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• Health Tip: Caring For Cats and Dogs While You're Pregnant

  11/11/2019—Pets may feel like part of the family. But when you're pregnant, you need to be careful and care for your pets in a way that is safe, says the March of Dimes. More

• The On-Again, Off-Again Weight-Loss Diet

  

  11/11/2019—Being on a weight-loss diet day in and day out for months on end can be challenging and even discouraging. More

• Veterans Often Hit Hard by Deaths of Fellow Soldiers

  

  11/11/2019—As Americans pay tribute to all veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces Monday, new research suggests that how comrades died can affect levels of grief among soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. More

• Give Newborn to Mom Right Away -- After Moving the Electrodes

  

  11/08/2019—Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers is encouraged, but poses some potential risks in cases of cesarean birth, researchers say. More

• Weight-Loss Surgery: Better Health, But No Cost Savings

  

  11/06/2019—Weight-loss surgery has many benefits for obese patients, but it might not cut the cost of their overall health care, a new study finds. More

• Staying Slim After Weight-Loss Surgery Could Cut Cancer Risk in Half

  

  11/06/2019—The drastic weight loss that occurs with successful bariatric surgery could have an extra benefit -- it may slash your risk of cancer. More

• How to Head Off Holiday Weight Gain

  

  11/06/2019—From Halloween through New Year's, holiday weight gain affects people the world over and, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it can happen with any major holiday, not just the winter ones. More

• Exercise Can Help Prevent Depression, Even for Those at High Risk

  

  11/06/2019—Getting more exercise could help ward off depression, even if you have a genetic risk for it, new research shows. More

• Another Weight-Loss Surgery Benefit: Lower Breast Cancer Risk

  

  11/05/2019—Weight-loss surgery may do more than shrink one's waistline: New research suggests it lowers the chances of breast cancer among women with genes that make them vulnerable to the disease. More

• Weight-Loss Surgery Protects Heart Patients From Future Trouble

  

  11/05/2019—If you're an obese heart patient, weight-loss surgery might be good medicine for you. More

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