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Researchers suggest that if you must sit for long periods of time, you get up and move every 30 minutes. (Photo: Getty Images)

Get Up & Move

Study Finds Long Periods of Sitting Harmful A new study found that it isn’t just the amount of time spent sitting, but also the way in which sitting time is accumulated during the day, that can affect the risk of early death. The study, published online last week in Annals of
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Not all childhood falls can be prevented, but many can be. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Prevent Childhood Falls

Protect Your Child from Injury Due to Falls Some falls are just part of childhood. Learning to walk and nursing scraped knees are milestones that few kids escape. But more serious tumbles – from beds, stairs, playground equipment and windows – are often the most easily prevented.
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Blood clots block veins and cause swelling and pain. Sometimes they travel to the lungs and can cause death. (Photo: Shutterstock)

DVT

Many Treatments Can Mitigate Blood Clots When people talk about blood clots, they usually aren’t referring to whether their skinned knee will clot before the blood soaks through their Band Aid. That is the good side of clotting. Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, however, is the bad
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