You wouldn’t take a bath in paint thinner or breathe gas fumes for fun, but small “everyday” doses aren’t OK either. A big new report on breast cancer and environmental toxins has terrific advice. You didn’t get to read all 300 pages? We YOU Docs dug in for you. Here’s the key stuff on protecting you and yours from environmental chemicals that promote breast cancer.
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Did you ring in the new year with resolutions for a healthier YOU? Bravo! Writing this annual list is like the effect of dropping a NASCAR engine into the family sedan: You’ll whiz over the finish line. An impressive 60 percent of resolution makers hit their goals within months. (Folks who claim resolutions don’t work are all wet.)
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Whew. Suddenly, it’s 2012. How did that happen? And why do you feel limper than leftover ribbon? OK, maybe you stayed up too late a couple of nights (the easy-to-assemble bike wasn’t, the open house next door never closed). Still, it wasn’t a total marathon.
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Tired of tuna? Swore off fish sticks when you were 10? Love salmon and scallops, but they’re restaurant treats? Just aren’t into fish, though you want to be?
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Could slashing salt threaten your heart? If a string of health headlines yelling “Too little salt could be bad for you” has made you think that, listen up. New claims questioning the link between sodium, blood pressure and long life aren’t telling you the whole story. We will!
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If the soundtrack of your holidays is more “Jingle Burps” (yep, that rude YouTube classic) than “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” your tummy’s not alone. Maybe you saw the recent nationwide survey revealing that from Thanksgiving till New Year’s Day, heartburn makes two out of three people less than holly-jolly.
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Ever do the sweetener cha-cha-cha at the coffee shop? You know — when you hesitate between the sugar shaker and the pink, blue and yellow packets? If this were a cartoon strip, the thought bubble over your head would read, “Which is better or worse? The no-calorie fakes? The full-calorie hard stuff? Help!”
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Q. A friend who knows I take low-dose aspirin emailed me an article from a natural health site saying daily aspirin is dangerous and could cause brain bleeding or make me go blind. It seemed extreme, but what do you think? — Len, Cleveland
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Physicians have long known that “the body electric” is for real: Tiny electrical currents and magnetic fields are constantly firing off inside you. We just haven’t known how to harness these forces for healing. But a handful of scientists and medical innovators have relentlessly pursued this.
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We YOU docs don’t like to start with scary stuff, but this gave us a post-Halloween fright night: Deaths related to high blood pressure jumped after the recession settled in. People apparently started skipping blood pressure checks and meds because of financial worries.
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