Many children and adults are not getting enough sleep. There are always good excuses – Too much work to do! I just got an email or text message that I need to respond to! – but the bottom line is you need more sleep and it’s much better to find ways to fall asleep naturally than to rely on sleeping pills.
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State Fact Sheets on Medical Device Tax
Lobbyists have blanketed the U.S. Congress to demand a repeal to the 2.3% medical device tax. The lobbyists claim that the tax is a terrible burden on medical device companies and is causing the companies to cut jobs.
Read More »Quitting Smoking: Women and Men May Do it Differently
Quitting smoking is hard to do, and new studies suggest that what works for men may not always work for women, and vice versa.
Read More »What You Need to Know about Ebola
With the Ebola situation changing daily, here’s what you need to know to stay safe. What is it? What are the symptoms? How does it spread? Find out here.
Read More »Fracking and Your Health
Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has boomed in the last few years and is now producing most of the natural gas in the U.S. It is praised as helping the U.S. be more “energy independent” and has lowered the cost of natural gas. But, the controversy is whether it can harm our health, especially for people who live near the drilling sites.
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