According to Stroke, the journal of the American Stroke Association, aspirin can reduce your risk of stroke by about 23%. Sounds great, doesn't it? Well, what if I said you could reduce your risk of stroke by 26% without taking any drugs, including aspirin? Would you believe it's possible?    

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I was in a sporting goods store the other day and found something that surprised me. It was a high-altitude training mask. What surprised me is that the high-altitude training has gone mainstream with these masks.

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How women can reduce their risk of ovarian cancer — the silent killer — by nearly one-third Back in 1992, my mom died of ovarian cancer. Back then, very few people survived the disease. While your odds of survival have improved today, more than half of women diagnosed with the disease still die within five years. It's a tough disease to beat once you have it. So it's vital you do all you can to prevent it.  

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On Saturday, I showed you how fish oil can help fight depression when the cause is inflammation. But what happens when the cause of depression is hormones that are out of balance. The fish oil can still help. But there may be a better way to help fight the depression. An herb from Peru has shown tremendous promise in its ability to balance hormones, especially female hormones. As a result, there's a growing body of research that shows it can help alleviate depression, hot flashes, night sweating, and increase your libido.    

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Doctors and researchers alike know that certain drugs substantially increase your risk for depression. The reason is that these drugs cause inflammation. And inflammation is a common cause of depression. What few doctors will tell you, though, is that it's not that hard to avoid both the inflammation and the depression.

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