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Our experts bring you current health and wellness information about the symptoms, medicines, procedures, and remedies to keep you and your family healthy. Check out our writers' latest updates in the fields of women's health, infertility, pregnancy and childbirth, autism and asperger's syndrome, disabilities, and other aspects of general medicine and advances in the health field.

If you're already active and healthy but want to maintain weight loss, or recover from an injury by availing yourself of sports medicine facilities, or if you want to eschew pharmaceuticals in favor of natural medicine and mind and body fitness, this is the site for you.

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Health & Wellness

Acute Altitude Sickness

In: Sports Medicine

By: Feature Writer Steven M. Cohen

Here are some tips to help avoid Acute Altitude Sickness this winter. more...

How to Make a Fruit Smoothie

In: Nutrition

By: Feature Writer Jennifer Murray

Smoothies are a quick and easy way to add more fruit to your diet. Learn the basics of making a nutritious fruit smoothie. more...

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

In: Aromatherapy

By: Feature Writer Sharon Falsetto

Ylang Ylang is an exotic, aromatic oil used extensively in perfumes and a well known aphrodisiac; however, Ylang Ylang has many medicinal uses in aromatherapy too. more...

Labor Deemed Beneficial for Mothers

In: Pregnancy & Childbirth

By: Feature Writer Brenda Lane

Increasingly today mothers are discouraged from a trial of labor and instead encouraged to plan cesareans. Research shows that labor benefits a mother who wants a VBAC. more...

How Much Water Should I Drink?

In: Nutrition

By: Feature Writer Johneen Manning

Find out why drinking water is so important to your health, & learn how much water you should drink each day & which factors could cause you to require more water daily. more...

How to Have a Low Stress Thanksgiving

In: Health Field

By: Feature Writer Kathy Quan

Thanksgiving is often said to be one of the most favored holidays because it has no religious connotation and no gift exchange. more...

Goji Berries Improve Health and Energy

In: Vitamins & Minerals

By: Feature Writer Deborah Mitchell

A recent study finds that drinking goji berry juice for 14 days improves sleep quality, gastrointestinal function, mental ability, and well-being compared with placebo. more...

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