Smoking on Shine

Our health report card for 2009: Are we making progress?

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The late Ted Kennedy said this in 1994 about health-care reform: "What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system." Not much has changed in the past 15 years. Although disease treatment has progressively improved, preventable illnesses prevalence is still rising, causing a lot of suffering and impairing the quality of life for many.

5 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Healthy

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Do you primarily try to be healthy, but have occasional slip-ups? Do you wonder what's getting in the way? It's the holidays and it's getting colder by the minute (depending on your location) forcing our discipline to fly out the window when it comes to certain…

Online Dating: Where to Find Singles Who Drink and Smoke

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When searching for a partner, most people want someone with similar interests. When you fill out your

The Unbelievably Scary Thing That Just One Cigarette May Do To You

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Just one gooey chocolate eclair, just one dash of salt, just one day of skipping a workout... usually, "just one" of anything isn't enough to do you any real damage. But when it comes to cigarettes, a new study shows that "just one" is way too many--especially for 18- to 30-year-olds.