insert_link Health & Wellness These Common Household Toxins are impacting Your Child’s Brain Development Two everyday substances — flame retardants and pesticides— are responsible for millions of lost IQ points and intellectual disabilities among children, new research has found. The Jan. 14 study, published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, examined data from the Centers for Disease Control’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which included urine and blood samples from women of reproductive age, as well as from children under the age […] todayJanuary 30, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Take a Break from Sitting at the Computer and Go Outside! Despite the growing alarm about the harmful effects of sitting too much, Americans are sitting more than in the past — in part because people are spending more leisure time in front of the computers. The association between lots of sitting and bad health is now well-established, but there hasn’t been a lot of data on how sedentary Americans actually are, says Yin Cao, a cancer epidemiologist at Washington University […] todayJune 13, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Sitting (in front of the Computer) is the New Smoking! Despite the growing alarm about the harmful effects of sitting too much, Americans are sitting more than in the past — in part because people are spending more leisure time in front of the computers. The association between lots of sitting and bad health is now well-established, but there hasn’t been a lot of data on how sedentary Americans actually are, says Yin Cao, a cancer epidemiologist at Washington University […] todayJune 10, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Muscle Strength Increases Longevity Need more motivation to stay on top of your functional strength training program? A new study finds that the older we get, the more important muscle strength becomes a factor in our continued health and well-being. Researchers from China and Indiana University collaborated to analyze data from almost 5,000 older adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and found that older people with low muscle strength had […] todayApril 23, 2019
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