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Ask the Doctor: Teens and sleep
A: Our answer may surprise you. Even though the average teen tries to get by on very little sleep, in fact, teens need more sleep than younger children. The National Sleep Foundation suggests that teens need an average of more than nine hours of sleep each night.
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How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Do gallstones always need treatment?
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