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Vegetables get star billing in Israel
Israel has been called the land of milk and honey, but after a week there, I began thinking of it as a vegetable oasis. Delicious vegetables, including beans and lentils, are the stars of most meals.
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A modern way to create a married name
If your last name is Glah, odds are that you’re closely related to Michelle Glah McCleary of Denver.
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Gluten-freedom
With gluten-free beer, breads and hundreds of other food products, it’s getting easier to live with celiac disease, which affects about 1 percent of the U.S. population.
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Officials: NM mom struck by lightning, gives birth
A pregnant New Mexico woman has survived a bolt from the blue to give birth to a bouncing baby girl.
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Youth homicide rate hits lowest mark in 30 years
The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report.
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Study: Brainpower in the very old may be improving
If you're lucky enough to live into your 90s, how well will your brain hold up? You may have an edge over people who got there ahead of you, a new study hints.
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UN: Mexico surpasses United States in obesity
Mexico has surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, a dubious distinction that experts attribute to Mexicans abandoning their traditional diet for processed snack foods and drinks.
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Gluten-freedom
With gluten-free beer, breads and hundreds of other food products, it’s getting easier to live with ...
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Acupuncture for aging?
It’s not certain that the Chinese practice, which dates back more than 5,000 years, works to remove ...
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Heart health
Triathlons: The most risky race
As the average age of competitors in endurance sports rises, a spate of deaths during races or intense work...
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A modern way to create a married name
If your last name is Glah, odds are that you’re closely related to Michelle Glah McCleary of Denver.
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Medication shortages: ‘Truly a public health crisis’
Rationing medical care is denounced as immoral in the United States, yet it goes on daily in hospitals, cl...
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Swimming
Learn to swim programs grow in Miami-Dade as teams strive for past glories
Miami-Dade’s Learn to Swim programs are thriving as teams race to recapture the glory days of the 19...
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Acupuncture for aging?
It’s not certain that the Chinese practice, which dates back more than 5,000 years, works to remove ...
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Chew on this
Count on peanut butter to boost satiety, stabilize blood sugar
I don’t remember my first peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I must have liked it since I’...
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Skin Deep
Probiotics help your body inside and out
When most of us hear the word “bacteria,” we think of bad things like infections and uncleanl...
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Gut-brain connection a 2-way street, researchers find
I’ve got a tip on a mind-altering substance that is inexpensive, legal and readily available. UCLA r...
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HEALTH/MEDICINE
University of Miami Hospital sends team to Panama to save NCIS agent’s life
University of Miami Hospital sent a team to Panama with the special Impella heart pump to help save an NCIS...
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British fast-diet fad hitting our shores
The most recent trendy U.K. import is not music or fashion but a weight-loss plan. The British bestseller T...
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Jock Doc
How to avoid spring break injuries
Inevitably, a week after a spring break I see an increase of injured athletes in my office. In terms of vol...
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Medicare
Eyelid lifts for Medicare patients cost taxpayers millions
Critics question rising federal payments for a procedure that's often merely cosmetic.
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LET'S TALK
Caught in mom's trap again
Q: Every vacation, I visit my mother for several days and spend the rest with my partner. Mom's always tryi...












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