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Healthy Living Liver Health Thyroid Health

The chemicals that trigger your body to make new fat cells

The chemicals making us fat by tricking the thyroid and liver
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Have you started a healthier diet and maybe you’re exercising too — only to be disappointed that the inches aren’t coming off? The problem is likely “obesogens.” Obesogens hijack the regulatory systems that control your weight and make it almost impossible for you to maintain a healthy weight. But you can beat them…

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Bladder Health Healthy Aging Healthy Diet

How your diet can cause your bladder to leak

How your diet can cause your bladder to leak
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Bladder betrayal doesn’t discriminate when aging and hormones are involved. But diet? Surprising new findings about what you eat and don’t eat may explain why you run faster to the bathroom than the next person…

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Anti-Aging Supplements Healthy Aging Healthy Diet

Why antioxidants are the answer for aging brains and muscles

Why antioxidants are the answer for aging brains and muscles
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Oxidative stress, which plays a significant role in age-related health issues, is the progressive cellular damage caused by free radicals. Exercise can help protect against some of that decline. But powerful nutrition goes straight to the cause…

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Colon Cancer Digestive Health Immune Health Prescription Drugs

Common drugs that disrupt your gut years after taking them

Common drugs that disrupt your gut years after taking them
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You may be done with that antibiotic, but is it done with you? Not by a long shot. But research has found it’s not the only common medication that continues doing damage to your gut long after you’ve finished it…

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Bone Health Inflammation Joint Health Thyroid Health

That snap, crackle and pop in your knee may start with your thyroid

That snap, crackle and pop in your knee may start with your thyroid
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If you notice your knee crackling, it could signal osteoarthritis or a build-up of calcium crystals thought to only happen in really old age. Turns out they do structural damage much earlier than thought, especially if your mineral metabolism is off…

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Autoimmune Health Brain Health Inflammation

Why Alzheimer’s may be an autoimmune disorder

Why Alzheimer’s may be an autoimmune disorder
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Ask anyone and they’ll say Alzheimer’s is a brain disease. But some scientists think it has more in common with autoimmune conditions. Considering Aducanumab, the Alzheimer’s wonder drug that received accelerated approval has been discontinued, it may be time to listen to them.

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Bladder Health Fitness & Exercise Men’s Health Women’s Health

The bladder exercise better than confounding Kegels

The bladder exercise better than confounding Kegel’s
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If you’re dealing with a leaky, overactive bladder, you’re not alone. But you may think your choices are limited to adult diapers, questionable drugs that impact the brain or “practically impossible to master” Kegel exercises. You’d be wrong. Here’s a new easier way to cut the restroom leash…

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Bone Health Prescription Drugs Thyroid Health

The bone-weakening effects of a common thyroid medicine

The bone-weakening effects of a common thyroid medicine
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Low thyroid among Americans ranges from 5% to 20% due to variables constituting what’s normal. But for those diagnosed and receiving treatment, there’s a warning about the most commonly prescribed medication for the condition…

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Fitness & Exercise Healthy Diet Healthy Living

Electrolyte drinks: Good, bad or Fad?

Electrolyte drinks: Good, bad or Fad?
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Are Americans chronically dehydrated? The idea of that is making electrolyte drinks and powders hugely popular. Is there any truth to it or is it just a good marketing gimmick with questionable results? Here’s what the doctor says…