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The popular tech gadget that works like a hearing aid (without the cost!)

The popular tech gadget that works like a hearing aid
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About 75 percent of Americans with hearing loss don’t use hearing aids because they’re costly. That increases their risk for depression and dementia. But hearing experts say a popular tech gadget can provide virtually the same improvements in hearing for a fraction of the cost…

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Fitness & Exercise Healthy Living Healthy Mood Sleep

5 immediate benefits of exercise says science

5 immediate benefits of exercise says science
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Sometimes staying motivated to exercise can weigh heavy on your fitness goals, no matter what they are. We’ve been conditioned that achieving them depends on the long haul. Not so for these five benefits that science says you can experience immediately. Hint: some of these may be the motivation you need!

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Hormone Health

What your earwax could reveal about your stress levels

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Cortisol, which is made in the adrenal glands, is commonly known as the stress hormone. It’s crucial for helping your body deal with stressful situations. But too much cortisol for prolonged periods can lead to all sorts of health problems including high blood pressure, fatigue and type 2 diabetes. Here’s what to watch for, how to balance it and an interesting way to measure it.

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Diabetes Fitness & Exercise Sleep

Want to better manage your diabetes? Go to bed early

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If you have diabetes, you’ve probably wrestled with sleep issues from time to time. Diabetics often have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep and often do not get enough sleep as a result. But even people without diabetes often struggle to sleep well. So is it any worse of a problem for diabetics? Research shows being a night owl or an early bird certainly affects disease management…

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Healthy Mood Hypertension Men’s Health

Surprising ‘anger link’ for men with essential hypertension

Surprising ‘anger link’ for men with essential hypertension
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For most adults, there’s no identifiable cause for their hypertension, meaning no underlying condition or typical risk factor appears to be to blame. It’s called essential hypertension and all they know for sure is that it develops over years. But, for men, at least, an odd link to anger, with a twist, may be the cause.

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Brain Health Mental Health

How a strange little mushroom fills the deep well of depression

Psilocybin: How a strange little mushroom fights the deep well of depression
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Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound derived from mushrooms. Several studies indicate it significantly reduces depression and even puts some patients into remission. Now research shows how it literally can pull our brains from a deep well of depression…

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Fitness & Exercise Healthy Living Heart Health

LISS: The low-intensity workout with big cardio benefits

LISS: The low-intensity steady state workout with big cardio benefits
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Remember when high-intensity interval training became popular? I wondered how anyone but a seasoned athlete could stand up to those intense bursts of exercise. If you’re looking for cardio you can keep up with, that elevates your heart rate with less risk of injury, welcome to low-intensity steady state workouts…

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Circulation Healthy Mood Heart Health

Stroke warning: The significant impact of anger and exertion

Stroke warning: The significant impact of anger and exertion
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Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Many health conditions can increase risk for stroke including high blood pressure and diabetes, but when researchers looked closer, they found two common things happening in the hour before a stroke that pushed those risks over the edge.

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Healthy Diet Mental Health

6 foods (and 5 other things) to get you out of a funk naturally

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depression

Being depressed can feel like being sick — all the time. Your energy is low, you don’t feel like doing anything. People may look at you likes it’s all in your head. But the truth is, there are real, physical reasons that are often behind depression: hormonal imbalances, vitamin deficiencies… even cancer.