Does high blood pressure, a big belly, or cancer run in your family? Does that mean you're doomed to get these too? The burgeoning field of epi-genetics is working on the answer. Epi-genetics is the science of what makes our genes express themselves the way they do.

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On behalf of the New York City Coalition, we would like to cordially invite you to the World AIDS Day Conference in Harlem; a community mobilization event aimed at strengthening Black organizational and individual capacity in addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in their communities.

Red Ribbon Week has, since 1988, been the last week of Oct. Illicit drugs are typically the focus of Red Ribbon Week. A few extend the focus of the week to maltreatment of alcohol and prescription drugs, as well.

As a nutritionist, I often get asked about whether or not High Fructose Corn Syrup, or HFCS for short, is bad for your health. This is an important question because HFCS has replaced regular old "sugar," also known as sucrose, as our sweetener of choice. HFCS can be found in everything from sodas and snack foods to toothpaste and cough syrups.

At its present rate of increase, diabetes will be a fact of life for a third of the U.S. Population by 2024. An increasing trend toward obesity and an aging populace were cited as the main troubles in a Centers for Disease Control report published on Oct. 22. As the cost of treating diabetes is expected to triple, the CDC has launched efforts reduce the number of cases.