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Eat Med Diet to Boost Performance: Increases Running Speeds

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

Eleven athletes ran five kilometers a good six percent faster after four days on a Mediterranean diet compared to four days on a Western diet.

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Imbibe Less to Lower Blood Pressure: Link to Alcohol Consumption

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

Consuming as few as seven to 13 alcoholic drinks a week increases the risk of high blood pressure, say researchers.

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Find a Green Space and Make a Friend: Outdoor Colors Increase Trust and Happiness

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

Green spaces and colorful design elements like rainbow-painted crosswalks in a Vancouver, Canada neighborhood made people happier and more trusting of strangers.

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Take Magnesium to Optimize Vitamin D: Levels Out Absorption

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

Magnesium increases Vitamin D absorption in people with low levels and lowers absorption in people with excessive amounts.

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Legal Pot Lifts Junk Food Sales: Recreational Marijuana Increases Unhealthy Snacking

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

After three states legalized recreational marijuana, sales of potato chips, cookies and ice cream rose.

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Physiological and Therapeutic Considerations of Singing

May 01, 2019 03:51PM ● By Sarah Evans

In 1925, Dr. Eugene Kolisko came to know Valborg Werbeck-Svardstrom’s Uncovering the Voice school of singing. He was amazed to find that thi...

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Reduce Risk of Complications after Breast Biopsy

May 01, 2019 03:49PM

Axillary Web Syndrome (AWS) is an early post-operative complication after axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph biopsy and can oc...

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Hey Doc, Why Am I Shrinking?

May 01, 2019 03:48PM

While losing height with age may be common, it is not inevitable. Estimates vary, but on average people lose ¼ to ½ inch every decade after ...

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Could Dry Needling Create Relief For You?

May 01, 2019 03:45PM

Dry needling is a specialized technique used by physical therapists to treat a variety of pain syndromes. Pain can be associated with trigge...

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Medicinal Effects of CBD

May 01, 2019 03:10PM

CBD, or Cannabidiol, is a natural anti-anxiety, anti-epileptic and anti-psychotic, and one of the main cannabinoids in cannabis. It lacks th...

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Dancing Prevents Senior Decline: Improves Daily Living

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Elderly Japanese women who danced for exercise were 73 percent less likely to be impaired eight years later doing “activities of daily living” such as walking, cooking, dressing and bathing.

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U.S. Heart Disease on the Rise: News Numbers on Americans With Cardiovascular Disease

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

An estimated 48 percent of American adults have cardiovascular disease, but about 80 percent of the time the disease can be prevented with precautionary medical care and lifestyle changes.

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Mindfulness May Ease Menopausal Symptoms: Reduces Irritability, Anxiety and Depression

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Women in menopause that are mindful and nonjudgmental of their thoughts are less irritable, anxious and depressed, says the Mayo Clinic.

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Prenatal Yoga Reduces Caesareans and Labor Pain: Helps With Smoother Deliveries

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Mothers-to-be that practiced yoga had fewer C-sections, fewer low-weight newborns, and milder and briefer labor pains.

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Exercise Improves Young Brains, Too: Not Just Seniors Who Can Benefit

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Aerobic activities improve the executive thinking skills of both young and old people, report Columbia University researchers.

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