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The makings of a top-notch dental exam

You have a right to feel neglected if your dentist speeds through your reg­ular checkup-not only because she attempts conversation when your mouth is packed with in­struments but also because your dental health may not be getting her full attention.
At least once a year your dentist should inspect every part of your mouth, says Christine [...]

Bad habits that can harm your teeth

Your new shirt’s price tag begs to be set free, but you can’t find your scissors. So you do what most people do: You bite it off.
Bad move. Habits like this one – and a slew of  lesser-known ones-can  saddle your teeth with  jagged edges, chipped  fillings and expensive repairs. By breaking these bad habits [...]

Snooze Control

Nighttime habits may push up daytime pressure. For some people, it’s what’s going on at night, not during the day, that could be pushing their blood pressure to the upper limits. And this nocturnal stress has nothing to do with leaky faucets, noisy neighbors or worries about bills.
It’s about sleep and how lapses in it [...]

Can tea topple rising cancer incidence?

Your best toast to good health might come in a teacup. New research shows that drinking green tea is associated with lower risk of cancer of the esophagus. The 32 risk of getting this cancer dropped by 57 percent for men and 60 percent for women when they had daily tastes of that [...]

Is this the Ultimate Diet?

The island of Crete is not just on the Mediterranean Sea; it’s in it. No wonder then that the people of that is­land lying off the coast of Greece en­joy what’s called “Mediterranean cui­sine”-tasty fare with little meat or rich foods but large amounts of veg­etables, fruits, grains and fish, along with fairly generous splashes [...]