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Do Genetics or Lifestyle Determine Our Diseases?
By
Linda Mintle
My father has type 2 diabetes. His mother had it as well. Does this mean I will get it too? Most of us look at our family history of disease and wonder if we inherited our parents’ illnesses. We worry that because our parents had cancer, diabetes or some other type of illness, that we will…
Is Sitting the New Smoking?
By
Linda Mintle
Listen up all you couch potatoes. I’m actually standing while typing this! Here is why. Too much sitting is linked to heart disease, diabetes, and early death from all causes. That’s right, the World Health Organization puts sitting or physical inactivity 4th on the list of risk factors for death worldwide. And while sitting isn’t…
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