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Significantly Lessens Need
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have found that receiving music therapy can significantly lessen...
Also Reduces Chance of Mild Cognitive Impairment
Knitting can alleviate the blues, slow the onset of dementia and distract from chronic pain, according to a survey published in...
Demonstrated Improved Academic Achievement
Structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities, including language-based...
Switch On the Body's Caloric Burning
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a hormone that is produced in low levels by both men and women. Higher levels are produced in...
Two Oils to Consider on Your Next Trip
Travel can create some of our happiest memories; however, navigating airports, foreign languages or unknown cities can sometimes put a...
A Pain in the Neck (or shoulder, or face, or ear!)
Everyone gets pain now and then. Sometimes from stress, sometimes from injury or other causes. Physicians may offer pain meds, physical therapy or even...
Drug-free High Dose Laser Therapy is revolutionizing pain management
At Pain Free Life Centers, their exclusive High-Dose Laser Therapy protocols are being used to help an increasing number of people suffering with severe and...
Feel More Fit and Energized
Ten Australian seniors that strapped on ballet slippers and participated in Ballet for Seniors classes for three months reported feeling more fit, energetic and animated, according to...
Color-Producing Pigments Increases Cancer-Fighting
A naturally occurring compound found abundantly in wild blackcurrants, bilberries and lingonberries increases the body’s ability to prevent...
Promotes Improved Blood Glucose Control
In a study that offers hope for people with Type 2 diabetes, Rutgers University researchers have shown that a diet high in diverse fibers...
A University of Amsterdam study of 960 children from 4 to 12 years old taking asthma medication found that...
Survey of 109 Emergency Medicine Physicians
People are frequently introduced to highly addictive opioid painkillers when using hospital emergency rooms. When...
Dirt Houses Cancer-Protective Microbe
Soil commonly contains bacteria that produce a molecule called mensacarcin that kills melanoma cancer cells, according to...
Improved Attention and Focus
Cognitive gains that people experience from an intense meditation retreat can persist for at least seven years and slow...
Energy Drinks Had an Even Greater Effect
Women that drink one or more sugary sodas a day are 25 percent less likely each month to...
Higher Incidences of Depression, Drinking and Drug Use
Spanking—defined as using physical force to control a child’s behavior by inflicting pain, but not injury—can have profound...
Reduced Symptoms for People With Chron's Disease 
Mangoes contain potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties that may prove useful in treating gastrointestinal disease, cognitivegetables and...
Rate Fell by About 28 Percent
After a polluting coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania was shut down in 2014 by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulatory action, the...
Study of Over 34,000 Women
Polluted air raises the chances of irregular menstrual cycles among teenage girls, a new Boston University...
Lowers Symptoms
Researchers from Thailand had 64 people suffering from hay fever (allergic rhinitis) experience half...
Powerful Remedy
Bee venom and its toxic component, melittin, can reduce the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi that causes...
Only One in 10 Meet National Guidelines
Just 9 percent of U.S. adults eat enough vegetables and only 12 percent eat enough...
Supplements Significantly Lower Risk
Women that took the supplements prior to pregnancy were 61 percent less likely to have a child diagnosed...
Teens that spend the most time staring at screens while playing games, texting, surfing the Internet or...
Anti-Inflammatory, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties
Researchers at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, and the University of California, Sacramento, selected the 10 strongest...
Significantly Lower Risk Than Western Diets
In a five-year study published in The Journal of Urology of 2,000 older Spanish men, those following a Mediterranean diet rich in...
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Magnesium Factor May Explain Vitamin D Deficiencies
Vitamin D can’t be metabolized without sufficient magnesium levels. Thus, it remains stored and inactive for as many as 50 percent of Americans on...
Empathy From Loved One Helps
Holding hands with a loved one reduces physical pain, report researchers at the University of Colorado and University of Haifa that studied the brainwaves of...
When we’re feeling angry, stressed or overexcited, just 15 minutes of being alone without a device can...
Alcohol has been linked to seven types of cancer, including breast and bowel, and scientists at...
As Earth’s climate becomes warmer, sleepless nights will increase for many, predicts a study from...
The danger of pesticide exposure for expectant mothers has been confirmed by a study of half a million people in...
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity increases cognitive function and reduces fatigue in breast cancer survivors, concludes a...
Eating lots of fresh tomatoes and fruit, especially apples, helps heal damaged lungs of ex-smokers, reports...