Whether you're already in love or interested in cultivating those loving feelings, we can all take advantage of a little chemistry assist during Valentine's season. And a heart-healthy diet helps keep your ticker at its best, rested and ready for love.

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Some people think it will drop their property's value.

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February is For the Love of Art Month in Las Cruces — a good time to investigate the therapeutic qualities of art.

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Matthew Hale didn't have enough time to get things ready for his wife, Nandy Stages-Hale, who was in labor with their first daughter, Kayla. "Everything happened so fast," Hale said. "So we really didn't have time to get things together."

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As an experience, going out to breakfast is often an enjoyable venture — just witness the Saturday crowds at most restaurants serving the esteemed most important meal of the day.

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The National Children's Oral Health Foundation describes pediatric dental disease as "a silent epidemic."

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June Donohue knows the numbers.

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A few years ago, I took my teen son to see a physician. This was a new experience for me, since I have relied for 50 years exclusively on Christian Science — a Bible-based approach to individual spiritual growth that includes spiritual healing — for all my health needs and for those of my children. Imagine my surprise after the physician visit, when no one at the "Pay Here" desk of the clinic knew what to do when I said I was going to pay for the services myself, right then. And once they understood that I meant it, they cut my $500 bill in half. It was my first foray into the healthcare system and it gave me a firsthand view of just a couple of the reasons there is such a need for healthcare reform. Since then, I've been regularly involved at both the state and federal level in this issue.

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Inflammation plays a role in many disease processes. Heart disease, diabetes and cancer are just a few illnesses that are aggravated by excessive and long-standing inflammation.

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Happy Valentine's Day! This month, I would like to share some ideas to develop positive relationships.

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For most people, walking from the parking lot to the store front is no big deal. But it's an ordeal patients who have lumbar spinal stenosis. The incapacitating condition is caused by an abnormal narrowing of the spine that can make every small step a big pain.

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This fast food place joins the list of other order-and-go places that serve breakfast all day. They have the usual sausage, bacon and egg combinations in a biscuit, burrito, croissant or platter. Most breakfast items are in the 300- to 500-calorie range.

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This health-focused radio show is broadcast every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. on KSNM AM-570. Each week features different topics and guiests. The show is hosted by Amanda Askin, a school mental-health advocate for the Department of Health. For more information, or to listen to a streaming webcast or archived podcast of the show, visit www.ksnm570.am.   Full Story

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Are you one of the 67 percent of Americans who, according to one recent survey, greeted the new year with food-related resolutions?   Full Story

Our Healthy U Expo is here, and I'm excited! It's from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. on Feb. 4 — a Saturday. Read more about what we have to offer on page 20 in this month's issue.

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