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Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potato Coins

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Sweet potatoes represent an excellent choice for a side dish to any of your favorite entrees. These naturally sweet tasting vegetables are high in beta-carotene, vitamin C, potassium, antioxidants and fiber. According to nutritionists at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the sweet potato ranks number one in nutrition among all vegetables. [...]

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Cancer Brings Questions, Few Answers

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This past weekend my family and several friends participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Over 40,000 people participated in the event, which seeks to raise funds for breast cancer patients, help with their treatments and, hopefully, find a cure for breast cancer. It was an amazing day. Everyone was decked out [...]

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Wigging Out

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When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I immediately began reading almost everything I could get my hands on about the disease. Cancer medical books, cancer survivor books, funny cancer books, sad cancer books, everything. And the one topic that was prominently discussed in all of the books was the loss of hair due to [...]

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Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder

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Cheryl Richardson The happy feelings that I experienced just last season seem so remote now that the warmth of the sun has been overshadowed by the bitter cold face of old man winter. The once inspiring view out of my kitchen window now renders melancholic feelings. Summer’s array of beautifully colored flowers and the splashing [...]

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Listen to Your Heart

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Kevin, 53, had come to Fishers for the day to visit his sister and work on her house. The intense pain he experienced knocked him to the floor. Once the pain subsided, the always-ready EMT-I used his cuff and stethoscope to take his own blood pressure. A Close Call . . . Convinced he was [...]

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