Jogging regularly can add years to your life.
Jogging regularly may help you live longer, a new study from Denmark suggests. The study finds that women who regularly jogged lived 5.6 years longer than women who didn’t, and men who jogged lived 6.2 years longer than those who didn’t.
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E-mail causes stress at work.
Your email could be killing you!
The University of California, Irvine and United States Army researchers released a new study on Thursday which found that people who do not look at e-mail on a regular basis at work are less stressed and more productive.
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Energy drink habit among teens is causing irreversible damage to teeth as the high acidity levels in the drinks erode tooth enamel.
Scientists have warned that teenagers’ love of energy drinks is taking a terrible toll on their teeth. A study published in the Academy of General Dentistry charted an alarming increase in the consumption of both energy and sports drinks among young adults in the U.S. who use them to help get through the day.
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Facebook added a new feature that has the potential to save lives. On Tuesday, Facebook announced the arrival of a new tool that will allow people to share their status as an organ donor on their timelines.
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Every hour a baby is born in the United States with symptoms of withdrawal from opiates.
During the last decade the U.S. has seen a sharp increase in the number of pregnant women addicted to opiate drugs and the number of babies born experiencing withdrawal symptoms as the fastest growing abuse of prescription drugs has hit hospital maternity wards across the country.
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Insufficient sleep can have serious and sometimes fatal consequences for tired workers and the people around them.
Thirty percent of the nation’s workers are sleeping under 6 hours a day, which is less than the 7 to 9 hours that the National Sleep Foundation recommends for healthy adults, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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As the number of Americans who are overweight has grown, studies show that they have gained some four-legged company.
Lacey, a white German shepherd, was crippled by a weight problem and hip dysplasia and was barely able to walk in the year before she died.
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Wearable computers
A report released by Forrester Research says that the wearable computing wars are about to begin. They predict that consumers will begin experimenting more with wearable computers over the coming year, specifically around health and fitness, navigation, social networking and gaming. This new theme among consumers will hasten big tech companies to begin creating wearable computing products.
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Medical helicopter beats ambulance for trauma victims.
For the critically injured, there are two choices for getting to a hospital – ground ambulance or helicopter. While many critics decry the use of helicopters for emergency transportation because of cost and potential crashes, it turns out a trip to the ER via the sky may actually improve a person’s chances for survival.
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Some experts say menthol makes it easier to start smoking and harder to quit because its taste masks the harshness of tobacco.
Among people who smoke who prefer mentholated cigarettes tend to have more strokes than non-menthol smokers – and this seems to be especially true for women and non-African Americans, according to a North American study.
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Treating and caring for people with dementia currently costs the world more than US$ 604 billion per year.
Nearly 35.6 million people live with dementia worldwide. By 2030 this number is expected to double (65.7 million) and more than triple by 2050 (115.4 million). Dementia affects people in all countries, with more than half (58%) living in low- and middle-income countries. By 2050, this is likely to rise to more than 70%.
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Researchers found frequent doses of x-ray radiation were linked with more cases of the cancer.
Having more than one dental x-ray a year can double or even triple the chance of developing a common type of brain tumor, according to a new study. People who recalled having frequent dental x-rays were more likely than those who did not, to have a form of non-spreading cancer called meningioma.
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