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Still be on the lookout for winter illnesses

Winter is winding down on the calendar, but the winter illnesses are late this year and may be present for a while longer. Each winter we see several illnesses that we know will occur in epidemic fashion. All are contagious, especially in schools and daycares. Here are some of the more common ones.

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  • Beware winter’s many respiratory bugs

    Winter is winding down on the calendar, but the cold-weather illnesses seem to be cropping up late this year and may be present for a while lo…

  • Make tummy time a fun time

    Since 1994 pediatricians have been recommending that parents not allow their young infants to sleep on their stomachs due to a relationship be…

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Healthier ways to cook comfort foods

With the persistance of colder weather, people often turn to hearty foods to fill up and keep the body warm. Too often, however, so-called comfort foods tend to be big on fat and calories as much as they are big on flavor. With a few small ingredient changes, comfort foods can be both delicious a...

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Daily activities can burn calories

Some people think they have to spend hours at the gym sweating on the treadmill or elliptical trainer in order to burn calories and lose weight. As it turns out, the things you do every single day could be burning more calories than you realized. Some discipline with your diet and certain healthy...

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Remember African Americans' contributions to medicine

 

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Are you ready for flu season?

According the the Center for Disease Control, it is now flu season. The Influenza virus, or the flu, rears its ugly head each fall and winter causing distress in the form of work loss, missed school days, and many symptoms throughout the whole body. Are you ready?

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The tentative steps of kneeling needling

"Uh-oh." "We all need to get back down on our knees," preacher Raleigh implores the congregation as a chorus of ‘Amens' arises from the dutiful. He had been illustrating the self-induced problems that we as a collective body, as a nation, and as individuals had made since gett...

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