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Food safety lesson    What's the hangup about cell phones? 

Grilled foods are usually considered "healthy" because they are cooked without fat. 

 

Warnings that cell phones cause brain tumors and that chatting contributes to car crashes have not stopped more than 91 million Americans from enjoying tether less links to friends, family, and business associates. 

Plastic surgery   Risk factors for heart trouble ?

Dislike your bumpy nose? Want to reduce your love handles? Once thought to be the terrain only of women and movie stars, plastic surgery is becoming much more popular among men. 

 

A recent study linked heart attacks to male pattern baldness. What's a guy to do? How can you keep all these risk factors straight?

Fighting prostate cancer   Men who can't concentrate: adult attention deficits 

If you could reduce your risk of prostate cancer by adjusting your diet, would you do it? If you knew that 179,000 new cases of prostate cancer would be diagnosed this year, and that 37,000 men would die, would you reconsider your answer?

 

A Massachusetts woman was disgusted with her husband. He flitted from job to job, could never finish a task, lost his temper over the most trivial things, fidgeted constantly, couldn't remember what he said yesterday, drank too much and considered his own needs first.

Stuttering can be stopped    How men grieve 

What do have in common? They all depend on speaking to do their jobs. And they all stutter.

 

Generally, men and women don't respond to grief in the same ways. "It's a normal life event that throws us into instability," known grief counselor.

Antibiotics: use with caution    Jaw pain: it's not "just stress" 

You probably think of antibiotics as a magic bullet against many deadly bacterial diseases.

 

Years ago Stephen, a 40-year-old business manager, started having occasional pain in his jaw and the muscles of his face and neck.

Ulcers: what a pain    Emphysema 

Until recently, ulcers were believed to be caused by stress, anxiety, smoking and/or a diet rich in spicy foods.

 

The Surgeon General is right. Cigarette smoking is hazardous—even lethal—to your health. 

Hyper Hydrosis    BED confessions 

The sweating disease. That’s what we called it, my friends and I. We had to make a joke of it, or my friend would have cried when she sweat through her shirts while sitting in air-conditioned rooms. 

 

Bed is something shared by men and women in more ways than one. BED, or Binge Eating Disorder, has become an emotional and health concern for men.

Watch your back    Anatomy of a gallstone 

When it comes to back pain, the culprit is usually something right under your nose. Improperly lifting a heavy suitcase or a whiny child, strenuous workouts, sleeping on a bad mattress—even your golf swing—can wreak havoc on your back.

 

To understand gallstones, an anatomy lesson is helpful. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that is part of the digestive tract.

The eyes have it: conjunctivitis    Mononucleosis: the kissing disease 

The change from summer to fall and winter brings different problems to each of us. For some, the seasonal changes bring the all-too-familiar allergies, colds, and flu. 

 

We know that it's often called the "kissing disease," and that people who have it sleep a lot. But what actually causes this exhausting illness? 

Scratching your head about dandruff?     Stomach ache is something more 

We all know dandruff when we see it. How annoying is it to keep brushing off those unsightly snowflakes that accumulate on your hair, shoulders and clothing?

 

Because we all experience abdominal discomfort or pain at some time or other, deciding whether or not to see a doctor for these symptoms can be perplexing.

Snoring: it may be more serious than it sounds     

Do you snore loudly? Or dream about getting a good night's sleep? Wake up and read on - help is available for what may ail you.