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Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection?  
Even though stress hasn't been proven to cause high blood pressure, reducing your stress can help control your blood pressure by improving your general health.

Highlights  
Weight loss: Gain control of emotional eating
Long-term care: Early planning pays off 
First trimester pregnancy: What to expect 
Snacks: How they fit into your weight-loss plan 
Thermometer basics: Taking your child's temperature 

Expert Answers with Mayo Clinic Specialists 
Lupus: Can it cause hair loss?
 
Fiber supplements: Safe to take every day? 
Organic baby food: Better for baby? 
Ovarian cysts and fertility: Is there a connection? 
Granuloma: What does it mean?  

Healthy Recipes    
New York strip steak with whiskey-mushroom sauce 
Lemon rice with golden raisins and almonds 
Pork medallions with herbs de Provence 
Lima bean ragout with tomatoes and thyme

Blogs  
Living with diabetes: Diabetes and stress — Tips for present moment awareness 
Nutrition-wise: Healthy holiday eating — Remakes of favorite recipes 
Stress: Multiple options exist for dealing with adversity 
Living with cancer: The importance of human touch for cancer patients 
Pregnancy and you: Flu during pregnancy — What to do?

Health Digest  
Broken collarbone 

Dermatographia 
Hamstring injury 
Pilonidal cyst 
Addison's disease  

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