How To Practice Self-Care In 2018 For A Happier You

‘To bloom, we need to nurture and nourish ourselves.’ Traditional New Year’s resolutions can often focus on physical health and fitness, but January can also be a great time to reset and improve your mental health. With that in mind, we asked four experts and influencers for their top self-care tips, designed to improve your
Why Medical Advice Seems to Change So Frequently

By Aaron E. Carroll for The New York Times Medical scientists and academics must publish their research to advance. Medical organizations must release health recommendations to remain relevant. News organizations feel they must report on research and recommendations as they are released. But sometimes it’s hard to separate what’s truly a medical certainty from what

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Trying to Lose Weight? The 5 Most (and Least) Expensive Diets

Eating healthy and staying true to a sound diet plan is difficult. You’re consistently battling cravings for sugar or salt, perhaps feeling sluggish as you cut back on calories or caffeine, and likely irritable. And even if you manage to successfully handle all of your physical and mental obstacles, eating well enough to lose weight

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5 of the Unhealthiest ‘Superfoods’ Too Many People Are Eating

Health experts tout superfoods as nutrient-packed foods that can do everything from increase your energy to protect you from cancer, heart disease, and life-threatening illnesses. But just because a food has been labeled as a superfood doesn’t mean it actually is one. Take these five superfoods foods for example. Despite their healthy food label, many

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7 Prostate Cancer Facts Absolutely All Men Need to Know

There’s no denying how important it is to raise awareness about breast cancer, so it makes complete sense that we give so much attention to the disease every October. What makes a little less sense is why so few people know prostate cancer, which runs rampant among men, has it’s own awareness month in September.
10 Tips to Prevent Infections

It may seem a daunting task to keep yourself and your loved ones free of infections. Beyond the obvious—steering clear of runny noses and hacking coughs—you may be wondering about some other practical ways of staying infection-free. Your skin acts as a natural barrier against harmful microbes that cause infections, but smart “bugs” have

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Obesity and Diabetes Tied to Liver Cancer

A large study has found that body mass index, waist circumference and diabetes are all associated with an increased risk for liver cancer. This type of cancer is the sixth most common cancer. In fact, its incidence has tripled since the mid-1970s in the United States. For the study, in Cancer Research, researchers pooled data
Exercising while pregnant keeps baby healthy

Article courtesy of Kelly Byrne for WNCT. GREENVILLE, NC (WNCT) – Local doctors are weighing in on the benefits of working out while pregnant. Dr. Linda May said exercising can be beneficial to both you and your baby. As part of research, she trains pregnant women from 13 weeks to the time they deliver. “I