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In the December 2008 issue
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New gender-specific advice for diet and exercise. (pages 1, 4, 5)
Illustration of a man with a steak and a woman with an apple
Illustration by
Marta Antelo
what's inside this issue
DRUGS AND HERBS
  • Don’t mix these meds with alcohol (page 7)
SPECIAL REPORT
  • Boosting your immunity: What helps and what harms your body’s ability to defend itself (pages 8, 9)
HEALTH-CARE SAVVY
  • Light up your life (page 10)
OFFICE VISIT
  • Beating the holiday blues
    (page 11)
ON YOUR MIND
  • Is it OK to take Advil PM or Tylenol PM most nights to help me sleep?; Low diastolic pressure; Vision supplements; Fish skins and guts (page 12)
UPFRONT
  • Editor’s note: Immune ‘support’ (page 2)
HEALTH WIRE
  • Save your muscles; Extra protein for breakfast; Ibuprofen, naproxen and the heart; For cancer pain, any touch is good; Lipitor ads and women; Mellowing with age (pages 2, 3)
NEWS; YES OR NO?
  • Hospitals embrace complementary medicine
    (page 3)
  • Evaluating prescription drug ads; Undercooked holiday birds; Eyeglass checks; The wrong gym shoes; Weighing
    in (page 3)
FOOD SENSE
  • Tasty low-fat, low-cal pumpkin pie (page 6)
  • Holiday eating, without the guilt (page 6)

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