Health Advice Fad bruises overnight To lighten a black-and-blue mark, crush a handful of fresh parsley, press onto the area and cover with platic wrap before going to bed. Leave on overnight, then rinse off in the morning. The bioflavonoids and vitaminC in the herb permeate the skin's pores and work synergistically to repair and strengthen blood vessels, shrinking the borken capillaries that creat the bruise. Alleviate a cancer sore Easwe a mouth irritation by chewing two antacid tablets like Tums and letting the paste sit on the area for 30 seconds before swallowing. The calcium carbonate in the tablets neutralizes the oral and digestive acids that attack sore tissue and intensify pain.

NEWS - HEALTH TIP: EXTRA WEIGHT MAY LEAD TO A LONGER LIFE People who are as much as 30 pounds overweight live longer than those who fall into normal, underweight or obese weight categories, say governmnet scientists. They examined 20 years' worth of reasearch and discovered that those with a body mass index of 25 to 29 (the range for "overweight") had the lowest mortality rate. The results surprised study authros, who are still working to interpret the data. But as coauthor Katherine Flegal, Ph.D., notes, "Weight and overall health don't always directly correlate."