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29. You don’t get enough fiber.
Skimping on fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes can lead to constipation and may increase your risk of colon cancer. “Women should get 25 to 35 grams daily,” says Heller. Incorporate fiber into your diet gradually to avoid gastrointestinal upset. For example, use a bean puree as a dip or sandwich spread and order brown rice instead of white.

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5. You’ve eaten the same breakfast and lunch for years.
Varying your diet is crucial to good health. If you don’t, you’re bound to get bored and associate healthy eating with not enjoying food. If you always make salads with iceberg and
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An investigation into how a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary determined reimbursement for out-of-network physicians across multiple insurers alleges to show a pattern of underpricing services to shift the payment burden from insurers to patients.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Feb. 13 announced his intent to sue United, after a six-month investigation focusing on its Ingenix subsidiary. Ingenix operates a database used by most insurers to determine the so-called usual, customary and reasonable rates for physician services.

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Washington — The American Medical Association’s campaign to raise awareness of the nation’s 47 million uninsured and to help address the problem is going nationwide.

The three-phase initiative kicked off in August 2007 with $5 million in advertising in Washington, D.C., and in the early presidential primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. This year the campaign will spend about $15 million to spread the AMA’s message across the country using print, television, radio and Internet ads; healthy lifestyle events; mobile billboards; and profiles on the popular social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.

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Exercise is an important part to everyone??™s life, but many people and especially beginners, tend to make certain mistakes when it comes to their fitness routine. There are a few mistakes in exercise in particular that you will want to be aware of, not only so that you can make sure you are not making these same mistakes but also so that you can avoid making them in the future.

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On any given day, about 1.2 million American teens smoke, 631,000 drink alcohol, and 586,000 use marijuana, according to a new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Reuters reported Oct. 18 that the report was based on a variety of previously published studies, notably the National Survey on Drug Use.

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