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Nancy Rudner Lugo: Your food, your baby

“You are what you eat,” a common refrain, also translates to “your baby is what you eat, too.”

Tips for a healthy baby

Spoonful of honey may help allergies

A teaspoon of local honey a day during pollen season is said to reduce your body’s reaction.

But just as Orange Blossom Trail does not always live up to the bucolic beauty the name suggests, orange blossom time may not be the best time of year for you either.

Nancy Rudner Lugo: Superwoman could be healthier

Women ages 45 to 64 have the lowest well-being of any age group or gender.

Women ages 45 to 64 have the lowest well-being of any age group or gender, and are worse off than women a generation ago.

How to compare health agencies

Thanks to the health care reform law, more quality measures and transparency will be available.

Health Action: How to lower high-blood pressure

More than 1 in 4 adults in Central Florida has hypertension.

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Health Action: Ready to quit smoking?

Your guide to do it

Quitting smoking is not that simple. If quitting were, more smokers would have quit long ago.

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Health Action: Make biking part of your life

Couple bike to work

Mandy and Steve Booker found biking to their Rollins College jobs from their Oviedo home every day doesn’t take much more time.

Lose your job, gain your health

Lost your job? It can make you sick or be the cue to focus on a healthier you.

Lost your job? It can make you sick or be the cue to focus on a healthier you.

Health Action: Got endorphins?

Endorphins are a natural high, your own natural morphine, without the addiction.

Health Action: Preventing osteoporosis

Strong bones, not holey bones (osteoporosis)

Half of all women and one in eight men older than 50 will develop osteoporosis.

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