Five Traits in a Mate That Are Not Deal Breakers - MSN Relationships - article

Have you decided that you will only marry a man of a certain height, profession or hairstyle? The author of a provocative new book reveals why you're wrong about Mr. Right.

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Plastic Surgery Nightmares - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Health Topics

The article says "greedy doctors cutting corner", but in reality, the article sounds more like "greedy patients who will go to unqualified doctors, instead of qualified ones, to save a buck - and lose out.

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When Doctors Prescribe Exercise - MSN Health & Fitness - Fitness

Doctors who simply advise people to change their habits are not as successful helping patients achieve their goals as doctors who "prescibe" specific lifestyle changes. Instead of vague advice, the more specific, written advice, the better.

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How Sleep Deprivation Fries Your Brain - MSN Health & Fitness - Sleep Disorders

Interesting study on sleep deprivation, and how it affects some parts of the brain, but not others.

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Is There a Diet Pill That's Safe and Effective? - MSN Health & Fitness - Medications

A reader asks if there is a safe weight loss pill available. Martica correctly answers that over-the-counter supplements are uncontrolled, unproven, and potentially dangerous. She also comments briefly, but not entirely accurately, on prescription weight loss drugs.

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Photos: 11 Powerful Women That Make Men (and Other Women) Squirm

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Get Ready for Gruesome Cigarette Warnings - MSN Health & Fitness - Quit Smoking

That's the goal of new federal regulations expected to go into effect within three years. The rules will require tobacco companies to cover at least half of the front and back of packages with graphic—and possibly gruesome—images illustrating the dangers of smoking.

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How To Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It - 2 - Reinvent Your Life - Your Life - MSN Lifestyle

Forget everything you've heard about frankness, sharing your feelings, getting him to express his. Research into the functions of the male mind makes it clear that discussion may be the fastest way to shut down communication. (Oh, you noticed that, have you?)

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Benefits Lasting for Tight Diabetes Control - MSN Health & Fitness - Diabetes

With an early diagnosis of type II (or adult onset diabetes), it is important to get tight control - even if it means use of medication in addition to weight control, proper diet, and exercise.

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Exercise as Medicine - Page 3 - MSN Health & Fitness - Your Best Life

If this miracle cure was sold in an infomercial - everyone would be buying it! Exercise is a near-miracle cure for a myriad of conditions. This article outlines exactly how much we need, what we need to do, and how to get started....also includes great web resource links.

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Eat To Live Longer - MSN Health & Fitness - Weight Loss

Nice quick article on healthy eating, with a focus on healthy fats, adequate protein, and fiber. One small error - they cite soybean oil as a good source of omega 3, when it is really more of an omega 6.

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Oprah: How did I Let This Happen

Oprah was surprised that maintaining her weight loss long term was difficult, and made more difficult by health problems (what sounds like the new onset of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, from her description.) Oprah is learning once again that she is really no different than anyone el …

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Grave Concerns - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Running

Does running kill more people than it heals? The short answer is, no.

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Campaigns uncork get-out-the-vote operations

With just two days to go, most national polls show Barack Obama ahead of John McCain, and state surveys suggest the Democrat's path to the requisite 270 electoral votes is much easier to navigate than McCain's.?

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Palin pushes wedge between Biden, Obama

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One Brain Two Minds - Page 2 - MSN Health & Fitness - Neurological-Cognitive Health

When the band of tissue that connects the two halves of our brains becomes separated (surgically, for example), the strange nature of our consciousness can be revealed...

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Why Guys Marry Some Girls (but Not Others) - Page2 -  MSN Relationships

Amusing, fluffy article that attempts to give 5 Traits that lead men to want to marry a woman. Main problems with the article: sexist, oversimplified, stereotyping.

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Industry groups file lawsuit over polar bear rule

Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming.

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Obesity not a red flag for spotting diabetes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese people with diabetes are just as likely to go undiagnosed as their slimmer peers with the disease, Harvard Medical School researchers report.

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Red yeast rice, fish oil fight high cholesterol

A regimen of supplements and lifestyle coaching is just as effective as statin medication for reducing levels of� "bad" cholesterol.

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Study backs low vitamin D-diabetes link

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood may be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the journal Epidemiology this month.

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