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Exercising at The Same Time Each Day May Unlock Hidden Health Benefits

Here's a simple improvement you might want to make to your exercise regime: commit to doing whatever activity you do at the same time each day.

sciencealert.com

Running vs. Walking: Which Is Better for Lasting Health?

They’re both beneficial physically and mentally, but there’s a clear winner.

nytimes.com

How Much Sleep Do You Need When You Are Sick? A Lot More Than You Think

Unsurprisingly, when we’re sick, all we want to do is sleep. But sleeping well when you’re sick, as I discovered, is easier said than done.

inverse.com

From Boys to Men: Teenagers Talk Mental Health

Today’s young men are struggling. Rates of anxiety and depression are on the rise and conflicting messages around masculinity compounding the problem. But the right support systems can make all the difference

menshealth.com

 

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How to Support Your Circadian Rhythms for Deeper Sleep, Increased Energy, and Better Health

GQ wellness columnist Joe Holder shares the simple tools he uses to keep his body’s internal clock supported through big days and long flights.

gq.com

6 foods for constipation relief and healthy bowel movements

Increasing fiber intake and drinking plenty of fluids can relieve and prevent constipation

www.deseret.com

How to know if multivitamins are necessary for your health

Key factors to consider when deciding if multivitamins are right for you

www.deseret.com

Health briefs: Nurturing, nutrition and ADHD

Recent studies tackle biological aging, new science on meats and how childhood lingers into old age

www.deseret.com

How to eat vegetables even when you hate them

Here are 5 ways to incorporate vegetables into your meals in order to reap the health benefits.

www.deseret.com

 

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Why you age slower on a plane (and other incredibly strange effects of relativity)

Einstein correctly predicted that time slows when you're flying fast, but to experience "time dilation" most spectacularly, you'd have to travel into a black hole.

bbc.com

Has solution to climate change been buried deep in Earth all along?

Burning hydrogen produces only heat and water, and is attracting billions of dollars in investment

www.independent.co.uk

 

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6 foods that help lower bad cholesterol

Simple dietary changes can reduce ‘bad’ cholesterol in the bloodstream

www.deseret.com

 

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Here’s How To Safely And Quickly Put Out A Grease Fire

Do not throw water on it.

getpocket.com

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-eating/surprising-facts-about-favorite-thanksgiving-foods-a9180974030/

 

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87-year-old Prince George man walks 18 km almost every day

Dave Milne, 87-year-old Prince George resident, has walked the university hill more than 5,000 times. He shares some advice on how to get moving.

www.vancouverisawesome.com

Busted: Debunking the most contentious weight loss myth once and for all

When it comes to healthy, sustainable weight loss, is the old theory it's simply about "calories in, calories out" true?

www.vancouverisawesome.com

 

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What Happens When Your Body Becomes a Sensory Deprivation Chamber?

The brain and body impacts of multiple sensory loss are poorly understood by science but strongly felt by the people who deal with them.

gizmodo.com

 

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Our Brains Completely Distort How Time Actually Happens — Here’s How To Take Advantage Of It

Researchers are attempting to understand how our interaction with our environment shapes our experience of time.

www.inverse.com

Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Red Wine Gives You a Headache

A common nutrient in red wine could explain why the stuff rapidly leads to headache in some people.

gizmodo.com

Your Tastebuds Help Tell You When to Stop Eating, New Research Suggests

Scientists thought signals from the gut tell us when we're full. A new study finds the tongue plays a role, too.

gizmodo.com

 

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7 'Unhealthy' Foods That Are Actually Fine

Eggs, MSG, and other foods have been unfairly vilified over the years.

gizmodo.com

There May Be a Treatment for Covid Loss of Smell

Some patients given a kind of nerve block experienced a substantially improved sense of smell afterward.

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Cholesterol-Lowering Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise in Human Trial

People given the highest doses of a CRISPR-based gene therapy saw a noticeable drop in their levels of LDL-C, which can help cause heart disease.

gizmodo.com

Outdoor Work Is Major Cause of Skin Cancer Deaths

A WHO report estimates that 1 in 3 non-melanoma deaths annually can be attributed to working outdoors without UV protection.

gizmodo.com

Lots of People May Carry Life-Shortening Genetic Variants

A study in Iceland found that about 1 in 25 have variations clearly linked to a higher risk of conditions like cancer or heart disease.

gizmodo.com

 

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'It's irresponsible': Dietitians under scrutiny for sponsored posts promoting consumption of sugar

A trade association and several registered dietitians in Canada have come under scrutiny for promoting the consumption of sugar using potentially deceptive marketing practices, which experts say raise serious conflict of interest concerns.

www.ctvnews.ca

Calgarian forced to pay more than $100K and stranded by insurance company after vacation heart attack

A Calgary man who had a heart attack and required emergency life-saving surgery while on a tropical vacation more than two weeks ago is still waiting for a hospital bed back home.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Ottawa school teacher living with rare Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for more than a decade

Jo-Anne Mainwood has been living with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) for 14 years – a rare and challenging disease affecting approximately five in one million people annually.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

 

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What's the healthiest cheese? The best options, according to experts

High in protein, calcium, vitamins and essential amino acids, cheese is also a calorie-dense food, and can be high in fats and sodium.

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Eating veggies won't protect your heart, study says, but critics disagree

Eating veggies, especially cooked ones, doesn't reduce your risk of heart disease over time, according to a new analysis of the diets of nearly 400,000 U.K. adults. But experts quickly took exception to the study's conclusion.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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Do SAD Lamps Actually Work? Here’s Why Psychologists Love Them

There have been many studies examining light therapy in SAD with mixed and contradicting results.

www.inverse.com

 

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/25/1214558410/dementia-spouse-caretaker-family-decisions

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/15/1213089999/courtney-b-vance-robin-l-smith-black-men-mental-health-invisible-ache

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/13/1211989263/pain-fatigue-brain-fog-long-covid-neurological-effects

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1208498195/homelessness-losangeles-outreach-workers-l-a-encampment

 

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The Key to Better Studying Is Self-Explanation

Self-explanation will help you better understand your materials.

lifehacker.com

The morbid appeal of "botched" plastic surgery

Cosmetic procedures are on the rise. So is our voyeuristic fascination with how they go wrong.

www.vox.com

How to fit volunteering into a hectic schedule

There are so many ways to make a difference, even when your time is tight.

www.vox.com

The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do

Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?

www.vox.com

Inside the “Toxic” World of Selling Supplements and Skincare on Social Media

Lured in by six-figure salaries, travel and an instant sisterhood, some distributors feel blindsided when they learn about the realities of multi-level marketing communities.

getpocket.com

 

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It's Time to Take Your Winter Allergies More Seriously

Those of us with allergies have already endured a particularly brutal spring, followed by a few months of relentless hay fever symptoms. But now that the temperatures are finally dropping, we’ll be in the clear for the rest of the year, right? Well, not exactly.

lifehacker.com

TikTok Myth of the Week: Vegetables Are Bad for You

On the one hand, studies have repeatedly found that vegetables are good for us. On the other, a few edgelords on TikTok say they are poison. Who to trust?

lifehacker.com

Weed - Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Doing Everything Better | Lifehacker

There's a lot more to know about using cannabis than stuffing dryer sheets into a paper towel roll.

lifehacker.com

 

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A Guide to Discreetly Traveling With Weed

Even in a state where weed is legal, there are reasons to keep it on the down low.

lifehacker.com

You Should Make Your Own Weed Edibles

Making cannabis edibles is a fulfilling hobby—and a way to save money.

lifehacker.com

 

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Cholesterol drugs could stop fatal heart rupture in men

An AAA is a balloon-like swelling of the lower part of the aorta, the body's main artery that pumps blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I'm a doctor - here are five foods you thought were healthy but aren't

Dr Mijin Brown, who goes by Dr Midge on the social media platform, posted a video about the foods to avoid, 'at least from an insulin resistance perspective.' The video has over a million views.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Doctors discover 'vagina stone' size of a large orange inside a woman

Vagina stones are incredibly rare, and develop when stagnant urine sits inside the vagina and becomes infected. It is more common in people with diseases that leave them bedbound.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Retired male professor, 76, has mastectomy after getting BREAST CANCER

Former professor Ronald Norman was appalled to learn that he had breast cancer - and only received the diagnosis after he was struck in the nipple during a game of pickleball.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Watching porn ruined my love life claims 29-year-old woman

Hannah who lives in Holland said: /'When it came to intimacy with my partner, it wasn't as pleasing as I'd hoped. I was constantly comparing every detail of the moment to what I'd seen online.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Weed edibles are WORSE for your mental health than smoking the drug

Experts have told DailyMail.com that edible cannabis - in the form of gummies, brownies and cookies - may in fact carry more mental health risks than smoking the drug

www.dailymail.co.uk

Cost of a common cold around the world REVEALED

The cost of common cold remedies widely varies across the globe, with some sufferers needing to shell out $30 to feel better, while similar drugs cost less than $1 in other countries.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Forget planks — this 10-minute ab workout sculpts your core with just your body weight

Looking to torch your abs? Try this

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How Much Protein do you Actually Need?

There’s such a thing as too much—and too little.

www.gq.com

 

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The Truth Behind All That Cortisol Talk

If you learned about — and then obsessed over — high cortisol with Dr. TikTok, it’s time for a reality check.

www.thecut.com

What’s sleep apnoea and how can you make it stop?

People with sleep apnoea report fatigue and fogginess. Tests can show they might stop breathing as many as 100 times an hour.

www.smh.com.au

The Real-Life Diet of Jalen Hurts, Who Had to Cut Back On His Grandmother's Cooking

The Eagles quarterback caught up with GQ about crawfish boils, and his favorite Philadelphia restaurants, and the importance of good sleep after a big game.

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Why More and More People Prefer “Brown” Noise For Sleeping

Move over, white noise.

www.gq.com

 

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Understanding That Chronic Back Pain Originates From Within The Brain Could Lead To Quicker Recovery, A New Study Finds

Approximately 16 million U.S. adults have chronic back pain

discovermagazine.com

 

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Paris is being plagued by bed bugs. What does that mean for Australia?

Here’s how to detect and treat a bed bug infestation.

www.smh.com.au

I did a 5-minute plank every day for a week — here’s what happened to my abs

Spoiler: I felt the burn, but was surprised by my results!

www.tomsguide.com

Why your diet could be messing with your sleep

Research shows just how closely linked the food we eat is with how we sleep.

www.smh.com.au

Sleep right: The ultimate sleep hygiene guide for shift workers

Until recently, knowing how to sleep better as a shift worker has involved lots of guesswork.

www.smh.com.au

 

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Record Broken: Decoding Words From Brain Signals

Two brain-computer interfaces give speechless people more words per minute than ever before

spectrum.ieee.org

Spinal Stimulator's Gentle Zaps Help Treat Parkinson's

An experimental treatment returned one man’s ability to walk without fear of falling

spectrum.ieee.org

Organic Electronics Mimic Retinal Neurons

The technology could one day be used to treat neurological disease or blindness

spectrum.ieee.org

Biomedical News & Articles

The latest developments in biomedical devices, prosthetics, imaging, and diagnostics

spectrum.ieee.org

 

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41 Indian construction workers rescued from collapsed tunnel where they were trapped for 17 days

Forty-one construction workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel in northern India where they had spent the last 17 days. The rescue on Tuesday marked a happy ending to an ordeal that had gripped the country and led to a massive rescue operation that overcame several setbacks.

apnews.com

New Zealand Scraps Generational Smoking Ban

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his decision to repeal the tobacco restrictions before they ever came into effect.

time.com

What People Actually Say Before They Die

Insights into the little-studied realm of last words.

getpocket.com

 

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Cancer patients could avoid unnecessary chemotherapy thanks to AI tool

By more accurately predicting the course of a cancer diagnosis, AI could mean shorter and less severe chemotherapy treatments.

www.euronews.com

AI tool could be used to grade aggressiveness of rare cancers - study

Researchers developed an AI-powered algorithm to grade the aggressiveness of a rare cancer.

www.euronews.com

High doses of ADHD medication could increase risk of heart disease

Long-term treatment of ADHD may be linked to cardiovascular disease, but many people stop taking these medications in the first year.

www.euronews.com

 

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Reddit - Dive into anything

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Reddit - Dive into anything

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Rob Base Remixes 'It Takes Two' for Kidney Disease Awareness, E-Z Rock's Legacy

Hip hop pioneer Rob Base is switching the lyrics up to his classic jam "It Takes Two" -- for an undeniably great cause ... raising awareness for diabetes!!!

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Kettlebell halo exercise: How to do it and the benefits for sculpting your core and shoulders

Here's why we love the kettlebell exercise

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/18/1213946352/autoimmune-disease-patients-hit-hurdles-in-diagnosis-costs-and-care

 

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‘I was overeating’: the Zoe nutrition app founders on diet, raising millions and the perfect microbiome

The geneticist, tech specialist and engineer who set up the company aim to improve the health of millions – and maybe one day even make a profit

www.theguardian.com

Psychedelic treatments are speeding towards approval — but no one knows how they work

Many questions remain about the formerly taboo chemicals that are being used to treat trauma and depression.

www.nature.com

 

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Main Dish Recipes By Type

Main dish recipes classified by type to help make meal planning easier. Thinking about pasta? How about something with chicken? Or maybe you're in the mood for something vegetarian?

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Recipes

Original recipes, tested, tasted, and approved by Serious Eats to ensure great results. Find inspiration or filter by ingredient, course, cuisine, diet, method, or season.

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21 Junk Food Recipes We Love

We're not pointing any fingers, but it's quite possible you may or may not be looking for some serious junk food today. But whether you're celebrating or just in the mood for some guilty pleasure foods, making them at home opens up a whole new world of options. We've got 21 over-the-top options...

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What Do Coffees from the Major Growing Regions Taste Like?

Though there isn't a way to know what every coffee on earth will taste like just by knowing where it's from, there are some predictions that can be made based on a coffee's growing region. What do coffees around the world taste like? Here's our guide.

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Coffee Recipes

Need a jolt of caffeine beyond your usual cup of joe? Our coffee recipes include versions that are creamy, iced, shaken, and spiked, as well as some coffee-infused treats.

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Drink Recipes

If it belongs in a glass, it's fair game: our drink recipes have something for everyone, whether booze-filled or booze-free, caffeinated or relaxing, shaken or stirred.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/22/1214507233/what-can-trigger-an-itch-scientists-have-found-a-new-culprit

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/18/1213831189/hypothyroidism-underactive-thyroid-hashimotos-diagnosis

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/13/1212051086/hearing-aids-hearing-loss-falls-injury-aging-older-adults