Just in case lung damage, heart problems, and cancer aren’t good enough reasons to quit. You must have had a brain fart the first day you decided to light up. Now, new research shows that continuing to smoke can shrivel your brain—it can actually cause key tissues in there to thin, according to a study […]
We told you about Instagram-celeb Lexi Reed earlier this month after she and her husband lost nearly 300 pounds and her story went viral. Now, the couple is sharing a few tips on how they managed the dramatic weight loss. It all began on Jan. 1, 2016, when Lexi made a New Year’s resolution. At nearly 500 pounds, Lexi […]
Get ready to question everything you’ve been told about diet rules and conventional weight-loss strategies. When describing how you really feel about the latest miracle fix in the diet and fitness world, you’d probably like to drop an F-bomb—as in, what the fad? After all, how many times have you trusted logical sounding ideas, put all your […]
Pass the Merlot, please! Good news for anyone that prefers Cabernet over cardio: Drinking two glasses of wine before bed could actually be the magic pill that helps you lose weight, according to two recent studies from Washington State University and Harvard Medical School. Here’s why: Apparently, there’s a polyphenol called resveratrol in red wine that transforms “white […]
We need better treatment options. People with depression are 60 percent more likely to develop low back pain in their lifetime, according to Australian research. This is the first study to show that depression itself may actually trigger back pain rather than the injury being the cause. The research, published in the journal Arthritis Care and Research, […]
Untreated depression can harm the health of mothers and their children. Pregnant women and new mothers need more attention when it comes to screening for depression, according to recommendations issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. That came as part of the panel’s recommendation that all adults should be screened, in a situation […]
Meditating before running could change the brain in ways that are more beneficial for mental health than practicing either of those activities alone, according to an interesting study of a new treatment program for people with depression. As many people know from experience, depression is characterized in part by an inability to stop dwelling on […]
The left side of Jacquelyn Garcia’s face throbbed fiercely. She had tried taking Tylenol and Excedrin for the pain, but threw them up. On a Monday morning straight after working the night shift as a custodian, she rushed to the N.Y.U. emergency dental clinic. Here a student delivered the verdict: decay so deep it had […]
So many of us who are interested in health completely disregard our teeth and our mouths. We forget that our bodies are a holistic and interconnected system, one that can only function optimally if everything is running smoothly. If your liver wasn’t working properly, it would affect your entire body. Well, the same could be said about […]
Achieving good oral health is as easy as switching up your toothbrush. Has this ever happened to you: You’re tucked into bed, cozy and fast asleep, when all of a sudden — ouch! there’s a jolt of pain stemming from the back of your mouth. It’s a toothache. You try to go back to sleep, but […]