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Benefits of Breastfeeding: Myths and Facts

Mother's milk is almost perfect baby nectar, a blend of protein, healthy fat, sugar, vitamins, and minerals that adapts to meet your baby's needs as he or she grows. But there are some myths about nursing that, like paparazzi at the Oscars, just won't back off.

Flu Vaccine Test, Part 2

Who needs a flu shot, and when? Can you pass this flu test?

Flu Vaccine Test, Part 1

It's that time of year again. The flu virus is back in town. How much do you know about the flu vaccine?

Prediabetes, Prehypertension, and Other "Pre" Conditions

Shadow syndromes are subtle hints from your body that trouble may be brewing in your heart, your bones, your joints, or elsewhere. Some have names, like prediabetes and osteopenia. Others are familiar phrases: a bum knee ; borderline cholesterol. Look at these "pre" conditions like the "check engine" light going on in your car: They alert you to possible trouble while there's still time to fix it.

What Stroke Causes Are in Your Family Medical History?

Genes affect your stroke risk, but you can do a lot to decide whether anything pulls the trigger. So change the things you can change that will help you beat the odds.

The Unmentionable Social Phobia: Bashful Bowel Syndrome

Fear of using a toilet away from home is a form of social phobia, an anxiety disorder, and it can make you avoid leaving the house. There's no quick fix, but most anxiety disorders respond to desensitization treatments or cognitive-behavioral therapy.

The Best Sleep Aid Is Good Sleep Hygiene

Sleep patterns change as you age. You tend to fall asleep earlier and wake up earlier than when you were younger. But this pattern is not set in stone. A new study reports that as long as you're healthy, the older you get, the better you sleep.

Lose Belly Fat Fast with Whole Grains

Deep belly fat -- the kind that wraps around your abdominal organs -- increases your odds for diabetes, heart disease, dementia, and some cancers. To get rid of it, enjoy three or more servings of whole grains a day and no more than two servings of the refined stuff.

Stomach Pain in Children a Result of Fructose Intolerance?

By first grade, kids are eating as much sugar (fructose) as most grown-ups. The obvious fallout is weight gain, cavities, and sugar shock. But there is another: Fructose can cause gut-wrenching belly pain. And half of all kids are fructose intolerant.

6 Heartburn Remedies to Stop Acid Reflux

Four in ten people with GERD have sleep problems. That's partly because stomach juices become more acidic at night, so they burn more if they backwash from your stomach to your throat.