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Carl Lowe has been writing magazine articles and books about health for thirty years. He edited the health magazine Energy Times for seven years and he has written for Prevention, Self, Time-Life Books, Newsday and The New York Times. His email is carllowe@gmail.com

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Have a soft drink, get high blood pressure

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If you’re hooked on soft drinks, don’t be surprised if your blood pressure climbs. A study out of Colorado shows that folks who consume...
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Worried about breast cancer? Get more vitamin D

Whether you have breast cancer or are just worried about the disease, you should get more sun and vitamin D. A study at the University of Rochester...
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How does being fat kill you? Let us count the ways...

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Turns out that being overweight possesses numerous ways to compromise your health. For example, anxiety about being overweight may harm your health as...
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The danger in your hamburger

Do you risk your life when you eat hamburger? Reports on how meat is inspected reveals that our hamburger meat may be dangerously contaminated by...
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When weight loss is harder and other health news this week

Japanese researchers have found that if you’re too optimistic you’ll have a harder time losing weight (weight loss) while Washington...
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Do drug companies own our doctors?

A report in the NY Times reveals that many medical professors at the Harvard Medical School receive rich payments from drug companies and may be...
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Longevity lifestyle: fried chicken, bacon, ice cream and Jerry Springer

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When Gertrude Baines died on Friday, she was the oldest person on earth, aged 115. Her daily habits? Bacon, fried chicken, ice cream, some Jerry...
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When nutrition labeling is a fraud

According to a new labeling program called Smart Choices, sugary, artificially colored cereals like Froot Loops are healthy choices for breakfast....
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Michael Jackson, King of Pop Medicine

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Michael Jackson wasn’t just the King of Pop Culture, he was also the King of Pop Medicine. Unfettered by restraints of cost or common sense, he...
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Gluten attacks my sleep and I contemplate Michael Jackson's sleeping problems

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Like so many Americans, Michael Jackson had trouble sleeping. So, it is alleged, his doctors gave him a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, the...
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