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The Truth About Aspartame

In 1965, James M. Schlatter, a chemist at G.D. Searle and Company, accidentally contaminated the tip of his index finger with an unassuming white powder. Later that day, ...
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Holiday Toasting: Hidden Calories Can Wreck Your Diet

Imagine arriving at a coworker’s holiday party — she greets you with a warm smile and a glass of homemade eggnog. But, did you know that just one ...
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Drinking Diet Soda Linked to Depression

Calorie-free drinks are not necessarily risk free. A new study has found a link between drinking diet soda or diet fruit drinks and an increased risk of depression. ...
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Soda Consumption Tied to Aggression

Drinking lots of soda may increase the risk of violent behavior in teens, a new study suggests. Teens in the study who drank more than five cans of ...
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Hypertension: Symptoms and Treatment

Hypertension is defined as having either chronically high diastolic blood pressure — the lower number that registers the pressure in the artery when the heart relaxes between beats ...
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How to Cope with Seasonal Affective Disorder

Winter, for those who live far from the equator, means cooler temperatures, fewer daylight hours and occasional pangs of “winter blues.” While these feelings of mild malaise come ...
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Are You SAD? How to Tell if it’s Seasonal Affective Disorder

It’s not uncommon to feel a dull lethargy engulfing you during the winter months. Some might call it “cabin fever,” some label it the “winter blues” and some ...
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Drug Abuse, Obesity Top List of Kids’ Health Concerns

Drug abuse and childhood obesity ranked highest on a new survey of health concerns for children. Both of those health issues were rated as a “big problem” by ...
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1 in 6 Teen Moms Didn’t Believe They Could Get Pregnant

Half of teen mothers say they were not using birth control when they got pregnant, and a new report outlines the reasons teens give for not doing so. ...
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Taking Away Recess Bad for ADHD Kids, Experts Say

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behave better when they exercise, recent research suggests. Over the last few years, studies in animals and people with ADHD have shown exercise ...
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