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  • A team approach to help your heart Nothing’s much scarier than finding out that your heart isn’t pumping enough blood to your body and that your heart is failing.
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  • Pumping iron! Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but when it comes to losing weight and protecting her overall health, nothing beats a set of dumbbells.
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  • Cold hands, cold feet: Normal or not?Many of us complain of cold hands and cold feet, especially when the weather turns cooler. But for some people, cold hands and feet aren't seasonal; it's a year-round problem that may be a sign of something more serious than simply needing warmer socks and gloves.
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  • Healthy hearts, happy kidsIt's 3:30 p.m. and your child has just arrived home from school. Is he or she:
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  • The healthiest foods you've never triedIn recent years, perhaps you've added salmon, edamame and pomegranates to your diet to increase your nutrient intake. Are you looking to include new healthy ingredients in your meals? Try some other so-called superfoods.
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  • Does weight-loss surgery beat standard treatment for type 2 diabetes?Some researchers seem to think so. Two recent, small studies out of Catholic University in Rome and Cleveland Clinic in particular found that, when compared to overweight or obese patients who were taking medications and had made diet and lifestyle modifications, people who underwent gastric bypass, biliopancreatic diversion surgery or sleeve gastrectomy were more likely to be able to stop taking diabetes medications and see their disease go into remission.
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  • Avoiding the ‘salt traps’Taking in too much salt has its health consequences: It may raise blood pressure, which is the most important modifiable risk factor for stroke—the fourth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person with normal blood pressure has half the risk of stroke than someone with high blood pressure.
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  • The lowdown on heart bypass surgeryYou’ve heard of heart bypass surgery. But what exactly does the procedure entail? Bypass surgery is performed when coronary arteries become clogged by the slow buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances. Your healthcare provider may recommend the procedure if you have severe chest pain as a result of a narrowed artery, there is more than one bad artery and the left ventricle isn’t operating well or you’ve had other heart procedures that haven’t worked.
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  • Your aging heartEver wonder what happens to your heart and circulatory system as you get older? Here’s a look into what goes on as the years progress:
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