Spicing Up Your Holiday Meal

Holidays are tempting times and while you do not need to deprive yourself of the culinary joys of the season, the key is moderation…and spice. Holidays are tempting times, full of company parties, seasonal get-togethers, and those family meals where we gorge on large amounts of food. Add in the sweet treats, and we find ourselves shopping for larger clothes at the year-end sales. While I don't think you should deprive yourself of all the culinary joys of the season, the key is moderation and…spice. Spicing up your food can be done in a variety of ways: Spices: cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, mustard, saffron Herbs: thyme, sage, tarragon, basil, cilantro Heat: chipotle peppers, curry powder, horseradish, andouille sausage These types...

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Saving Lives: Healthline to Debut Drug Notebook Social Platform

Want to know if anyone else has had an adverse reaction to a medication? If other consumers have side effects similar to your own? Healthline’s new Drug Notebook just may be the website to help you find answers. Finding out more about your medication, as well as the experiences of others using the same prescriptions, just got easier with Healthline’s new Drug Notebook social platform. No longer will you need to rely solely on your pharmacist or prescription flyer side effect information. Now you can compare notes with thousands of others to find out drug interactions, side effects, helpful instructions, and more. Healthline, one of the fastest growing online health services, is announcing today that they have formed a partnership...

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Tiniest U.S. Preemies Thriving Despite the Odds

Weighing less than ten ounces at birth, two severely premature infants are today thriving, with little to no side effects despite their very early delivery. Both Madeline Mann, born in 1989 with a birth weight of just 9.9 ounces—the world record at the time—and 7-year-old Rumaisa Rahman, born weighing just whose 9.2 ounces at birth, continue to thrive despite their chances for survival at birth. Madeline is now in college and is an honors student majoring in psychology, while Rumaisa is just getting underway with her education in first grade. Since 1989, two other babies have been born who weighed less than Madeline, and another born in Germany had a birth weight equal to hers. However, Rumaisa continues to hold the record...

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Studies May Have Overestimated Cell Phone Crash Risk

A new analysis of past studies shows that previously reports of increased risk of car accidents attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests. So-called "distracted driving" has become a big public health issue in recent years. The majority of U.S. states now ban texting behind the wheel, while a handful prohibit drivers from using handheld cellphones at all (though many more ban "novice" drivers from doing so). But studies have reached different conclusions about how much of an added crash risk there is with cellphone use. In the new report,...

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