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The healthiest women in the world

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The people of Okinawa live a long time because of their unique diet. Okinawa is an island off Japan, and was a trade route stop. It's people incorporated pork and sweet potatoes, less salt, and more fresh vegetables into the Japanese diet to give it more protein and fat, and less salt.

Author: Franklin, Deborah
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 1996
Health aspects, Japan, Food and nutrition, Longevity, Okinawa Island

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The case of the jumpy accountant

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Gladys Harper, a retired accountant, suddenly began to experience strange and apparently unrelated symptoms affecting her eyes, balance and other bodily functions. Harper's antibodies were attacking not only a cancerous growth, but also certain brain cells.

Author: Franklin, Deborah
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 1992
Diagnosis, Immunologic diseases

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Femininity's seamy underside

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Bras have improved in design since the early 1970s with the advent of stretch material and flexible underwires. Several myths about bras, including what causes breasts to sag, are dispelled. The comfort of a woman matters the most.

Author: Franklin, Deborah
Publisher: Time Inc., Health
Publication Name: Health (San Francisco, CA)
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 1059-938X
Year: 1992
Column, Design and construction, Brassieres, Bras

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