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Smoking habits are usually established during the teen years. The CDC estimates that 20 percent of high school students smoked cigarettes last year. While researchers have a good idea how to help adults kick the habit, little information is available on what to do to assist teenage smokers.

Fast food puts Med diet on 'endangered list'

Famed for keeping people slim, healthy and living longer, the Mediterranean diet has followers all over the world.

Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says

An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness.

Vermont city is healthiest in U.S., CDC says

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Fuzzy brain? Improve your attention span

Feeling razor-sharp -- ready to solve all the world's problems? Or perhaps today your attention wandered aimlessly and resisted all attempts to bring it into focus. Here's a look at the biology behind concentration, and what you can do to improve it.

Study ID's effective irritable bowel therapies

Peppermint oil, soluble fiber, and antispasmodic drugs can indeed help people with irritable bowel syndrome, according to an analysis of 25 years of research on the condition, which is characterized by bouts of diarrhea and constipation.

Study: Paying more for alcohol saves lives

Each time the state of Alaska raised its alcoholic beverage tax, fewer deaths were caused by or related to alcohol, according to a newly released study. Does that mean all states should consider raising taxes on alcohol -- to both protect us from ourselves and raise much needed funds?

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