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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.

This could be bad news for Bo, the Obamas' supposedly hypoallergenic Portuguese Water Dog: A new study says it's a myth that certain dog breeds are less likely to aggravate allergies.
The current weather map says it all: Two-thirds of the country is colored fiery orange and red, reflecting the dangerously hot weather making life miserable for millions of Americans.
The secret to losing weight? Getting paid millions to be the public (non-pudgy) face of a diabetes drug campaign.
It's the hot new trend among cool summer drinks: Cold-brewed iced coffee that is smoother-tasting and lower in acid so it's easier on your tummy.
Those who have lived to be 100 have some advice for you young whipper-snappers in your 50s who want to reach the century mark: Sleep longer and eat a more healthful diet.
Want to avoid germs during your next hotel stay? Wipe down that TV remote and the switch on your bedside lamp before you touch them.
The Environmental Working Group just released its "Dirty Dozen" list of fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residue, plus the "Clean 15" list of produce that is lowest in pesticides.
It sounds like reasonable advice: The government is urging all baby boomers to get tested for the hepatitis C virus, which people often don't realize they have and which can damage or destroy the liver.
A new survey of Americans' attitudes about aging yielded some fascinating -- and surprising -- nuggets, including the fact that more than half of us think we look younger than our age, 70 percent of those over 65 say they're more active than their parents were, and most of us say age 38 was when we…
Whooping cough, that childhood scourge that seemed to be wiped out when vaccines were introduced in the 1940s, has made a surprising return, and a federal panel wants all adults, including those over 65, to get booster shots.
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