In need of a complete overhaul — or just fine-tuning?
   A visit to a spa can have you basking in balance while jump-starting your commitment to a healthier you
Agrowing number of spas are offering more than a chance to take a break from the rat race and massage away troubles. They promise, with your effort, to change your life — helping you learn and vow to eat better, exercise more, drop (and keep off ) excess weight, cope with stress, and figure out a better direction for career or relationships.

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Winter health woes—solved!
Smart ways to beat the season’s peskiest maladies.
Everyone wants to get into the holiday spirit. But spending too much time at the buffet and bar at parties, stressing out about finding the perfect gifts, and skimping on sleep and exercise can weaken your immune system, making you more susceptible to a grab bag of winter illnesses. Here, how to prevent and cure some top ailments so you can sail—not suffer—through the holidays.

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      When fitness meets self-expression, both body and mind reap the benefits.
Creating a synergistic experience, Nia (Neuromuscular Integrative Action) is based on the belief that through movement we find health. According to Cal-a-Vie’s fitness director Judy Wood, Nia provides a safe haven for personal expression in a dance format that accommodates all ages and fitness levels.

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● You’ve got sinus problems.
     Patients who report unexplained chronic fatigue are nine times more likely to have sinusitis symptoms (such as headaches, sinus pressure, and chronic nasal congestion) than those who feel rested and well, according to a Georgetown University Medical Center study. “Most of the patients I diagnose with sinusitis are women in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s— and they’re the most likely to brush off their symptoms as run-of-the-mill exhaustion,” says study author Alexander Chester, M.D.

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    Americans are drinking more alcohol, more often than they were a decade ago, according to new results from a Gallup study that has been tracking drinking habits since 1939. The poll found that although the number of Americans who drink has stayed about the same (64 percent), the average number of drinks they’re consuming each week has increased from 2.8 in 1996 to 4.5 in 2006.

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