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Dietary Habits
Top 10 foods rich in lithium – and why this overlooked mineral matters for your brain
Lithium is best known as a psychiatric treatment, but in tiny amounts it’s naturally present in what we eat and drink. New research suggests this trace element could support...
Exercise
How Many Push Ups should you be able to do? Amount sorted by age
Have you ever heard that completing 40 push-ups a day can significantly lower the risk of cardiovascular disease? Push-ups are an effective and simple way to measure upper body...
Cardio Training
Want to know how healthy your heart is? This fitness measure could help
You keep tabs on your cholesterol and your blood pressure, but there is a third number cardiologists now want on your chart.
Diseases
Measles is making a comeback in America: This could be the reason
Measles is making a troubling comeback across the US, with thousands of cases reported. A new study reveals what may be fueling the spread and why more communities could be at risk.
Exercise
Scientists reveal how fast you need to walk to get a real workout
Count your steps for 15 seconds and you will know instantly whether your walk actually qualifies as exercise.
Body
How Long Should an Average Person Be Able to Hold Their Breath?
Breath-holding has both benefits and risks, and understanding how it affects the body can help individuals improve their lung capacity safely.What happens when you hold your breath?As soon as...
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Body
Professor warns against using paracetamol for six common ailments
You should not always take Panodil for these six things.
Tips for a Long Life
Just three small daily habits could cut your heart attack risk by 10%
A new analysis of 53,000 adults checked three everyday habits, and the smallest effective dose was far smaller than most of us would expect.
Diseases
8 warning signs of appendicitis most people write off as a stomach ache
The signs often start so quietly that people blame gas or indigestion, right up until the pain has nowhere left to hide.
Diseases
Taking Ozempic or Wegovy? A Rutgers study found a small but real risk to your vision
The risk is rare, but researchers say one group of patients should pay closer attention before their next refill.
Nutrition
How to make fun and spooky Halloween food with fish
Halloween is the perfect opportunity to get a little...
Nutrition
New study: One tea bag can release nearly 2,500 plastic particles into your cup
The bag you drop into your mug every morning may be releasing more than flavor into the water.
Body
Exercise
Mind
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Just 10 minutes of daily exercise is linked to deeper sleep
Sleep scientists say the pattern of your workouts may matter as much as how long they last.
6 everyday foods that may be quietly raising your LDL cholesterol
If your last blood test came back a little too high, the usual suspects may already be sitting in your fridge.
Depression may not be one illness: Scientists discover five different brain patterns
Scientists peering under the hood of major depression keep finding patients with the same diagnosis whose brains behave in opposite ways.
7 supplements that may interact with your blood pressure medication
Some popular herbs on pharmacy shelves can quietly blunt the pills meant to lower your blood pressure, and a few may push it up on their own.
Latest Articles
This common salad topping is linked to 76 illnesses, and washing it may not be enough
A food poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened 76 people across 16 US states. Six have been hospitalized, and investigators have traced the outbreak to seeds that may carry two dangerous types of bacteria.
A pre-meal protein habit may cut your blood sugar spike by about 28%
Timing may matter more than you think for the blood sugar surge that follows a big breakfast or lunch.
A simple blood draw may now spot Alzheimer’s, with no $4,000 brain scan needed
For years, memory worries led down a path of specialist referrals and brain scans that most patients never actually reached.
8 bed bug warning signs
The clues often turn up days after the fact, and one of them has nothing to do with your skin at all.
HPV now causes more cancer in US men than in women
The virus most people still associate with women has quietly become the top HPV cancer in American men.
A single brain protein may drive aging, and old mice bounced back in about a month
The clue researchers chased sits in a small corner of the brain that quietly steers almost everything else.
The most effective quit-smoking tool has been found
The biggest evidence review yet on how to stop smoking has a clear answer, and it is not the one most doctors still reach for first.
Promising lung cancer drug hits major setback just days before FDA decision
A promising treatment for one of the deadliest lung cancers has hit a setback that experts did not see coming.
Your eyeliner and mascara may be more dangerous than you think, data shows
The familiar tubes sitting on your bathroom shelf are sending people to the emergency room more often than you would guess.