria

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• Nov 24, 2015 05:35 PM EST

• Scientists have created a strain of mosquitoes with genes that block the transmission of malaria. The newly created strain produces antibodies that block malaria and these genes are passed on to 99.5% of its children.

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• Pets that Sleep in Your Room May Be Ruining Your Sleep (Or maybe not)

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• Nov 23, 2015 07:33 PM EST

• A small study has found that some people have their sleep disturbed by their pets, but that more say the pet is beneficial to their sleep.

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• Users of chewing tobacco and snuff get as much or more nicotine and carcinogens as cigarette smokers

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• Nov 23, 2015 07:26 PM EST

• People who use smokeless tobacco products are exposed to as much or more nicotine and cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco products as cigarette smokers, according to a government study.

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• Study finds benefit in yoga for men with prostate cancer

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• Nov 22, 2015 05:48 PM EST

• Yoga may help men with prostate cancer alleviate the side effects of radiation treatment and help them maintain their quality of life.

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• Thousands of Texas women say they have tried to induce an abortion

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• Nov 19, 2015 06:30 PM EST

• Hundreds of thousands of Texas women have may tried to end their own pregnancies, according to two surveys.

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• Study finds link between whooping cough in babies and later epilepsy

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• Nov 19, 2015 06:22 PM EST

• A study has found hat babies who contracted whooping cough (pertussis) had a higher rate of later developing epilepsy.