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Alcohol and your health: Risks, benefits, and controversies
read more >: Alcohol and your health: Risks, benefits, and controversiesCheers! Salud! Prost! Drinking to one’s health is a common tradition. But it may also be self-defeating: the alcohol that’s part of many toasts can actually harm your health. Of course, alcohol consumption extends well…
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Shining light on night blindness
read more >: Shining light on night blindnessAnimals renowned for their outstanding night vision include owls, cats, tarsiers (a tiny primate in Southeast Asia) — and even the dung beetle. But humans? Not so much. Over time, many people suffer from night…
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Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?
read more >: Winter hiking: Magical or miserable?By midwinter, our urge to hibernate can start to feel constricting instead of cozy. What better antidote to being cooped up indoors than a bracing hike in the crisp air outdoors? Winter backdrops are stark,…
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Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives
read more >: Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen livesSeveral evenings a week, as Tyler VanderWeele gathers around the dinner table with his wife and two young kids, the family deliberately pauses during the meal to do something simple but profound. Each member shares…
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Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplement
read more >: Court ruling curbs unfounded claims for memory supplementI must have seen commercials for Prevagen 50 times: story after story from everyday people who describe improvement in memory once they began taking Prevagen. And perhaps you recall older commercials playing off the idea…
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Life can be challenging: Build your own resilience plan
read more >: Life can be challenging: Build your own resilience planNantucket, a beautiful, 14-mile-long island off the coast of Massachusetts, has a 40-point resiliency plan to help withstand the buffeting seas surrounding it as climate change takes a toll. Perhaps we can all benefit from…
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Should you be tested for inflammation?
read more >: Should you be tested for inflammation?Let’s face it: inflammation has a bad reputation. Much of it is well-deserved. After all, long-term inflammation contributes to chronic illnesses and deaths. If you just relied on headlines for health information, you might think…
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Sexual violence can cast a long shadow on health
read more >: Sexual violence can cast a long shadow on healthSexual violence occurs throughout the world. A simple definition is any sexual act for which consent is not obtained or freely given, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rape, sexual coercion,…