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Healthy Living: Achieving a six-pack

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In today's Healthy Living report, Kafi Drexel is with personal trainer Gregg Cook, with some tips on how to achieve core strength and that seemingly impossible six-pack.

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Healthy Living: Seasonal allergies

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Do you have unexpected seasonal allergies? In this edition of Healthy Living, Marcie Fraser explains the reason you may be sneezin' this spring.

05/27/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Boy fights rare auto-immune condition

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For four years, all a Livingston County boy could do is ask, “Why?” His body seemed to be rejecting the same foods he’s enjoyed all his life. He was frequently sick and was forced to miss school and sports. Two months ago, the mystery was finally solved. It was a rare auto-immune condition that affects 1 in 3,000 children. But being diagnosed came with new challenges. Casey Bortnick reports.

05/26/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Visits to the emergency room

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A trip to the emergency room can be stressful and confusing not only for the patient, but for the family as well. As Marcie Fraser reports, there are some things you need to remember.

05/25/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Effective treatments can zap away ingrown hairs

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You might be able to forget about them all winter, but unsightly razor bumps or ingrown hairs can cramp your style come swimwear and shorts season. YNN's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

05/23/2012 05:00 AM

Healthy Living: Sunscreen changes

Savvy consumers may notice a number of changes to any new over-the-counter sunscreen products hitting stores by mid-June.

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Healthy Living: Car safety for seniors

In this edition of Healthy Living, Marcie Fraser explains the ricks senior citizens face getting in and out of their cars, and how to help reduce the chance of falling.

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Healthy Living: Medical testing

Procedures like CAT scans, MRIs, and X-rays can help doctors save your life, but physician groups across the country say they're overused. YNN’s Casey Bortnick reports.

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Healthy Living: Picking the right bike for you

With gas prices so high, why not buy a bike? But before you head out to buy one, there are a few mistakes you want to avoid. Marcie Fraser explains.

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Healthy Living: Dance inspired workout can stretch your strength

For some New Yorkers, stretching doesn't just have to be the pre-cursor to exercise. YNN's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

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Healthy Living: Nurse shortage

In this edition of Healthy Living, Casey Bortnick tells us how choosing a career in nursing may be the right move, as hospitals are being faced with a shortage of nurses.

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Tone Up: Step box

Tone Up

If you're just starting out, guy or girl, you need a little upper body strength. A step box can help you. Marcie Fraser demonstrates how to gain upper body strength by using a step box combined with push-ups.

Updated 05/24/2012 05:00 AM

Tone Up: Tightening your lower abdomen

Standing abdominal exercises will help strengthen your lower abdominals and pull the belly in. Marcie Fraser demonstrates one way to make the exercise a little more challenging.

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Tone Up: Shaping your legs

You may be familiar with the abductor and adductor machine. Some people use it because they think it will help them get thinner legs. If you want to change your legs, Marcie Fraser demonstrates a more helpful exercise.

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Tone Up: Working your back

In today's Tone Up, Marcie Fraser demonstrates her favorite exercise. Nothing says Tone Up better than a beautiful back.

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Tone Up: Using the rotary torso machine

When trying to trim your waist line, many people try a machine called the rotary torso. Some people live by it, but you need to be a little careful. Marcie Fraser demonstrates the proper motion, and a safer move for beginners.

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Tone Up: French curls

When working your triceps, you can use free weights, but French curls are also effective. French curls are done behind your head, using a French curl bar. Marcie Fraser demonstrates.

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Tone Up: Shin splints

If you're a jogger, soccer, or field hockey player, you may have experienced shin splints. They are a terrible feeling that comes in between your shin bone and the muscle. In order to try and strengthen the front of the bone, some physical therapists say you should do toe ups or shin strengtheners. Marcie Fraser shows you how.

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Child Wellness: Taking your child to the ER

Child Wellness

When there is a problem with your child, when do you know if it's an emergency? What do you use - an urgent care center or an emergency room? Marcie Fraser has some answers.

05/23/2012 05:00 AM

Child Wellness: Understanding teenage behavior

When it comes to bringing up a teenager, expectations are important. And in this day and age, nutrition is playing a factor. The kids are bigger and that probably plays into why parents are expecting more. Marcie Fraser reports.

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Child Wellness: Obstacle course mirrors teen challenges

If you are raising an adolescent, you know it can be challenging. They are entering a phase where they are experiencing a great deal of peer pressure for drugs and alcohol. Marcie Fraser reports.

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Child Wellness: Lyme disease

When diagnosing Lyme disease, clinicians look for a bulls eye rash or a tick but in some cases, you won't find either. Marcie Fraser has one teenager’s difficult story of diagnosis and recovery.

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Little Girl Defies Odds, Beats Rare Brain Defect

A year-and-a-half ago, little Brooklyn Sputore came up against the challenge of a lifetime. Doctors predicted she would die – before the little girl was even born. YNN's Geoff Redick reports.

Child Wellness: Teens testing their style limits

Most teens go through a phase of wanting to fit in with what they wear or perhaps a hair style or hair color. As Marcie Fraser reports, parents need to learn when to say ‘no’ and when to let go.

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Child Wellness: Teenage behavior

At some point in your child’s life, usually around age 13, most parents wonder where their sweet, agreeable child went to. Have they become bit irrational a bit argumentative? It's natural and according to the experts, put your seat belt on, it's going to be a bumpy ride. Marcie Fraser reports.