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You’ve been told for years that smoking is bad for you. The warnings are written right on the cigarette carton. Yet many people continue to smoke. One of the …
The term STD is short for sexually transmitted disease. It’s an infection or disease that’s transferred from person to person during sexual contact. You may also hear it referred …
Though scare tactics generally don’t make good motivators, it’s hard to ignore one fact about smoking — tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in …
Figuring out the numbers in a lipid profile can be confusing, as we’re measuring several different values at once — including your low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol, your …
The struggle with weight is one that’s shared by two-thirds of the population in the United States, as two of out of three people are considered overweight or obese. …
An allergy is your body’s reaction to something it mistakenly views as hostile — and typically these allergies make themselves known during your younger years. But sometimes changes happen …
The statistics surrounding falls among the elderly population in the United States are nothing short of eye-opening. While scare tactics are a lousy way to kick off a conversation, …