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Get Fit While Watching TV

You can fit exercise into your daily routine, even while you’re watching TV.

A Serious Look at Fainting

Fainting is a brief loss of consciousness, which leads to falling down or needing to lie down, followed by a quick recovery.

Go Easy on the Condiments

Condiments can quickly add fat, calories, sugar and salt to your diet without providing much nutritional value.

Health Tip: Keep Lead From Your House

Children exposed to even small amounts of lead can face a host of physical and mental development problems.

Beware of Broken Glow Sticks

Letting kids chew or cut glow sticks is a bad idea.

Stronger Muscles, Longer Life

As you age, you gradually lose muscle mass. The result: Your muscles weaken. By keeping them strong, though, you can slow down this natural part of aging. A recent study suggests you may even add years to your life.

Benefits to Walking as Exercise

Walking is a simple and inexpensive exercise that has been shown to offer numerous benefits for bones, muscles and joints.

Essential Guidelines for Fireworks Safety

Thousands of Americans, many of them children, are injured each year in incidents associated with fireworks, according to the National Council of Fireworks Safety. Most of these injuries occur during the Fourth of July holiday and include serious burns, loss of fingers, and blindness.

Health Tip: Get Checked for High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is quite common, but is often undiagnosed.

Are You Losing Your Vision?

Some age-related vision loss is common. But because it tends to happen gradually, you may not be aware that your sight is ebbing.

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