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Candy Sagon

Candy Sagon is an award-winning food and health writer. She wrote about food and restaurants for The Washington Post, where she won a James Beard Foundation award for food feature writing, and was assistant health editor at AARP, where she wrote about nutrition and health research for the association’s publications and website. She currently writes about health and nutrition for a number of publications.

You know those colorful little warning stickers that the pharmacist slaps on prescription pill bottles?
An emotionally moving essay in the Washington Post last week about the loneliness and frustrations of assisted living has sparked an equally emotional outpouring from readers.
In the hopes of selling more apples -- including more pre-sliced fruit for snacking -- one biotech company is trying to bring to market a genetically altered apple that doesn't turn brown when it's bruised or cut.
The most effective secret to weight loss for older, overweight women? Keeping a food diary.
Marion Cunningham, the inspiring, plain-spoken champion of American home-cooking who was best-known for her revisions of the classic "Fannie Farmer Cookbook," has died at age 90 in Walnut Creek, Calif.
The label on the package of ground beef says "all-natural." What the heck does that mean?
The person you hire from an agency to take care of your ailing, aging family member -- shouldn't that caregiver have passed a federal background check? Or drug testing? Or be screened for skills and training?
Regular soda is full of sugar and calories that can make you fat, but what about no-calorie, diet soda? Shouldn't it help keep you from gaining weight?
Belviq, the first new prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years, won approval last week from the Food and Drug Administration.
Attention men: Before you head outdoors this summer, make sure you are wearing sunscreen. Because evidently, you need some reminding. (Ok, nagging.)
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