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Lyme Disease
May 2015 • Issue 185
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What Works?
11 weight-loss programs after one year: Which one works? “It’s important for the public and doctors to know which programs help people to lose weight, but also which ones help to keep it off,” say experts at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Page 3
As temperature goes up, so does the risk of getting Lyme disease
The ChiRunning
Healthcare executive shares what she learned about ChiRunning, a technique that prevents injury
Our Mistake
Supplements Under Attack The April issue of In Good Health ran a story about NYS Attorney General’s decision to ban the sales of certain diet supplements at various retail stores in the state. The attorney general’s office revealed that many of the supplements were found to contain contaminants not identified on ingredient labels. The stores affected by the ban were Walmart, Walgreen, Target and GNC. Because of an editing error, Wegmans was mentioned in the story’s headline, although Wegmans was not one of the stores affected by the ban. We apologize the error.
When I heard that mozzarella cheese has fewer calories and less fat than most cheeses, I nearly choked on my pizza. No way, I thought.
Mozzarella?
A Mother’s Plea
Teresa Woolson on mission in wake of son’s death by synthetic drugs Page 9
Meet Your Doctor Physician Luis Javier Castro, medical director at Primary Care West in Syracuse, enjoys working with the underserved
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Report Shows Progress in America’s War on Cancer Page 2
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