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How does good food go bad, and how can you protect you and your family from food poisoning?

Your skull may be hard, but your brain isn’t. Which makes it easier to damage than you think.

Teens are four times more likely to be in a crash than older drivers. Parents are the key to helping teens become safer drivers.

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At 13, Colleen was diagnosed with anxiety and depression.

Have a head for sports/concussion facts? Test yourself.

A parent’s guide to the legal drugs kids are using and abusing.

Change your formula: Consume less, expend more.
It sounds simple, but the key to preventing and managing childhood obesity is reducing the amount of calories that go in and increasing the amount of calories that are burned with exercise.
Make food fun.
If eating right seems like punishment, no kid will want to do it. Involve your children in meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking. Give your child several healthy choices and let him or her plan dinner. Make funny faces out of veggie sticks. Use pretzels to make fruit or veggie sculptures.

What is addiction and how can you help your loved one? Treat it like a disease.

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