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In our culture, we have a Webster’s worth of euphemisms for living with pain, perhaps because so many of us do live with it. More than 50 million Americans suffer from chronic, debilitating pain, yet only an estimated one in four receives proper treatment for it, according to the American Pain Foundation. The reasons? They’re many and varied, but the most basic is this: Many of us—physicians as well as patients—don’t believe we can stop the pain....

Three Secrets of Success One caveat: Don’t expect the same rapid weight loss you experience during the first and most restrictive phase to continue. Once you start adding back “good” carbs, you’ll still lose, but more slowly. There’s nothing magic about The South Beach Diet. If you have a lot of weight to lose, you’ll need to make the commitment to follow it until you’re where you want to be, and that could take as long as a year or more....

Recipe by Laraine Perri Go Stir Crazy For 100-plus stir-fry recipes, go to prevention.com/stirfry.

Colicky babies cannot generally be quieted with feeding or a change of diaper, and episodes may last for several hours. Colic tends to be most severe at 4 to 6 weeks of age and gradually subsides by 3 to 4 months. Though none of the remedies offered below will cure colic, most have brought some relief to suffering parents and their babies, so you may want to give them a try....

Pounds Lost: 10.8All-Over Inches Lost: 10.25 If anyone can make the claim that 60 is the new 40, it’s Carol Stiegler. After 15 frustrating years trying to lose weight, this operating room nurse, now 61, continued following the Sugar Smart Diet after the 32-day plan, and has now lost 17 pounds. [sidebar]“The plan taught me everything in moderation,” Carol says. “I was just eating way too much for my size....

3 Ways Heat Heals: Stimulates the sensory thermo receptors on nerve endings in the skin, which block your body’s pain transmitters from sending pain signals to your brain.Increases blood supply and stimulates the elimination of waste products to relax soreness and stiffness.After an intense boot camp or spin class, applying heat can reduce soreness and relieve aches and pains. Clinical studies show the use of continuous low-level heat therapy like that found in ThermaCare® HeatWraps, can be a great way to soothe painful muscle cramps and pain management in general....

“The complexity of food combinations is fascinating because it’s tested in a way we can’t test drugs: by evolution,” says Jacobs. And, he adds, “it’s tested in the most complex of systems: life.” What’s more fascinating, however, is that the evolution between eater and eaten might answer the long-held question about why humans live longer, healthier lives on traditional diets. As researchers work to unravel the complexities of the interactions of the foods we eat, we present you with the most powerful food synergies currently known to science....

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire had more than 200 people complete two surveys. The first one included questions on a wide range of activities including exercise, and finished by asking half of the participants to describe a positive or negative experience that might increase their motivation to exercise. Eight days later, they filled out a second questionnaire that asked about their exercise sessions in the intervening week. The results: people who drew on a previous, concrete mental image of how good it feels to exercise were much more likely to be active than those who didn’t tap into a feel-good fitness moment....

And because our version is done against a wall instead of on the floor, you won’t feel any discomfort in your wrists. You can also use this modification in yoga if Downward-Facing Dog is too difficult. ​ ​ MORE: 60-Second Fix For Back Pain

Make this supermarket swap: Carrying your groceries instead of pushing a cart could lead to healthier food choices, according to a new study from Harvard University. When given the option to eat either a healthy fruit snack or a chocolate square, people who wore heavy backpacks on their shoulders chose the fruit 78% of the time, while just 48% of those carrying lighter loads made the more nutritious choice. It turns out that carrying something heavy actually increases your feelings of guilt, explains study coauthor Maryam Kouchaki, PhD....

The research: After an association between fat intake and breast cancer was discovered in a small Italian study several years ago, researchers decided to analyze data from 10,062 breast cancer patients from the EPIC study, a study of more than 337,000 women in 10 European countries. In the 11.5-year follow up, high total fat and saturated fat intake was associated with higher risk of estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancers....

A team of students from Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana has discovered that some plants are stellar purifiers. Led by Douglas Schauer, PhD, associate professor and program chair of chemical technology at the school, the students traveled to an impoverished region of Mexico in search of a plant to remove heavy metals from the uber-polluted water. Dr. Schauer had an inkling that cactus would perform the best, but the students tested the lead-removing capacity of every plant they could dig up....

The research: Researchers examined salt consumption and health data of nearly 275,000 people. Compared to those who followed a low-salt diet plan, people who fell somewhere in the 2,645 to 4,945 mg range enjoyed lower mortality rates, as well as fewer cardiovascular events like heart attack or stroke. What it means: The CDC and the American Heart Association currently recommend that adults under age 50 limit their salt intake to 2,300 mgs....

Skip the pharmacy and head for the produce aisle. According to new research published in Circulation, people who eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fish lower their risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke by 35%. Researchers tracked the eating habits of 31,546 people with a history of heart disease, stroke, or type 2 diabetes over 5 years, and found that those who ate the heart-healthy diet had the lowest chances of having a repeat stroke or heart attack....

VeganicWhat it means: Your organic carrot might be vegan, but was the organic fertilizer used to grow it also vegan? Shocker: Dirty, old organic farming relies on natural fertilizers like animal waste, bone meal, and blood meal. But thankfully, there’s now veganic farming, which uses only plant-based fertilizers like mulch or vegetable compost that are infinitely more pure.Where you’ll find it: This is slapped on foods like flour, bread, and greens that come from veganic farms, of which there aren’t very many....

A Gallup Organization survey of over 1 million people living in the United States found that obesity was associated with a greater risk of experiencing daily pain. After collecting personal stats, such as weight, height, and self-reported chronic pain, researchers found that overweight people (with a BMI of 25-30) were 20% more likely to report experiencing pain. Up the BMI to 30-35, and the likelihood of pain rose to 68%....

While goat is a staple in Middle Eastern, North African, and Caribbean cultures, here in the US, the protein-packed lean red meat has flown way under the radar. Now, that’s all changing, thanks in part to growing immigrant populations that have helped the import of goat meat shoot up 9-fold over the past 2 decades. During the same time, goat production here in the States has soared by 350%. MORE: 5 Food Labels All Meat Eaters Should Understand So what’s all the fuss about?...

I first stumbled on the idea of not drinking water with meals in the new digestion health book Go With Your Gut. Author Robyn Youkilis recommends not drinking a half hour before meals and up to an hour after meals. If you absolutely must, she says, take small sips only to wash down food—otherwise, you risk diluting your stomach’s reservoir of hydrochloric acid, which is essential to break down food properly....

After drawing attention to the chemical, Subway announced that it had already initiated a phaseout and was well under way with getting azodicarbonamide out of its bread. So what is this weird-sounding chemical, and is it really as horrible as it sounds? RodaleNews asked Lisa Lefferts, MSPH, a senior scientist at Center for Science in the Public Interest, who is trying to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban it from food nationally....