LIVING HEALTHY

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• Forgiveness Improves Depressive Symptoms in Women

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• Sep 03, 2015 11:59 PM EDT

• Ladies, if you’re battling depression and so far medications are hardly working, you can try the act of forgiving others.

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• Learn More about Your Health with Your Sleeping Habits

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• Sep 03, 2015 10:23 PM EDT

• There are many ways to know the status of your health, and you can begin by understanding your sleeping habits.

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• Tobacco ban at CVS is helping reduce smoking

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• Sep 03, 2015 06:13 PM EDT

• CVS Health Corp. has announced that its decision to stop selling tobacco products has led to a 1% decrease in cigarette sales in areas where the chain has many pharmacies.

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• Insurer says daily pill is keeping high-risk individuals HIV-free

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• Sep 03, 2015 05:59 PM EDT

• Taking a combination pill of two antiretroviral drugs each day appears to reduce the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Not one of its 657 clients receiving the drug became infected after more than 2 years.

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• Wireless pacemaker may help some heart patients with no surgery needed

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• Aug 31, 2015 06:39 PM EDT

• A very small pacemaker that is wireless could offer some heart patients an alternative to the traditional pacemakers that require surgery to install.

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• Results from many psychology studies were found not to hold up as well when retested

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• Aug 30, 2015 06:52 PM EDT

• An effort to reproduce 100 studies that had been published in three leading psychology journals found that more than half of the findings did not hold up when retested.

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• Mississippi has the fewest vaccination examptions, but Idaho has the most

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• Aug 28, 2015 07:43 PM EDT

• The vast majority of kindergarten-age children in the United States have received vaccinations against preventable diseases. But, there are locations with sizeable numbers of unprotected children.

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• Researchers find that baked purple potatoes kill colon cancer cells in the lab

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• Aug 27, 2015 12:39 AM EDT

• Compounds found in purple potatoes appear to be able to kill colon cancer stem cells and limit the spread of the cancer in petri dishes and mice.

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• Two medical groups now say to give kids foods with peanuts before age 1

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• Aug 26, 2015 12:21 AM EDT

• The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology are issuing a consensus statement saying that chidlren at high risk for peanut allergies be given foods with peanuts before age 1.

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• Taking a baby aspirin every day appears to lower the risk of colorectal cancer

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• Aug 25, 2015 11:02 PM EDT

• Previous studies showed evidence that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could help protect against colorectal cancer, but a Danish study is the first to show what dose of aspirin is best and how long it needs to be taken to achie…

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• Almost all contact lens users are doing things that risk eye infections, CDC says

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• Aug 24, 2015 07:11 PM EDT

• Virtually all people who wear contact lenses are doing things that increase their risk of an eye infection, according to the CDC.

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• Carter’s condition is serious, but new treatments should extend his life

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• Aug 23, 2015 07:39 PM EDT

• Carter is receiving a treatment that combines a targeted form of radiation with an immunotherapy drug shown to help some melanoma patients live many months longer than expected.