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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.

The costly issue of receiving anesthesia during a colonoscopy has become a hot topic.
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summertime season -- do you have enough sunscreen?
Botox may be better known for smoothing wrinkles, but a new study finds that it can greatly help women with overactive bladders achieve more normal lives.
For nearly two decades, middle-aged men have been told by their doctors to have a routine PSA test to screen for prostate cancer.
Here's some sweet news to add to your morning coffee: Regular coffee drinkers are likely to live longer, says the largest study ever done on the subject.
Think of it: A virtual colonoscopy that doesn't require a day spent taking laxatives and being sequestered in the bathroom, and doesn't use that lovely little camera-probe inserted where the sun don't shine.
Despite a recall of 11 brands of contaminated dry dog food -- including brands sold at Costco -- two more people have become sick after handling the salmonella-tainted kibble, bringing the total to 16 in nine states, federal officials reported.
Sunscreen makers have had a year to come up with clearer labeling, but somehow just couldn't get it done in time for this summer's big sunscreen-buying season.
For those trying to lose weight, counting calories is making a comeback.
Taking over-the-counter zinc pills can shorten your cold by a couple days, but that modest benefit can leave a bad taste in your mouth. Literally.
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