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Yes, Coffee Is Pretty Healthy, but 25 Cups a Day Is Too Much

Wednesday 12th June 2019 - Shawn Radcliffe - Healthline.com

Yes, Coffee is Pretty Healthy, but 25 Cups a Day Is Too Much Stiffness of the arteries was similar in moderate and heavy coffee drinkers, but coffee has many other effects on the body. Coffee lovers, rejoice! A new study found you can drink up to 25 cups of coffee a day without increasing the st... Read more →

How Adding Color to My House Increased My Joy

Monday 10th June 2019 - Paige Towers - Healthline.com

How Adding Color to My House Increased My Joy How we see the world shapes who we choose to be — and sharing compelling experiences can frame the way we treat each other, for the better. This is a powerful perspective. Upon relocating to Milwaukee from New York City last year, I bought my fir... Read more →

Why You’ll Eat More If Your Diet Consists of Ultra-Processed Foods

Friday 7th June 2019 - Elizabeth Pratt - Healthline.com

Why you'll eat more if your diet consists of Ultra-Processed Foods If you eat a diet high in ultra-processed foods, odds are you’re eating more than you would with an unprocessed diet. Researchers have long suspected a link between ultra-processed foods and the obesity epidemic. Now, in a r... Read more →

Say Good Night: Less Screen Time Can Improve Teen Sleep Habits in a Few Weeks

Monday 27th May 2019 - Brian Krans - Healthline

Say Good Night: Less Screen time can improve teen sleep habits in a few weeks For most of human evolution, our sleep patterns have revolved around the pattern of the sun. Then our circadian rhythms were altered with the discovery of fire, and changed forever when we discovered electricity. Now we... Read more →

New FDA Guidelines on Sunscreen: How to Best Protect Your Skin This Summer

Friday 17th May 2019 - Brian Mastroianni - Healthline

New FDA Guidelines on Sunscreen: How to Best Protect Your Skin This Summer   People planning on spending a lot of time in the summer sun might want to pay attention to the new suggested regulations for sunscreens. Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a p... Read more →

Children consume 'three times more sugar' than recommended

Thursday 9th May 2019 - Jennifer Cockerell - Independent

Children consume 'three times more sugar' than recommended Half the sugar consumed by children comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks, according to a health watchdog. On average, children are consuming at least three unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks a day, with around a third consum... Read more →

Here's why you shouldn't clean your ears with cotton buds

Wednesday 8th May 2019 - RTE - RTE

Here's why you shouldn't clean your ears with cotton buds It's a baffling thing, really, the urge many people have to dig around in their ears with cotton buds despite the countless years of warning about doing so.  According to a YouGov survey of 1,730 in February, almost two-thirds of us ro... Read more →

Could the Universal Flu Vaccine Help Stop Flu Season?

Friday 3rd May 2019 - Julia Ries - Healthline.com

Could the Universal Flu Vaccine Help Stop Flu Season? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is on a quest to develop a vaccine that could provide long-term immunity to all types of the flu. This year up to 36 million people have gotten the flu, about 500,000 have been hospitalized for the flu,... Read more →

Top 8 Sleep Myths That Can Harm Your Health

Monday 29th April 2019 - Gigen Mammoser - Healthline.com

Top 8 Sleep Myths That Can Harm Your Health These common misconceptions about sleep can harm your health by keeping you from getting quality zzzz. Humans spend roughly one-third of their lives sleeping. Despite this, sleep still remains something of a mystery. However, we do know that sleep is de... Read more →

Why a Balanced Diet Beats Nutritional Supplements

Friday 26th April 2019 - Julia Ries - Healthline

Why a Balanced Diet Beats Nutritional Supplements Go to any convenience store and you’ll find rows upon rows of dietary supplements. That’s because vitamin and mineral use has skyrocketed over the past decade as the nation has experienced a massive health and wellness boom.... Read more →