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  • HPV Vaccination: What You Need To Know

    The most recent version of the HPV vaccine has been a game-changer in the fight against this sexually transmitted infection (STI), but who should get it and when?

  • Does My Child Need Speech Therapy?

    Many young children can overcome speech and language delays, but early intervention is key. Parents and their child’s pediatrician need to be vigilant to spot the signs and start age-appropriate therapies.

  • Need Calcium Supplements? What You Should Know

     

  • How Much Protein Do You Really Need?

    Protein and amino acids are considered the building blocks of our bodies, aiding in the growth of everything from muscles to tendons and organs to hormones. Protein is made from more than 20 amino acids, nine of which are considered essential and can only come from food. We need protein to keep repairing our bodies as we age. Since our bodies don’t store amino acids and must make them, it’s vital to understand that not all amino acids are the same. 

  • How Much Sleep Does My Baby Need?

    It’s 2:00 am, your newborn is crying again and you’re tiredly asking yourself, “But why won’t he just sleep awhile longer?” Getting a newborn on any kind of a sleeping schedule just isn’t going to happen, and for one very good reason — babies less than three months old are frequently waking for feeds and sleeping up to 17 hours a day. For the first three months, new parents must remind themselves that, for the time being, you’re in survival mode. 

  • Cancer-Reducing Resolutions to Make and Keep

    It’s that time of year when we dream up resolutions aimed at making us thinner, richer, happier or better partners. Here’s something you can add to the top of that list: Resolve to live a long, healthy, cancer-free life.

  • Why Stronger Feet Help Prevent Injuries

    Many of our routines and schedules have changed drastically in a short period of time. Fortunately, we have our share of alternatives. If you exercise regularly, you already may have found a new way to stay active and healthy without regular access to gyms and physical trainers.

  • Want to Look Older? Keep Smoking

    Smoking regularly can affect you in several ways, especially physically. While breathing in hot cigarette smoke does damage to your airways, holding a cigarette can affect the color of your fingers and nails. Even pursing your lips to inhale can lead to fine lines that form around your mouth and eyes.

  • Keep Eating Kale — Just Clean It First

    The superfood kale is often on the list of top foods to eat. But it recently made the Dirty Dozen list of produce with the most pesticide residue, according to the Environmental Working Group. That doesn’t mean you should stop eating kale. Instead, learn the best ways to clean it so you can enjoy the benefits of this nutritious vegetable.

  • You Say Potato, I Say … Green Beans?

    Concerned about the possible nationwide French fry shortage on everyone’s mind? Freezing weather and smaller-than-usual potato crops make it a real possibility. If that happens (and even if it doesn’t), we do have other options.