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    These are the best and worst sleep positions for your health

    Getting plenty of sleep is one of the most basic steps people can take when it comes to being healthy. “This keeps your head, neck, and back aligned,” says sleep consultant Alanna McGinn, founder of Good Night Sleep Site. “Sleeping on your back will not only eliminate the morning puffiness, but you’ll also avoid those sleep lines from your pillow, which can take longer to fade as you age” McGinn says.

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    'To lose weight and stay fit, exercising is second only to healthy eating,’ says adolescent doctor

    Some people like to offer health advice even though the extent of their medical knowledge is what they’ve gleaned from watching “Dr. Oz” on TV. Vincent N. Cefalu, on the other hand, can say with some confidence he knows what he’s talking about.

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    Could you be an ‘aquaholic’?

    Drinking enough water is a health message that’s been broadcast loud and clear. “Some people are such water-drinking devotees that they are aquaholics,” says Manhattan osteopathic physician Christopher Calapai. The result is overhydration, or hyponatremia, which is a term used to describe a low concentration of sodium in the blood that can be dangerous or even life-threatening. Overhydration is the most common electrolyte imbalance in hospitals, occurring in about two percent of all people, C

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    Could intermittent fasting be the weight-loss answer you’ve been waiting for?

    Eat Sh*t & Die(T) is hardly your conventional guide to losing weight. Written by Max Cunningham, a UK-based fitness instructor, the book is also not for anyone who’s the least bit offended by a foul-mouth. While the author claims his approach to permanent weight loss is scientifically proven, not all health professionals agree.

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    Should babies born in jail stay with their mothers?

    Call it bonding behind bars: Babies born to incarcerated women should stay with their moms in prisons, says a Vancouver university professor and former prison physician who helped draft new guidelines for mother-child units. Ruth Elwood Martin is hopeful that those guidelines will be implemented in penitentiaries across the country. Martin used to work part-time as a doctor at B.C.’s Alouette Correctional Centre for Women (ACCW).

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    The ‘Thinsulin Diet’ is the latest hot diet trend -- but does it work?

    The Thinsulin Diet claims that avoiding “insulin-spiking” foods like potatoes, corn and carrots can help you lose weight. The Nguyens maintain that fruits to stock up on, meanwhile, include strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, blackberries and grapes.

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    Ketogenic diet could help ‘starve’ tumours -- but is it safe for the general population?

    Doctors are monitoring the case of Adam Sorensen, a Calgary teen who was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Following surgery and radiation, he started the ketogenic diet two and a half years ago. Not to be mistaken for Atkins, the ketogenic diet is controversial when it comes to being used for weight loss. Developed in 1924 by Dr. Russell Wilder at the Mayo Clinic, the diet is high in fat and low in carbohydrates and supplies adequate pr