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10 Healthy Habits: Why Not Now?

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Use a combination of smoking cessation medication (such as the patch) and coaching, such as 1-800-QUIT-NOW. In contrast, participants receiving standard treatment (“4 weekly telephone counseling sessions and medication advice”) had a quit rate of 21.5%. This article was published in August 2013 and has been updated.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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While there are physical reminders of his disease, he’s able to control it most of the time with medication and a healthy lifestyle. But during a September 2013 interview with Howard Stern, Fox told the radio host, “Believe it or not, from a scientific point of view, that’s not significant.” I just rested.

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