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The researchers believe that the French are protected from heart attacks because of the large amount of red wine they consume, which averages 99 bottles per person per year, as compared to nine bottles per person in the United States.

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Letting your wounds “breathe” may not help them heal faster. According to James Widder, Ph.D., “Moist environments increase the body’s ability to heal wounds naturally.” A moist environment for wounds will help prevent tissue dehydration and cell death, accelerate blood vessel growth (which promotes healing), increase breakdown of dead tissue and blood clots and decrease the pain of the wound.

If you’re feeling wiped out, chronically fatigued, or simply don’t have the vigor you’d like, consider supplementing with one or more of these nutrients. The science behind them is sound-each of these nutrients plays a role in what scientists call the “Krebs cycle” and “oxidative phosphorylation.”These are the cellular processes that burn food for energy.

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People at high risk for developing diabetes should be tested annually, says Alan J. Garber, M.D., professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

Early diagnosis, before symptoms develop, means physicians can intervene to minimize complications, Garber says.

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Can a monthly self-exam help women prevent breast cancer? Maybe not, though it may help detect benign tumors.

For many years, researchers have said that women who self-examine their breasts periodically for tumor formation are less apt to develop breast cancer, since protective measures can be taken.

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Introduce solid foods to infants when they are between 4 and 6 months old, and pick a time when there are few distractions and both you and the baby are relaxed, advises Corinne Montandon, Ph.D., a nutritionist at the USDA’s Children’s Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. It’s best to begin feeding them while they are sitting on your lap, she says.

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Sex is Everywhere
Wow. You’re in college. No parents, no curfew, alcohol everywhere,and everyone wants to get laid, RIGHT? Okay, so not everyone wants to get laid. The only way to find out what your partner wants is by communicating with them. Safer sex communication is important for
many reasons.

Did you know…
- 1 in 4 college students have been infected with an STI or transmitted an STI to their sexual partner.

- About 50% of all Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) occur in people under the age of 25.

- In a survey of college students, 13% of the students surveyed had more than 1 sex partner in the preceding
month.

- 62% reported using condoms “infrequently” or “never.”