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One Small Change Turned These 19,000 Students Into the...
A fascinating study provides insight into how we can maximize on our bodies and minds.
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Contraception Debate: Religious Liberty or Women’s Rights?
Rabbi Steve Burg and Grace Marie Turner discuss birth control on Fox News.
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By Rabbi Steven Burg
![It’s Your Choice to Be Happy: Tips and Strategies](https://www.ou.org/life/files/2-of-a-Kind.jpg)
It’s Your Choice to Be Happy: Tips and Strategies
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By Alan Freishtat
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When You Can’t Tell Your Doctors if You Want...
My brother insisted that under no circumstances did my father want any life-prolonging measures. I knew otherwise but had no proof.
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By Rabbi Elchonon Zohn
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Get Happier: It Could Save Your Life
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How to Develop (and Maintain) Healthy Eating Habits
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By Alan Freishtat
![Eat This and Take Years Off Your Age](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Cruciferous-Vegetables-e1485092422595.jpg)
Eat This and Take Years Off Your Age
These foods will make you feel better, look better and fend off disease.
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By Aliza Beer
![Change Your Habits and Watch the Pounds Melt Away](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Person-on-Scale-e1484837901203.jpg)
Change Your Habits and Watch the Pounds Melt Away
A meal plan and a treadmill are not enough.
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By Alan Freishtat
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Hormones for Weight Loss: “Reckless, Irresponsible and Completely Irrational”
To say there's no evidence to support claims about HCG for weight-loss would be understating the issue.
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By Aliza Beer
![Body Mass Index: The Numbers Lie](https://www.ou.org/life/files/BMI-Fallacy-Overweight-vs-Obesity.jpg)
Body Mass Index: The Numbers Lie
It's not a good measure for the risk of heart attack, stroke or death. So why do doctors continue to use it?
Jun 14, 2012
By Alan Freishtat
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