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Laughter Can Help to Prevent and Even Treat Heart Disease?

Philosopher Bertrand Russell once described laughter as “the most inexpensive and most effective wonder drug.” He may not have meant this literally, but recent...
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Prolonged Sitting May Cause Heart Disease

We’ve got one more study from 2014 proving that prolonged sitting is incredibly detrimental to your overall health, regardless of if you are fit...
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Antibiotic Use Linked to Type 1 Diabetes

Could the surging diabetes epidemic stem in part from antibiotics? According to new research, it might. A recent study makes a disturbing connection between...

Physical Inactivity Increases Your Risk of Premature Death

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 60% of the world’s population is not sufficiently active. The case against physical inactivity keeps...
Benefits of Being A Vegetarian

Reap The Benefits of Being A Vegetarian And Lower Your Risk Of Heart Disease

The benefits of being a vegetarian are different for everyone. The rising cost of meat may prompt many meat-lovers to consume a largely meatless...
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Could the New iPhone 7 Carry Health Risks?

The newly available iPhone 7 is being touted as Apple’s sleekest, most picturesque, powerful, and water-resistant model yet, with high-quality stereo sound to boot....

A “Nobel” Way to Avoid Cancer

Have you heard of telomeres yet? I’ve written about them and lectured to the World Conference on Anti-Aging. It’s big news in the world...

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...
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Can Curcumin Really Help Offset the Harms of Too Much Sitting? This Study Says...

Spending too much time sitting down can increase risk of death, even among people who are otherwise active. A Canadian research team analyzed 47...