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New year, new you? You can do it! Use these tips.

Seniors: You know how important it is to stay physically active. Let your grandkids help!

Do you know about radon? It’s an invisible, odorless, radioactive gas that can seep into your basement or crawl space.

Whether it’s holiday parties, crowded stores or weather keeping families indoors, times of togetherness are one of the reasons that cases of the flu, stomach viruses and respiratory illnesses increase during wintertime.

Cold weather brings hazards that you may not be aware of.

Experts say it can help improve your physical and mental health. And you can do it anywhere, anytime.

Severe injuries can occur in as little as two hours after kids swallow a button battery, Australian researchers have found.

If you have prediabetes, making positive diet and exercise changes that delay the onset of diabetes “for just four years” can reduce your long-term risk of diabetes-related health problems and death, researchers say.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding people that contact with “tiny turtles” can lead to Salmonella illnesses, after receiving reports of an outbreak of infections in 21 states.

Stronger helmet laws could have prevented more than 22,000 motorcycle deaths over the past 4.5 decades, a recent study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.