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Read your way to your best health, your best self.

Welcome to HealthLeader, our award-winning online health, prevention and wellness magazine, produced by the Office of Institutional Advancement of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

HealthLeader brings you the latest, most reliable news and information to help you make better decisions about your personal health.

Our feature stories deliver solid, timely data in a lively style and are written by recognized medical/scientific journalists.

In each issue, you’ll find

That day’s feature story with related links, sidebars and source information
A “Health Tip of the Week” — from arthritis to zinc, from clinical medicine to public health, from basic science to translational medicine, from dental health to mental health
Easy-to-find links to all of our health services, schools and centers
One-click contact information for all of our sources
A searchable archive 500 stories thick
Breaking news from our news desk
Health calculators for exercise and weight control
Letters to the Editor
New features added regularly

With one click, you can even make an appointment to see one of our doctors or other health care providers.

The UT Health Science Center at Houston boasts more than 1,000 “health leaders” as its sources—clinicians and faculty members who are experts in medicine, nursing, dentistry, public health, human genetics and biomedical science.

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HealthLeader’s mission is to inform you about cutting-edge research, clinical breakthroughs and lifestyle improvements that can serve your healthcare needs.

(And, like chicken soup, a little humor doesn’t hurt, either.)

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Children & Teens
Mind, Body & Soul
Lifestyle & Trends
Dental Health Tips

Health Tip:

Add fiber to your diet... slowly

Dietary fiber is versatile and talented. It assists in discouraging a long list of woes: constipation, hemorrhoids, heart disease, diabetes, bad cholesterol and certain cancers.

Foods such as apples, berries, oranges, beans, broccoli, bran, multigrain breads and cereals should be added slowly into your diet, followed by an increase in fluid intake. Eventually you want to work up to 4 ½ cups of high fiber foods a day.

Otherwise, you might find yourself feeling more bloated, gassy or experiencing stomach cramps.So, add one high-fiber food at a time about a week apart. Increase your water intake (which includes unsweetened teas, diet sodas, juice) to eight glasses a day to help the fiber move through your system.