If you want to live a long healthy life, then don't fall and break your hip after the age of 65. If you do, says a new study, your risk of dying within one year goes up substantially. 

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Any time I hear of someone receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, I cringe. The reason I cringe is because the name of the disorder is essentially identifying the symptoms of manic depression. But I see the diagnosis as an admission by the doctor that they really don't know what's going on. All they can see is the deep lows of depression and the big mood swings to the other extreme. And the usual treatment is drugs to even out the mood swings.

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If you have any inflammation in your gut, you may have tried all kinds of different remedies. But if probiotics and other supplements haven't worked as well as you hoped, there could be a simple solution: protein.

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Study out of Ecuador finds that small vessel disease leads to memory loss, language issues, and other symptoms of cognitive decline.

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New study finds that aspirin may provide little or no benefit for people who have narrowed, hardened arteries. The researchers tracked 33,000 patients with atherosclerosis (narrowed, hardened arteries). Taking aspirin was marginally beneficial for those who had already suffered a heart attack, stroke, or other blood-flow issues. But for those who had never had one of these acute events, aspirin didn’t help at all.

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