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It’s not always easy to make smart choices when it comes to eating healthy, especially when you’re unprepared. Without healthy food on-hand, it’s that much easier to choose something that lacks nutrition. But keeping a few key items in your fridge (and freezer) can go a long way...

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Drugs commonly used to treat high blood pressure, and prevent heart attacks and strokes, are associated with significantly worse cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive African Americans compared to whites, according to a new comparative effectiveness research study led by researchers in the...

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It may come as a shock to regular readers of health publications, but there is no such thing as a superfood. While sensational headlines are full of magical foods that can transform your life, no particular food can cure a disease unless your disease is caused by the lack of a particular nutrient a...

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We have known for some years that Alzheimer’s disease is characterised by two types of lesions, amyloid plaques and degenerated tau protein. Cholesterol plays an important role in the physiopathology of this disease. Two French research teams (Inserm/CEA/University of Lille/University of...

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Are you the kind of person who gets to the market on time, washes your greens on time, dries and stores them neatly, and then uses them all up in beautiful salads before their time runs out? If yes, proceed to another article. Or go to the beach, because you don’t need articles. Or are you...

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As we age and our metabolisms slow, it's easy to pack on a few pounds without realizing it. But a new study has found that making consistent changes to your eating habits can lead to big weight-loss results over time. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,...

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There was a time in (very recent) history where the depth of knowledge required to order the perfect beer for you was knowing whether you wanted it in a real bottle, or one shaped like a bowling pin. We now live in the midst of a beer renaissance, though, and between all the sours, lagers, stouts,...

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We're often biased to see overweight people as less capable in the workplace. What factors would you consider when evaluating candidates for a job or a promotion? Their past performance? Personality? These qualities might be meaningful, but a growing body of research suggests that...

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The health foods aisle has a way of making guys fat—and unhealthy—and understandably pretty ticked off. After all, isn't munching on (nasty-tasting) health foods supposed to be good for you? If food manufacturers were really out to boost your health, yes. But their end goal...

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The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be over 1.5 million new cancer cases in 2015. While this is a high number, medical experts across the board agree that early detection is crucial to successfully fighting the disease. There are some symptoms one should never ignore, and...

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A 12 year old Indian origin girl from Essex, in the UK, has been making headlines for having an IQ that is probably higher than Einstein’s and Stephen Hawkins’. Lydia Sebastian gained the highest possible score of 162 in the Cattell III B paper by Mensa, which is the society for people...

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While there are many reasons to extol your refrigerator's virtues, some foods just need to stay out of it. A fridge can dehydrate your bread, for example, sweeten your potatoes and harden your honey. And, believe it or not, this rule applies to onions, too, which stay good for up to 30...

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Experts are already concerned about the rising rate of e-cigarette use among teenagers, but a new study out of Yale shows they might have a new concern: many high schoolers are also vaping marijuana. According to the survey of 3,847 Connecticut students published in the journal Pediatrics, 27.9...

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Remember that scene in Rocky, where Stallone jogs through the streets of Philadelphia and a fruit vendor tosses him an orange for breakfast? It would be great if real life were like that — you’re making your way to work and into the window of your car flies something wholesome and...