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For skin that's healthy (an attractive color), wealthy (nicely plumped-up) and wise (flexible, with a ready memory), you have to do more than splurge on not-so-magic but oh-so-expensive cosmetics. You need to nourish your skin with fruits and vegetables. As Eve could have said to Adam, "The good news is that when you finish that apple, you'll look like you've been living in paradise."
Center for Lung Health at Cabell Huntington Hospital provides comprehensive care for Tri-State’s most common lung diseases
Tri-State residents can finally catch their breath. The combination of experienced lung experts and specialized programs to diagnose and treat lung disease make the Center for Lung Health at Cabell Huntington Hospital a one-stop program for patients struggling with chronic breathing problems.
MU Back to School
Whether you are an incoming freshman or a veteran at Marshall, there are a few things you should know about the upcoming weeks. Check here for more.
Bride Guide 2012
Need advice on planning your upcoming nuptials? Check out the Bride Guide, which includes a rich list of possible wedding reception sites, sorted by seating limits.
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Be among the first to hear about breaking news in the Tri-State. You can also set up your own text alerts for stories you are interested in.
Health Challenge
The Huntington Health Revolution is a 90-Day Challenge that is a lifestyle change plan. Are you ready for the challenge?
Marshall Plane Crash
Check here to find original stories, photo galleries, victim information and coverage of the filming of the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall."
100 Years of History
A look back at 100 years of Tri-State history through The Herald-Dispatch. Ten of the biggest stories of the last 100 years in our area, as voted on by readers, plus hundreds of photos.
Purchase a photo reprint
Our professional photographers are always out and about in the Tri-State. If you know of an image you would like to purchase, click here to fill out the form.
Tri-State Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Tri-State's Wanted
The Herald-Dispatch's “Tri-State’s Wanted” list has featured several fugitives since June 2006, many of whom have been captured.
Send us your youth sports photos
Send a photo of your favorite Little Leaguer or cheerleader for our youth sports photo galleries.
More Health Source
When it comes to exercise, you can try to exercise while you eat whatever you want or you can try eating nutritiously without exercise. But you likely won't be getting much healthier and you won't get the results you are seeking this way.
Here's a surprise: Statins' "fringe benefits" may be even more important than their original reason for being: preventing heart attacks and strokes. What's made statins such superpowers?
HUNTINGTON -- A number of health-conscious classes, programs and screenings are scheduled in the Tri-State this week. Some of the activities offered in the area:
The 90-day challenge from the Huntington Health Revolution is a lifestyle change plan for parents to guide their children, spouses to motivate each other and loved ones and friends to work together for improved health.
The opposing flavors of sweet and sour are just right. Recipe courtesy of the American Diabetes Association.
If your nose looks like a radish and your eyes are more watery than chicken soup at a bad diner, the only equipment you should be operating is a thermometer. The common cold, it turns out, is an automobile accident waiting to happen. The sneezing, tearing, fever and puffy eyes make your reactions behind the wheel as slow and unsteady as a party-goer who's pounded back several drinks, reports a UK team.
Topping off the growing stack of great stuff that vitamin D-3 does for you is this good news: Keeping your levels up dramatically lowers your risk for PDQ (Pee Doesn't Quit).
HUNTINGTON -- A number of health-conscious classes, programs and screenings are scheduled in the Tri-State this week. Some of the activities offered in the area:
The 90-day challenge from the Huntington Health Revolution is a lifestyle change plan for parents to guide their children, spouses to motivate each other and loved ones and friends to work together for improved health.
These quick-and-easy chocolate pudding pies from the May Clinic make great desserts or snacks. Instead of using sprinkles for garnish, you can top the pies with diced fresh fruit, such as strawberries or raspberries.
Talk about terrific twofers: This one's better than not only scoring Saturday-night tickets for "The Book of Mormon" but getting them at half price.
‘It completely changed my life!’
Amanda and Patrick Hansen can run around with their 12-year-old twins, and be involved in their sporting activities.
We YOU Docs are all for snacks, especially those that keep you from sitting down to a meal hungry enough to gnaw the napkins. Munching a handful of walnuts half an hour before eating is one of the best ways we know to tame a Rottweiler appetite.
HUNTINGTON -- A number of health-conscious classes, programs and screenings are scheduled in the Tri-State this week. Some of the activities offered in the area:
Whew. Suddenly, it's 2012. How did that happen? And why do you feel limper than leftover ribbon? OK, maybe you stayed up too late a couple of nights (the easy-to-assemble bike wasn't, the open house next door never closed). Still, it wasn't a total marathon.
Make a delicious dish with simple ingredients from the American Diabetes Association.
Frantic to lose some weight? The first thing to do is calm down. Try this: Spend seven minutes a day meditating -- yep, just seven minutes. It could help you get slim.
Is your blood pressure lower than you think? You're probably thinking, "sure YOU Docs, and world peace is right around the corner." We're not delusional. If we're right, it could save you big bucks, and the country millions.
You've probably had the five-a-day slogan for fruits and vegetables drilled into your brain since you were a little kid.
This tip is part of a handful of columns that we YOU Docs consider among the most important stories we covered in 2011. Happy 2012 to all our readers. Love ya! -- Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, MDs
