You’re heading out for your beach vacation? Lucky you! Assuming the weather is good, you’ll be soaking in the sun, digging your toes into the sand and maybe catching a few waves on your rented jet ski. All that’s left to do is pack your bags. But how do you determine what’s essential when you … Continue reading What to Pack for Your Beach Vacation
Most people know that a lack of exercise can contribute to their risk of diabetes, but new research indicates that resistance exercise might actually decrease your risk more than other kinds of exercise. The research on diabetes and resistance exercise A team of researchers from several different universities looked at the data from 4,681 adults … Continue reading Resistance Exercise May Lower Diabetes Risk Most
If you’ve got hypertension and take nifedipine to treat your high blood pressure or angina, it’s important that you know researchers may have found a cause for concern. Nifedipine, a dihydropyridine used to treat angina and high blood pressure, has been found to increase the risk of cardiac arrest. Are hypertension drugs safe? In the … Continue reading Hypertension Drug May Raise Cardiac Arrest Risk
So, you’re going on a first date, eh? Don’t worry, we’re not going to lecture you on which fork to use for your salad or why it’s important not to talk about your ex the entire time. Instead, these are some etiquette tips taken from the “pet peeves” page of serial daters. 1. Give yourself … Continue reading Etiquette Tips for a First Date
Gargling with mouthwash might seem like a harmless routine, but there’s new evidence that the hygiene habit could be raising your blood pressure. The compound raising blood pressure According to a team of researchers from Baylor University, a compound in mouthwash called chlorhexidine destroys the “good” bacteria in your mouth that normally helps maintain blood … Continue reading Mouthwash May Be Raising Your Blood Pressure
This extreme intermittent fasting weight loss diet is the latest trend. Looking at reviews basically, you don’t feel deprived of food, and you feel less urges to eat snacks throughout the day. This might take some getting used to, but if you get used to it, it could be a total game changer and not … Continue reading Eating ONE meal a day is allegedly the best new diet out there
Ask Delish magazine what the hot food trends are for 2019 and you might expect to get a bunch of kale smoothies and kiwi-infused seafood dishes. But this year’s list actually holds a lot of promise for us “normal” folks. Check out six of our favorite up-and-coming food (and drink) trends: 1. Milkshake IPAs Brewed … Continue reading 6 Seriously Cool Food Trends
New research indicates a correlation between oral bacteria and colorectal cancer growth. Tooth decay’s relation to cancer The study, which was done by a team of researchers from Columbia University, found that about one in three people who develop colorectal cancer have the oral bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum. What the researchers found most interesting was that … Continue reading Oral Bacteria Linked to Colorectal Cancer Growth
A 71-year-old man has beat the previous plank record time for his age group. A Minnesota man has set the Guinness World Record-holding an abdominal plank for 38 Minutes! The previous record was 36 minutes and 58 seconds for his age. Andy Steinfeldt, who recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer, celebrated his birthday by … Continue reading 71 Year Old’s AMAZING Plank Record!
Is the quality of your marriage based solely on whether or not you picked the right person? Not according to a new study. Looking at love from a genetic perspective A team from Yale School of Public Health found that a gene variant affects the quality of your marriage too. More specifically, oxytocin, also known … Continue reading Yale Study Shows Quality of Marriage May Be Genetic
