insert_link Health & Wellness Why women are more prone to serious complications from drinking alcohol While it’s no surprise that heavy drinking comes with health consequences, women in particular are more prone to serious complications from alcohol — including an increased risk of alcohol-related death, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, looked at the death certificates of Americans 16 and older from 1999 to 2017. The researchers found that not only were there nearly 1 million […] todayJanuary 15, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Jillian Michaels under fire for “Fat Shaming” Lizzo Fitness expert and personal trainer Jillian Michaels has a message for fans of Lizzo, a singer whose chart-topping anthems preach self-love: celebrate her music, but not her body. “Why are we celebrating her body? Why does it matter? Why aren’t we celebrating her music?” Michaels asked during a Wednesday appearance on BuzzFeed News’s morning show, “AM to DM.” “’Cause it isn’t going to be awesome if she gets diabetes.” Michaels’s […] todayJanuary 13, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Could your TV, Computer and Smartphone Screens be sending Toxins into your Home ? Your smartphone, television and computer screens may be contaminating your home with potentially toxic chemicals, suggests a new study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. An international team of researchers found the chemicals -- called liquid crystal monomers -- in nearly half of dozens of samples of household dust they collected. Liquid crystal monomers are used in a wide number of products ranging from flat […] todayJanuary 9, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness These 10 Apps Will Put You on a Path to Positivity in 2020 It's a New Year, no doubt with resolutions to be healthier. Part of that "be healthy" mindset needs to be about the mind, as in incorporating affirmations, meditation, motivation, self-love and positivity into your daily routines. While this may seem like a high mountain to climb, there are several apps out there to help make wellness a much easier journey. ThinkUp Cost: Free This is a positive affirmation app. Select […] todayJanuary 8, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness The 7 Fitness Apps That Will Help You Achieve Your Goals You can make exercising — in and out of the gym — a much more organized endeavor with fitness apps. They hold you accountable, track your progress, and can also give you some awesome exercise plans. Some of them cost money, but they’re much cheaper than personal trainers, which WebMD says cost on average $50 per hour. Plus, they make walking into a new gym a heck of a lot less […] todayJanuary 7, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness National “Fat-Free Living Month” is the Least Healthy way to start off your New Year According to the USDA, which has never been exactly a “thought leader” when it comes to food and nutrition, January is Fat Free Living Month. This is possibly the worst idea the USDA has ever come up with, with the possible exception of the 1992 Food Pyramid. Virtually every health professional now understands that fat is vital for our health. But since apparently the USDA did not get the memo, […] todayJanuary 6, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Resolved to Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle? Here are the 5 Keys to a Longer Life Here we are in the new year, and many of us are making resolutions to "be healthier." But if all of us want it to be healthy and make consistent efforts to achieve it, how is it that the United States spends the most money on healthcare, and yet still has the one of the lowest life expectancies of all developed nations? (To be specific: $9,400 per capita, 79 years, […] todayJanuary 2, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness The Worst Health and Wellness Trends of 2019 Everyone is buying into the wellness culture. The industry is worth $4.2 trillion, according to the Global Wellness Summit’s 2019 report. But some of those trends that were at best bogus, at worst downright dangerous. CBD / Cannabidiol. The short definition is that it’s a non-psychoactive compound found in marijuana and hemp. Someone, somewhere, claimed that CBD is a great way to treat things like stress, muscle soreness, and […] todayJanuary 1, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Infectious Diseases Run Rampant in US in 2019 Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased. And that was just the United States. Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa and a surge in dengue fever in Asia. There were also backslides in some diseases, like polio, that the world was close to wiping out. "It’s been a tough year for infectious diseases,” said Dr. […] todayDecember 31, 2019
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