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Dr. Mike Roizen is chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, an award-winning author, and has been the doctor to eight Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 Fortune 500 CEOs.

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Reading Your Skin's Health Signals

As a billboard for signs of premature aging, neglect, or disease, the skin can reveal that you're sleep deprived, dehydrated, if you smoke (anything), or have certain autoimmune disorders. [Full Story]

Reading Your Skin's Health Signals

Too Much Niacin Increases Heart Risk

If you’re taking in more niacin than your body can process, you may be cranking up inflammation, damaging blood vessels, and increasing your risk for heart disease. [Full Story]

Mental Illness Endangers Your Heart

According to a new report out of Emory University, unmanaged depression increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 72%, and phobic anxiety boosts it by 70%. [Full Story]

Lower Stress to Prevent Diabetes

A preliminary lab study in the journal Nature has found a brain circuit that connects stress with increased blood sugar levels. [Full Story]

Is All HDL Cholesterol 'Good'?

HDL cholesterol comes in different shapes and sizes. Some forms round up excess LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream and artery walls and send it back to your liver, where it's rendered harmless. [Full Story]

How Salt Raises Blood Pressure

A lab study in the journal Neuron revealed this salt-brain connection to high blood pressure and inflammation. [Full Story]

Sugar Substitutes May Fuel Dementia

A study published in the journal Neurology found that people under age 60 who loaded up on artificial sweeteners were likely to experience a decline in brain power. [Full Story]

Act Now to Prevent a Stroke

Every year, almost 610,000 Americans have a first-time stroke, and for around 87% of them it's an ischemic stroke, in which a blood clot or plaque in the arteries blocks blood flow to the brain. [Full Story]

Three Easy Steps to Stop Diabetes

If you're at risk for diabetes or if you've been told you have prediabetes (an A1C test result of 6.5% or higher), it's time to 1-2-3 step up to this new lifestyle pattern. [Full Story]

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