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Your Health & Wellness
Women beware! You could have heart disease and not know it
Anahad O’Connor writes for the New York Times about heart disease in women. Women, more than men...
How to boost your brainpower
Ready to boost your brainpower? Consumer Reports advises that you keep your weight normal and eat...
Five Proven Interventions for Insomnia
With age, the total amount of time we sleep decreases, and sleep becomes more fragmented. So, we...
What counts as enough exercise?
Not too long ago, experts agreed that people needed about 20 minutes of moderate exercise a day or...
FDA hides information on deadly heart pump and threatens patient...
Neil Bedi reports for ProPublica on the FDA’s failure to protect patient safety in allowing a...
What’s a durable power of attorney?
A durable power of attorney is a legal document that allows you to name someone to help with your...
Read this before leaving the hospital with new prescriptions
As many of you likely know, something as simple as filling prescriptions before leaving the...
For help in the hospital, contact a patient advocate
Tara Parker-Pope writes for the New York Times about how she was able to help her family members...
Got lower back pain? Exercise
It’s extraordinarily common for people to have stiff and achy backs. Rachel Fairbank reports...