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It’s that time of year again. Ads are showing happy families, relatives are hugging each other and everyone is sitting down to eat for the holidays. But what did they leave out of the picture? Mom stressing out. Matriarchs, especially working ones, must balance a lot and that tends to intensify during busy times like the holidays. Why? Because the […]
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One of the cool things you can do with a fitness tracker is sync up with your friends and family to motivate one another and even get a little friendly competition going. One of the not-so-cool consequences of this is discovering something you’d really rather wasn’t true about their routine. Like when you find out your boyfriend is cheating on you […]
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Health officials in the U.S. territory of American Samoa say they will begin mass measles vaccinations later this week. At a meeting Sunday, officials said the vaccinations would be given for seven days starting Friday. There are nine confirmed cases of measles in the island territory. American Samoa Health Department Epidemiologist Dr. Aifili John Tufa says five of the island’s […]
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Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that eating a healthy diet may reduce the risk of acquired hearing loss. Using longitudinal data collected in the Nurses’ Health Study II Conservation of Hearing Study (CHEARS), researchers examined three-year changes in hearing sensitivities and found that women whose eating patterns more closely adhered to commonly recommended healthful dietary patterns, such […]
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Family of seven, and that’s that! Alec Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria Baldwin, is pregnant with the couple’s fifth child, and they don’t plan to add any more babies to their brood. “How dare you say that? This is it,” the Saturday Night Live star, 61, playfully told Us Weekly exclusively at the New York Special Screening of CROWN VIC hosted by […]
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At 99 years old, most people are not engaging in complex research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Jeremiah Stamler is no ordinary person. The author and co-author of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and books, Stamler’s cutting-edge research into the cardiovascular health impact of lifestyle factors like diet, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure has been cited […]
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I thought I’d heard it all, but the Snake Diet is a new one on me. The diet is a twist on the current popularity of fasting, and its extreme nature is raising a lot of red flags for health professionals like me. Here’s the lowdown on what the plan entails, and why I strongly recommend skipping it. What is the […]
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Your grown-up bed may be a veritable cloud of high thread-count sheets, cozy comforters and pillows — but your baby’s bed needs none of that. In fact, until they’re a year old, babies should sleep with nothing in their crib but a tightly-fitted sheet. No bunting, blankets or bumpers. Even after a year, experts recommend limiting the items in a […]
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Gwenyth Paltrow’s wellness advice may be trendy—but apparently it can cause serious injury. One woman learned that the hard way when she tried a Paltrow-endorsed therapy called "vaginal steaming" and ended up in the ER with a second-degree burn on her vagina. According to a case report from the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada, the 62-year-old woman had a prolapsed vagina—meaning her […]
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With Halloween only a few months away, countless children will be asking their parents far in advance to buy them a Harry Potter or Hermione costume. But what if they had the opportunity to dress up as their favorite Hogwarts character all year round? Thanks to Boden in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, now they can. Their playful British […]
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