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About the Blogger: Julie Bain Julie Bain Julie Bain is Health Director for Reader’s Digest magazine. She has more than 25 years of experience translating complex scientific and medical concepts into practical advice for a wide range of readers. She’s never happier than when she’s in an OR watching a new way to do surgery, or in a lab listening to a scientist explain a potentially lifesaving medical breakthrough. Julie won the 2007 Samter Journalism Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology for outstanding medical reporting. In her Living Healthy blog, she offers news, fresh views and advice that's easy to swallow.
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November 11, 2008, 12:30 PM New Way to Look at Heart Disease By Julie Bain
Big news was unveiled this week at the American Heart Association annual meeting in New Orleans, and it may change the way doctors diagnose and treat heart disease.

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November 10, 2008, 09:41 AM New Leadership and a New Day for Health Care By Julie Bain
This blog has been a bit quiet lately. There hadn’t been much health news in the weeks leading up to the election. It was all-economy, all-politics, 24/7. No blockbuster new drugs, no eureka medical breakthroughs. But now that we know who will be president,

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October 28, 2008, 06:21 AM Get Your Flu Shot! By Julie Bain
Vaccines were back in the news last week. Hundreds of people gathered to protest New Jersey’s new mandate that all children in preschools or licensed child-care centers must be vaccinated against influenza, reported The New York Times. And USA Today

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October 27, 2008, 02:25 PM Her Search for a Cure Continues By Julie Bain
Heather Saler was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2003, when she was only 33. What’s more, she’d never smoked a cigarette in her life. It didn’t make sense. We featured her story in the July 2006 issue of Reader’s Digest. We also shot some video footage

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October 24, 2008, 09:46 AM Watch Your Budget, Watch Your Weight By Julie Bain
Credit is out; cash is king. And layaways are back in vogue, according to a segment on The Today Show this morning. Remember those department store plans, where you pay in installments and only take the item home once it’s paid in full? What a quaint

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October 17, 2008, 02:14 PM Please ignore: This is a test By Julie Bain
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October 16, 2008, 10:35 AM This Song Could Save a Life By Julie Bain
Remember the opening scene of Saturday Night Fever in which John Travolta struts through the streets of Brooklyn while the Bee Gees’ falsetto hit “Stayin’ Alive” pounds in the background? If you lived through the disco era, that song is permanently imbedded

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October 14, 2008, 12:43 PM Grieving the Loss of a Pet By Julie Bain
Two-thirds of the way through her treatment for colon cancer recently, my always-chipper cousin hit a bump in the road. No, she didn’t start to feel nauseous, or weak, or even sorry for herself. Her beloved blue-eyed cat had kidney problems, was losing

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The Lineup is our blog of lists that cover topics like health, money, career and books. Written by Reader's Digest editors and guest experts, The Lineup will give you great advice you can use in your daily life.


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