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One of the largest surveys of health in the United States reveals some sobering, though not entirely unexpected news: Americans are fatter than ever. Ouch. The CDC has been asking Americans 18 and older about their health and their family members’ health every year since 1957. The National Health Interview Survey, which contains data from 2015 on more than 100,000 people, shows that more… → Read More
Researchers are finally studying the medicinal effects of marijuana after many years of marijuana advocates begging and pleading for science to investigate what they already knew – that the plant has the power to ease seizures, help people sleep, and much more. But scientists aren’t studying the stuff you can buy on the street or in dispensaries, so can we trust their conclusions? All it takes… → Read More
Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods spells big changes → Read More
Why it may be time to get a roommate or start volunteering → Read More
Locals have been fighting for safe drinking water for years → Read More
More opioid prescriptions in Tennessee than residents → Read More
Is the EPA doing enough to protect the people? → Read More
Oh, America. You were doing such a good job of cutting your sugar intake, but you’re back to drinking too many sugary beverages. Statistics released by the CDC in January show that after a decade of falling consumption, Americans of all ages are consuming the same amount of sugary drinks as they were in 2009-2010, which is when the last time the CDC published comparable data. [1] Rachel Johnson,… → Read More
Legalization is not making kids toke up en masse. → Read More
Find out what to eat more of and what to avoid. → Read More
Sugar may cheer you up now, but you'll regret it later → Read More
Sugar may cheer you up now, but you'll regret it later → Read More
Impossible Foods doesn't even know everything in its product → Read More
The good and the potentially ugly that may come of it → Read More
Both hatha yoga and Bikram yoga helped ease depression → Read More
Adult smokers in the U.S. are kicking the habit at a rate that researchers haven’t seen in 20 years.The rate of smoking fell to 15% in 2015 due to the biggest 1-year decline in 2 decades. The rate fell 2 percentage points from 2014, when approximately 17% of adults in a large national survey said they had recently lit up. The last time Americans kicked the habit at that pace was from 1992 to… → Read More
Energy drink users were more likely to use cocaine → Read More
There's something to be said for old-fashioned doctors → Read More
The letter made doctors think it was safe to prescribe opioids → Read More
A report in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives reveals that prenatal exposure to flame retardants may lead to lower IQ test scores in children. Further, the more of the chemicals a pregnant woman is exposed to, the more likely she is to give birth to a child with lower intelligence. [1] In the meta-analysis, researchers calculated that every tenfold increase in exposure to flame… → Read More