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Vitamin D in Pregnancy Gives Kids Stronger Bones
Women who take vitamin D supplements during a pregnancy may be giving their kids the legacy of stronger bones, new British research suggests. Children whose moms took vitamin D supplements when pregnant had stronger, denser bones at the age of 7 compared to the kids of women...
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Psilocybin Effective at Alleviating Anorexia
The active chemical in "magic mushrooms" may help treat anorexia, a new study has found. Following psilocybin treatment, 4 of 10 study participants showed clinically significant reductions in their anorexia-driven eating habits, researchers report. "Our findings suggest that...
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Science-Backed Strategies to Boost Your Memory
While aging may increase your risk of dementia, it is not an inevitable diagnosis. There are ways to safeguard your memory, according to WebMD. Here are some expert tips: Take vitamins. A healthy diet is the staple of optimal cognitive function, but research has shown...
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Poll: Winter Brings Mood Changes to Many Americans
Many Americans experience a "winter funk" as the days grow shorter and temperatures turn colder, a new American Psychiatric Association poll reports. Two-fifths of Americans (41%) said their mood declines during the winter months, according to the APA's Healthy Minds...
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This Vitamin Reduces Nighttime Leg Cramps
A new clinical trial found that people who received vitamin K2 experienced a significant reduction in the frequency of nocturnal leg cramps (NLC). The vitamin also decreased the severity of the cramps and their duration. This is good news for leg cramp sufferers as there...
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How to Turn Anxiety Into Productivity
A recent poll found that most Americans are stressed over politics and the election, and about 45 million say that anxiety is affecting their sleep. Experts say that suppressing anxiety only magnifies its power over us. However, by viewing anxiety as a motivating force, we...
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Fish Oil Supplements Might Help Prevent Cancer
The omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in fish oil supplements might help protect people from cancer, a new study claims. Study participants with higher levels of omega-3s had lower rates of colon, stomach, lung and other digestive tract cancers, researchers found. Likewise,...
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How Mindfulness Meditation Works to Reduce Pain
Many people turn to mindfulness meditation to help them manage their chronic pain, a practice that's been used for centuries. However, it's been an open question whether meditation is simply functioning as a placebo, rather than actually quelling pain. Now, a new study...
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Dr. Crandall: Boost Your Winter Immunity Now
The weather is getting colder and winter, the holidays, and visiting relatives are right around the corner. And the miserable cold and flu season that comes along with the colder weather and indoor gatherings is approaching also. The time to prepare is now, says Chauncey...
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A Handful of Pistachio Nuts Can Save Your Sight
Researchers at Tufts University found that eating two ounces of pistachio nuts daily improved the eyesight of adults after just 12 weeks. Pistachio nuts are the only nuts that contain lutein, one of the compounds that help form protective pigments in the retina. These...
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Pumpkin Packs a Powerful Nutritional Punch
They're everywhere! Pumpkins are on display in every shape and color in supermarkets across the country. While carving them is lots of fun for the family this Halloween, eating this fruit bestows a myriad of important health benefits. According to Rebecca Kastin, a graduate...
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Laughter Effectively Treats Dry Eye, Other Ailments
A recent study published in the BMJ, found that laugher was as effective as eye drops for treating dry eye disease. The researchers at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, the largest ophthalmic center in China, recruited 299 participants with symptomatic dry...
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Music Eases Pain and Speeds Recovery After Surgery
Pop tunes, smooth jams and banging beats can help people more easily recover from surgery with fewer painkillers, a new review finds. Listening to music reduces the anxiety, pain and heart rate of patients waking up from surgery, researchers found. As a result, surgical...
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5 Nutrient-Dense Foods You Should Eat Weekly
Fad diets come and go. So-called superfoods often garner flashy headlines. But dietitians say there are five functional, well-researched, nutrient-dense foods that should be on your weekly shopping list. According to the Food Network, these nutritious foods are powerhouses...
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Foods That Help Prevent Heartburn
Heartburn can be painful. When stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus - the tube that connects the stomach to the throat - it results in a burning feeling in the chest. While an occasional bout of heartburn caused by acid reflux isn't unusual, some people suffer from...
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Don't Drink These Herbal Teas if You Have Diabetes
Herbal teas are typically beneficial to our health, but if you have diabetes, you need to steer clear of certain teas. Experts say that some herbal teas can react with diabetes medication or have a dangerous effect on blood sugar levels. "When you have a chronic health...
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The Healthiest Fruit, According to Nutritionists
No matter how you pronounce the name, tomatoes are the healthiest fruit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tomatoes, and yes, they are a fruit, not a vegetable, scored highest in a recent ranking of nutritionally powerful foods. According to...
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Strategies for Handling the Stress of the Election
If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there's no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally. Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says focusing on each inhale and...
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Music Lessons May Help Clear Chemotherapy 'Brain Fog'
In a small, preliminary study, piano lessons provided to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy appeared to help them maintain brain health. "There were a lot of outside stressors contributing to my mood, but piano practice and going to lessons were always something good...
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Bright Light Therapy Eases Major Depression
Light therapy: It's long been a go-to therapy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a kind of depression that can beset some people when winter looms and days shorten. But new research is suggesting that time spent in front of light box might ease other forms of depression...
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Dr. Crandall: Heart Disease Increases Dementia Risk
According to the American Heart Association, about 61% of Americans will have cardiovascular disease by 2050. Cardiovascular problems include high blood pressure, heart attack, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure. Now, research finds that heart disease increases your risk...
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Sitting Less May Stop Back Pain From Worsening
Avoiding couches and chairs might be a good way of keeping your back pain from getting worse, new research suggests. Finnish researchers found that when people with back pain sat even a little less each day, their pain was less like to progress over the next six months. "If...
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Lithium Supplements May Ease Long COVID Brain Fog
A small dose of the nutritional supplement lithium aspartate may not ease the fatigue and brain fog of long COVID, a small, new trial involving 52 patients has found. Still, it's possible that a larger dose of the mood-enhancing supplement might work, researchers...
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New Study Finds Travel Slows Aging
Forget the Botox. Call a travel agent and book a vacation to help turn back the clock on premature aging. That's the conclusion of a new research paper that explores how tourism affects our health. Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Australia found that positive...
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Study: What Families Fight About Most
In a world where families may be more apt to interact with technology than with one another, some things never change. Many still struggle to get along. But just what do 21st century families fight about? A new survey of 593 parents with at least one child between the ages of...