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Doctors Are One Step Closer to a Lab Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

New research offers more proof that chronic fatigue has a physical cause

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Your Sleep Habits Could Be Why You're Gaining Weight

People who don’t get the recommended amount of sleep each night are more likely to be overweight and have larger waistlines, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. But what the study didn’t...

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How to Find the Best Period-Tracking App for You

'Everyone has different goals and different needs’

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To Boost Your Metabolism, Adjust Your Thermostat

According to a new report

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This Workout Reverses Signs of Aging, According to Science

It's a popular workout for a reason

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What We Can Learn From Women Who Orgasm Every Time

Time to ask for what you want in bed

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Here’s the Strongest Evidence Yet That Belly Fat Is Really Bad for You

It could lead to a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease

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10 Weird Things That Can Affect Your Heart Disease Risk

For better and for worse

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That Veggie Burger Builds Muscle as Well as Meat

Good news for vegetarians

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Here's Another Reason to Avoid Fast Food

It doesn't even have to do with fat content

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Mary Tyler Moore Showed How to Live Well With Type 1 Diabetes

She was a passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

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How an Epidural May Lower Postpartum Depression Risk

Labor pain may be linked to depression later

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7 Ways Being Single Affects Your Health

The link between relationship status and well-being is a complicated one. Despite plenty of sensational headlines—”Get married and get fat!” “Stay single and die young!”—it’s hard to say definitively whether being a spouse or a...

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7 Reasons to Have More Sex

If you really need an excuse (or several) to heat things up in the bedroom, we’ve got you covered: Besides the obvious reasons one might have sex—love, pleasure, baby-making—science shows that there are quite a...

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11 Ways to Stop Overeating After Your Workout

You must have sweated off hundreds of calories during that Spin class, so it’s totally okay to indulge in a bowl of ice cream when you get home—right? Not so fast. Research shows that people...

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6 Things You Must Know About Money and Happiness

If you were offered a well-deserved raise at work or a no-strings-attached wad of money, would you take it? You’ve surely heard that money can’t buy happiness, but it can certainly get you closer to...

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5 Weird Ways Stress Can Actually Be Good for You

We hear over and over again that stress is unhealthy. And all that talk makes us, well, stressed. But getting worked up isn’t always a bad thing, says Richard Shelton, MD, vice chair for research...

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10 Myths and Facts About Breastfeeding

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month—and while breastfeeding rates in the United States continue to rise (nearly 80% of infants born in 2011 started to breastfeed), there’s still a lot that people don’t know about...

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9 Mosquito-Bite Facts You Need to Know

Thanks to West Nile virus, mosquitoes have been in the news lately—and likely all over your backyard—but how much do you really know about them and the risks they pose? We spoke with Jorge Parada,...

By Health.com /Amanda MacMillan

15 Myths and Facts About Cellulite

Truth, lies, and cottage cheese thighs

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