September 25, 2018
Scientists at the University of California have just added an easy way to boost your memory to the list of things you can do to ward off cognitive decline as you age. Using healthy volunteers, they discovered that just 10 minutes of light physical...
Do you have questions about the keto diet? Is there something you want to know about which foods are included and which ones are not? Are you afraid you’ll be relegated to eating nothing but bacon the rest of your life if you decide to...
A cyst-forming microorganism that can cause an infection of the cornea has become an ongoing threat for contact lens wearers in the U.K., CNN reports. The infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, has tripled since 2011, affecting 2 in every 100,000...
How do you define “noise”? Whether it’s the TV playing in a different room while you’re trying to sleep, or traffic whizzing outside your home, noise pollution not only is a real hazard to your health, but one that can...
For decades, saturated fats have been mistakenly blamed for causing high cholesterol levels and clogged arteries, while vegetable oils were anointed as the only fats you should consume. If you’ve been centering your diet on this misinformation...
September 24, 2018
If the numbers continue at the same rate they are now, obesity will overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of female cancers by 2043, BBC reports. The numbers are especially grim because, like smoking, obesity is something you can avoid. Researchers...
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the bane of many folks, to the point that if you’re someone who seems to come down with UTIs regularly, you would do just about anything to make them go away. The thing is, you can’t always tell...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its global status report on alcohol and health for 2018, and their findings conclude that more than 1 in 20 deaths worldwide can be attributed to alcohol. Most of these deaths were among men, WHO said...
September 23, 2018
There’s probably not a household anywhere that doesn’t have a stack of cleaning products in a cupboard somewhere — from detergents to disinfectants, they’re all there, just waiting for your next cleaning project. But if you...
If you’ve been told by your doctor that your cholesterol levels are too high, and you need to give up fats and go on a statin, STAT, then you may want to know about a new expert medical literature review that challenges the idea that high...
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