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...
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...
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...
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 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...
September 22, 2018
If you think nobody likes you, think again: Research shows that many of us fail to realize just how much even strangers appreciate our company. We all can underestimate what others think of us, Scientific American says, and one reason is because...
If you can’t seem to motivate yourself to get off the couch and get moving, it may be that you just need to retrain your brain into thinking yourself out of your seat. In a EurekAlert! news release, researchers at University of British...
September 21, 2018
One more time, microbiota have been connected to the health — or non-health — of the rest of your body. In this case, researchers have discovered that the oral bacteria in a toddler’s mouth could be an early indicator for obesity,...
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