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Keeping Physically Active or Becoming More Active Helps Live Longer
A large study from the United Kingdom, published in The BMJ, suggests that maintaining physical activity or achieving higher levels of it in the middle and older age linked to a lower risk of death, regardless of past activity levels or existing health conditions....
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People Using Pedometers Develop Healthy Habits Lasting for Years
Scientists from St Georges University Hospital in Tooting, UK, find that using a pedometer (step counting device) can form a habit lasting for years and significantly reduce the risk of the heart attack or broken bones. The team of researchers conducted an experiment...
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4 Top Nutrition-Packed Mocktail Recipes of this Summer
When it is so hot outside you still can find hundreds of ways to cool yourself and drinking a mocktail is one of them. Here are few wonderful recipes for you to try. Kiwi Sour 1 oz orange juice 3 slices kiwi 0.75 oz demerara green tea syrup 0.75 oz lime juice 1 oz...
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Students Taking Music Courses Have Higher Scores in School
A new study from the University of British Columbia, Canada, suggests that high school students taking music courses are doing significantly better on mathematics, science, and English exams compared to their peers who don’t take any music courses. The researchers...
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Strength Training Improves Blood Sugar Level in People with Diabetes
A new study from Brazilian scientists suggests that strength training may reduce liver fat and improve levels of blood sugar in people with obesity and diabetes. A team of researchers from the University of Campinas in São Paulo State, Brazil, conducted the study...
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Poor Oral Health Connected to Increased Risk of Liver Cancer
According to a large study from the United Kingdom, people with poor oral health, including sore or bleeding gums or loose teeth, are at 75% higher risk of developing liver cancer. For the study, a team of researchers analyzed data from 469,628 people, among whom...
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Men Who Regularly Eat Yogurt Have Lower Risk of Bowel Cancer
An observational study from the University of Washington, US, suggests that there is a link between high consumption of yogurt and lower risk of bowel cancer (adenoma) in men. The study tracked more than 32,000 men for twenty-five years and found that those men who...
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Scientists Determined How Much Time We Need to Spend in Nature
A new study, from the University of Exeter Medical School, UK, and Uppsala University, Sweden, finds that 2 hours of being in nature — parks, forests, and beaches — is enough to boost the overall well-being. To check their hypothesis, the team of researchers took data...
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Low Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Increases the Risk of Death from Heart Disease
According to a new study, presented at Nutrition 2019, the American Society for Nutrition annual meeting in Baltimore, US, low consumption of fruits and vegetables may become the cause for 1 in 7 deaths and 1 in 12 deaths, correspondingly, from heart disease. A team...
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Estrogen and Vitamin D May Prevent Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women
A new study from China suggests that estrogen and vitamin D may help postmenopausal women to prevent metabolic syndrome. Within the frame of the study, the researchers included 616 postmenopausal women aged 49–86 years. None of them was taking estrogen or vitamin D...
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Women Remember Words and Faces Slightly Better than Men
According to recent research from Karolinska Institutet in Solna, published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, women may remember words and faces a little bit better than men. A team of researchers analyzed 617 studies that were conducted between 1973 and 2013 and...
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Alcohol during Pregnancy Blocks Blood Vessel Growth in Placenta
A new study from the University of Oxford and the University of Queensland suggests that it is unsafe to drink any quantity of alcohol during pregnancy as it blocks the growth of blood vessels in the placenta causing the risk for the baby to be born with low birth...
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