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Winter 2009 Issue: Volume 4 Number 1

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Tips for a Health-Happy New Year

All of us can live healthier lives at any age. Good eating habits, periodic check ups with your health care provider, and regular exercise can help you stay well. Start 2009 off right with these tips for everyone from babies to teens, adults to seniors.

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Then & Now: Research Pays Off for All Americans

William Cole Harrison, left, and family, 837 South Lake Street, Los Angeles, California, summer of 1909. Daisy, left rear, and Ray, right, were the only two of the Harrisons' nine children to have survived into adulthood. Continue Reading, 'Then & Now: Research Pays Off for All Americans'