The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching CPSC 2.0, a comprehensive social networking initiative that will make lifesaving and other safety information more accessible to consumers. Utilizing a variety of technologies and social media sites, CPSC will rapidly expand its reach to millions of consumers.
Consumers can find CPSC on its “OnSafety” blog, which has messages, […]

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Sleep may be as essential as diet and exercise as a key to maintaining a healthy body weight. New research concludes body mass index (BMI) is linked to length and quality of sleep in a surprisingly consistent fashion.
As part of the Integrative Cardiac Health Project at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, researchers analyzed the sleep, activity […]

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Interested in getting a tan from the comfort of a chair in front of your computer screen? More than a million others apparently are, according to statistics from a website that claims users can get an all year tan by simply sitting in front of their UV-enhanced computer screen three times a week.
The UK site, […]

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Taking care of your health is never a luxury. Even if you lose your job or your health insurance, it’s important to keep taking your medicine and get routine care. Here are some tips from the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Institute for Good Medicine.

Keep taking your prescribed medications. But ask your doctor about the possibility a cheaper  generic option or prescription drug […]

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Older people who dance tend to be happier and healthier, an Irish researcher found.

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Many new parents cover electrical outlets, install latches on cabinet doors and take dozens of other precautions to childproof their homes. But many overlook the potentially fatal hazard posed by glass tables, as well as the risks the tables create even for older children.
In December, an 11-year-old Rhode Island girl died after she suffered a […]

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Fruit is a healthy dessert option.

I’d like to tell you that products boasting dramatic, unsubstantiated weight and fat loss claims are finally paying off for some consumers. Unfortunately, I can’t. But I do have some good news.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say there’s no reason to give up dessert just because you’re on a diet. […]

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In these days of economic uncertainty and corporate bankruptcies, that ominous call to the human resources office can come to practically any of us at any time. In an instant, everything changes. And it takes a cool head and cautious action to keep a bad situation from becoming worse.
Take your time signing an exit […]

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Frank Progl thinks an educated consumer is a smart consumer. So he can’t understand why his dental insurance carrier is so resistant to his efforts to educate himself. “Try as I may, I can’t get the insurance company to provide the information I request,” he explained.
Progl just wants a list of usual, customary and reasonable […]

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