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Fact or Myth: Can Having Pets Help You Live Longer?

This is a FACT. We can’t help the love we feel for our cats or dogs but did you know there are actual health benefits...

One School’s Surprising Experiment in Mindfulness

A radical new approach put in practice at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School has turned a spotlight on the West Baltimore school. Rather than...

New Study Raises Concerns About Connection Between Soda Intake and Stroke Risk

According to research recently published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, artificially sweetened drinks like diet soda may increase your risk of stroke. The...

Light Up Your Libido … With Light Therapy

The proven benefits of light therapy are many … sleep disorders, jet lag, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This non-pharmacological treatment is administered through...
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High-Protein Diet Linked to Heart Failure Risk in Older Women

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), heart failure afflicts 5.7 million Americans, and accounted for 1 of every 9 deaths in 2009....

How to Reverse the Adverse Health Effects of a Sedentary Lifestyle

There’s an insidious threat to people's health that largely goes undetected.  It's a sedentary way of life, also called the Sitting Disease, a term...

How Barley Grass Juice Reverses Gray Hair

How Barley Grass Juice Reverses Gray Hair
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Fact or Myth: Is There Toxic Laundry Detergent in Your Laundry Room?

This is a FACT. Clean, fresh...and cancerous? It sounds extreme, but the truth is your laundry detergent most likely contains carcinogens. You are using toxic...
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Citrus Against Cancer: It’s in the Peel!

Did you know… …citrus peels may help protect against and prevent cancer? The cancer-protective benefits of citrus fruits have long been talked about. Not only are...

Squatting for Health

Did You Know...that squatting can help you live longer…and increase the quality of your life? Before we delve into the dangers of sitting and the...