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Passing on Healthy Habits to Your Children PDF Print E-mail
Written by By American Academy of Family Physicians   
By American Academy of Family Physicians
Part of your responsibility as a parent is to teach your children how to lead healthy lives. The best time to start teaching these lessons to children is when they’re young, before unhealthy choices become lifelong bad habits. When you want to pass on healthy habits to your kids, it’s important to practice what you preach. Just telling your kids what to do won’t necessarily work—they need to see you choosing healthy behaviors too.
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Kids: Sleep-Walking…through Life? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jimmy Pitenis   
By National Sleep Foundation (NSF)

A new poll of teenagers across USA finds that many of them are losing out on quality of life because of a lack of sleep. The results, announced today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), cite sleeping in class, lack of energy to exercise, feelings of depression, and driving while drowsy as only some of the consequences for insufficient sleep.
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What Is Sleep Apnea PDF Print E-mail
Written by Scott Fromherz, MD   
By: Scott Fromherz, MD

Are you feeling sleepy all the time? Do you snore? Is your doctor having a difficult time treating your high blood pressure? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you might have Sleep Apnea (also called Obstructive Sleep Apnea or OSA).
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Understanding Cancer Statistics - A Patient's Guide PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Glenn S. Sheiner   

By: Dr. Glenn S. Sheiner
Medicine is a field which is based on statistical analysis of thousands of patient outcomes. This is very apparent in the field of cancer treatment. In order to research and evaluate various cancer treatments, it’s important to be able to understand some medical statistical terms. The goal of this article is to help you comprehend some of the more commonly used medical statistical terms.

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Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth PDF Print E-mail
Written by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research   

By National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

What's wrong with sugary snacks, anyway?

Sugary snacks taste so good-but they aren't so good for your teeth or your body. The candies, cakes, cookies, and other sugary foods that kids love to eat between meals can cause tooth decay. Some sugary foods have a lot of fat in them too.Kids who consume sugary snacks eat many different kinds of sugar every day, including table sugar (sucrose) and corn sweeteners (fructose). Starchy snacks can also break down into sugars once they're in your mouth.

Did you know that the average American eats about 147 pounds of sugars a year? That's a big pile of sugar! No wonder the average 17-year-old in this country has more than three decayed teeth!

 

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