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Check out these new features selected by your Senior Health Guide. This page will be updated frequently so you always get the latest.

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
The results of a recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Chicago in Illinois have uncovered yet another cause of sleep loss - loneliness.

Successful Weight Management
A registered pharmacist offers tips for losing weight, keeping the pounds off, and keeping your energy level up.

Hips, Butt and Thighs
Get your hips, butt and thighs ready for bathing suit season with these leg exercises to tone up and slim down.

The Rain Man's Disorder: Savant Syndrome
One knows over 7,600 books by heart. Others create stunning art, sculpture, or music. Once called "idiot savant," people with savant syndrome usually have developmental or autistic disorders, but it may also occur due to head trauma or dementia.

Top Diabetes Myths & Misinformation
Listening to know-it-alls who don't know much is frustrating. Next time you're subjected to well-intentioned but completely erroneous medical advice, take the opportunity to educate by passing on the real story behind these common diabetes myths.

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