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Meditation Shown to Improve Cognitive Ability

Meditation Shown to Improve Cognitive Ability

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If you need to be at your sharpest mentally it might be worth your time to take a meditation break. College students who listened to a 10-minute meditation tape were...

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Meditation Shown to Improve Cognitive Ability

If you need to be at your sharpest mentally it might be worth your time to take a meditation break. College students who listened to a 10-minute meditation tape were...

CT Scans Could Increase Risk of Brain Cancer

CT Scans Could Increase Risk of Brain Cancer

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New data seems to put doctors wishing to abide by their promise from the Hippocratic Oath to “do no harm” in a quandary regarding CT scans. That’s because the diagnostic...

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CT Scans Could Increase Risk of Brain Cancer

New data seems to put doctors wishing to abide by their promise from the Hippocratic Oath to “do no harm” in a quandary regarding CT scans. That’s because the diagnostic...

Intermittent Fasting Beneficial for Diabetes

Intermittent Fasting Beneficial for Diabetes

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If you like flexibility or have difficulty restricting your caloric intake on a daily basis then the results of a recent study might good news for you. Researchers in Australia...

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Intermittent Fasting Beneficial for Diabetes

If you like flexibility or have difficulty restricting your caloric intake on a daily basis then the results of a recent study might good news for you. Researchers in Australia...

Digital Media Usage Linked to ADHD in Children

Digital Media Usage Linked to ADHD in Children

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Teens that spend a lot of time consuming digital media are twice as likely as their infrequent consuming peers to display symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). So says a new...

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Digital Media Usage Linked to ADHD in Children

Teens that spend a lot of time consuming digital media are twice as likely as their infrequent consuming peers to display symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). So says a new...

More Oranges Means Less Macular Degeneration

More Oranges Means Less Macular Degeneration

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An orange a day keeps the ophthalmologist away is a new saying that could grow in popularity now that Australian researchers have discovered people who eat oranges are less likely...

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More Oranges Means Less Macular Degeneration

An orange a day keeps the ophthalmologist away is a new saying that could grow in popularity now that Australian researchers have discovered people who eat oranges are less likely...

Healthy Mothers Are Less Likely to Have Obese Children

Healthy Mothers Are Less Likely to Have Obese C...

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The saying in parenting that behavior is more caught than taught seems to apply to a healthy weight range as well. The results of a new study published in the...

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Healthy Mothers Are Less Likely to Have Obese C...

The saying in parenting that behavior is more caught than taught seems to apply to a healthy weight range as well. The results of a new study published in the...

More Vitamin D Equates to Less Breast Cancer

More Vitamin D Equates to Less Breast Cancer

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You can chalk up another benefit for higher levels of vitamin D as a new study shows it’s associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. That’s...

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More Vitamin D Equates to Less Breast Cancer

You can chalk up another benefit for higher levels of vitamin D as a new study shows it’s associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. That’s...

Sleep Loss Linked to Nighttime Snacking, Junk Food Cravings and Obesity

Sleep Loss Linked to Nighttime Snacking, Junk F...

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More evidence of the importance of sleep was revealed in the findings of a recent study by the University of Arizona. Researchers discovered that our sleep affects our nutritional choices...

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Sleep Loss Linked to Nighttime Snacking, Junk F...

More evidence of the importance of sleep was revealed in the findings of a recent study by the University of Arizona. Researchers discovered that our sleep affects our nutritional choices...

Walking Faster Could Lead to a Longer Life

Walking Faster Could Lead to a Longer Life

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If you walk faster it makes sense you will get to your destination sooner. But if that destination is the end of your life, a new study shows walking faster...

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Walking Faster Could Lead to a Longer Life

If you walk faster it makes sense you will get to your destination sooner. But if that destination is the end of your life, a new study shows walking faster...

Daily Egg Consumption Can Be Heart Healthy

Daily Egg Consumption Can Be Heart Healthy

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The advice from conventional medicine regarding eggs may be changing as a result of a recent study so what was once forbidden may now be encouraged. Previously, it was thought...

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Daily Egg Consumption Can Be Heart Healthy

The advice from conventional medicine regarding eggs may be changing as a result of a recent study so what was once forbidden may now be encouraged. Previously, it was thought...

Exercise is More Powerful than Genes in the Battle of the Bulge

Exercise is More Powerful than Genes in the Bat...

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If your jeans are too tight and you think it’s just a function of your genes, there is hope. A new study shows older women don’t have to give in...

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Exercise is More Powerful than Genes in the Bat...

If your jeans are too tight and you think it’s just a function of your genes, there is hope. A new study shows older women don’t have to give in...

Releasing Vitamin's Power in Battling Diabetes

Releasing Vitamin's Power in Battling Diabetes

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The D in vitamin D does not stand for diabetes, but you might start thinking that way as new research from the Salk Institute shows it could hold the key...

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Releasing Vitamin's Power in Battling Diabetes

The D in vitamin D does not stand for diabetes, but you might start thinking that way as new research from the Salk Institute shows it could hold the key...

Five Ingredients in the Recipe for Longer Life

Five Ingredients in the Recipe for Longer Life

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While the individual elements are well-known components of a healthy lifestyle, a new study shows there are five lifestyle changes that when combined can increase life expectancy by a total...

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Five Ingredients in the Recipe for Longer Life

While the individual elements are well-known components of a healthy lifestyle, a new study shows there are five lifestyle changes that when combined can increase life expectancy by a total...

Children Have the Energy Level of Endurance Athletes

Children Have the Energy Level of Endurance Ath...

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If you have ever wondered why children seem to have boundless energy, it probably won’t surprise you to know their capacity for exercise and recovery is equivalent to that of...

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Children Have the Energy Level of Endurance Ath...

If you have ever wondered why children seem to have boundless energy, it probably won’t surprise you to know their capacity for exercise and recovery is equivalent to that of...

High Fat Meals with High Sugar Set the Stage for Heart Disease

High Fat Meals with High Sugar Set the Stage fo...

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If you don’t think one milkshake can make a difference in your health, the results of a recent study may change your mind. The combination of high fat and high...

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High Fat Meals with High Sugar Set the Stage fo...

If you don’t think one milkshake can make a difference in your health, the results of a recent study may change your mind. The combination of high fat and high...

Holding Hands Can Ease Pain

Holding Hands Can Ease Pain

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Holding the hand of a loved one that is suffering does more than provide them emotional support, it can actually ease their physical pain. That’s according to new research from...

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Holding Hands Can Ease Pain

Holding the hand of a loved one that is suffering does more than provide them emotional support, it can actually ease their physical pain. That’s according to new research from...

Exposure to Harmful Chemicals Linked to Restaurant Food

Exposure to Harmful Chemicals Linked to Restaur...

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A new study shows it’s not only what’s on the menu that should be a concern, but what comes with your meal at a restaurant that could affect your health....

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Exposure to Harmful Chemicals Linked to Restaur...

A new study shows it’s not only what’s on the menu that should be a concern, but what comes with your meal at a restaurant that could affect your health....

Fasting is Good for the Heart

Fasting is Good for the Heart

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Study participants who used intermittent fasting to lose weight were able to clear triglyceride from the blood quicker after a meal than those who lost weight by calorie restriction alone...

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Fasting is Good for the Heart

Study participants who used intermittent fasting to lose weight were able to clear triglyceride from the blood quicker after a meal than those who lost weight by calorie restriction alone...