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With recent attention on new tick-borne illnesses, these persistent pests slide easily onto Long Island’s list of summer health hazards. “Long Island is beautiful and it’s very hospitable and it’s a very nice place to live -- particularly if you’re a tick, because you don’t have to pay real estate taxes if you’re not a human being,” said Bruce Hirsch, a physician at North Shore University Hospital...

Diet sodas and other noncaloric, sweetened drinks are go-to options for 30 percent of health conscious consumers in the United States.

But a new study out of Purdue University shows that these popular drinks may not be the solution in the fight against obesity and other health problems.

“Although it seems like common sense that diet sodas would not be problematic, that doesn't appear...

With summer finally upon us, many fitness fanatics are packing the health clubs in a last-ditch effort to sculpt their figures -- the infamous beach-body mantra. Many of these people are targeting weight loss in a specific area of the body and practice what’s called spot reduction -- the false belief that training a certain area of the body will result in weight loss in that area. The truth is that...

Today, just before lunchtime, I started craving a blueberry muffin. When my colleague opened a bag of chips at the desk next to mine, I wanted them.

These relatively unexceptional desires may be normal for most people, but not for me. I haven’t had a muffin in years and potato chips -- I’d just as soon dip my fingers in oil and salt and snack on that.

No, I’m not pregnant. I’m on a juice...

During the summer months Long Islanders slather sunscreen onto our skin to prevent burns -- but what if instead of protecting you, that sunscreen contributed to getting you burned?

The FDA is warning consumers about possible risks they face when picking up a bottle of sunscreen.

In a post on their consumer updates page, the FDA writes: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...