Maintaining muscle might be one way to help prevent dementia, new research suggests. “We found that older adults with smaller skeletal muscles are about 60% more likely to develop dementia...
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Winter storms that are bearing down on Americansalso bring a hidden killer in their wake: carbon monoxide. Experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are...
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The collected evidence is in, and drinking about eight cups of water per day is, in fact, good for you. So says a University of California San Francisco team who crunched the data from 18...
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It's common to find a pitcher soaking their elbow in an ice bucket following a baseball game, in an effort to save their arm for tomorrow's innings. But athletes about to hit the turf...
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Even when e-cigarettes are nicotine-free, they have an immediate effect on blood vessels, a new imaging study shows. "E-cigarettes have long been marketed as a safer alternative to...
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Folks who stress-eat fatty foods like cookies, chips and ice cream might be able to protect their health with a nice cup of cocoa or green tea, a new study says. Drinking cocoa that's high in...
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If you're over 40 and raise your levels of exercise to that of the top 25% of your peers, you might gain an average of five more years of life, a new study calculates. For over-40 folks in the...
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