( CNN) Here’s a good reason for women to work less, ask for a raise or get their partners to pick up around the house more: If girls run fewer hours, it’ll lower their risk of diabetes, according to a study published Monday in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research& Care . Researchers looked at …
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( CNN) Who won the 2020 combat of the diets? “The hallmarks of a ‘best’ diet include balance, maintainability, palatability, family-friendliness, sustainability, along with healthfulness. The Mediterranean diet gets checkmarks in all of those boxes, ” said Yale University Prevention Research Center founding director Dr. David Katz, who was one of 25 judges on the …
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( CNN) Many of us begin to groan and moan as our precious weekend comes to an end. It’s not just the interruption of fun with friends and family that triggers the Sunday blues, or what some call the Sunday scaries. It’s also nervousnes and dread about the workweek to come. One study saw 81% …
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Poverty and poor education have contributed to deaths from malnutrition while disabilities often go untreated ” When she cried, her voice was like a bat, very small ,” says health worker Alarico Bere.” She didn’t have the energy to cry .” At 13 months old, Maria Sequira was identified as severely malnourished by Bere, a …
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( CNN) Many sugar-sweetened liquors have little to no nutritional value and lots of calories, and their harmful health effects have been well-documented. Now, a study connections drinking too many sugary liquors — and even 100% natural fruit juices — to an increased risk of early death. Overall, the sugars found in orange juice, although …
( CNN) This feature is part of CNN Parallels, an interactive series exploring ways you can improve your health by making small changes to your daily habits. A lot of us drink. Too many of us drink a lot. Worldwide, each person 15 years and older eats 13.5 grams of pure alcohol per day, according …
I find myself with nothing to look forward to EVER We are saturated with stimulation and easy pleasure. Anything from food to homewares to porn to entertainment we can get immediately via our phones. But is the easy life messing with our brain chemicals? Are we releasing too much dopamine? The latest Silicon Valley trend …
( CNN) Don’t call it meat if it doesn’t come from livestock or poultry, a new Missouri law says. The law would apply to meat substitutes such as soy-based, plant-based meat, which have become increasingly popular in recent years, and also “clean” meat, which is produced by growing and multiplying cells in a lab and …
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( CNN) As a 48 -year-old, somewhat fit, working mom of two young boys( I had both kids in my 40 s ), I try to avoid mirrors as much as possible when I’m in a bathing suit. Recently, however, I happened to catch a glance of my backside, and let’s just say I wasn’t …
( CNN) If you’re the kind of person who’ll willingly pay extra for guac and thinks avocado toast is life, four universities are looking for you. Researchers from Loma Linda University, Penn State, Tufts University and the University of California, Los Angeles will pay you to eat avocados every day for six months. It seems …
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