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The Unexpected Health Benefits of Social Media

WEBP reliminary research has found that online social support appears to offer many of the same benefits as in-person social support, like reduced levels of distress and loneliness, …

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The Healthiest Human Diet, According to Science Elemental

WEBPlant-based foods — vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains — form the foundation of the diet. Fatty fish and other types of seafood, along …

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The Benefits of Exercise Are More Than Just Physical Elemental

WEBExercise, he adds, is more than just a way to prevent America’s most pressing health problems. “It can treat and cure disease.”. This story is part of Exercise Is …

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The Best Health and Wellness Stories of 2019 Elemental

WEBOne of my favorite 2019 stories is from our senior staff writer, Dana Smith. As she reports, diabetes is the most expensive disease in the United States, reaching …

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What’s the Perfect Amount of Running for Good Health

WEBAs exercise goes, running is the ur-workout — the one human beings have been doing since our species’ cave-dwelling days. There’s no lack of evidence that …

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What’s the Least Amount of Exercise You Need to Stay Healthy

WEBFor a seminal 2004 study in the journal Sports Medicine, and again in a 2008 follow-up, she and her colleagues determined that 7,500 daily steps are the …

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The Power of Humor in Healthcare

WEBJ ames Doty, MD, clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and founder of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research …

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What’s Driving the Boom in At-Home Medical Tests

WEBPricing for at-home tests can vary widely: EverlyWell kits range from $49 for a cholesterol or folic acid test to $399 for a “women’s health test” to check hormone …

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This Is Your Gut on Sugar

WEBRobert Lustig, MD, is an endocrinologist and professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He’s also the author of Metabolical, a book …

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The Emerging Benefits of Short-Term Therapy

WEBOne of the newest and most extreme forms of short-term therapy consists of a single-session intervention (SSI). Jessica Schleider, PhD, director of the Lab for …

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Physician Burnout Symptoms and Advice for Coping Elemental

WEBE ven before the coronavirus pandemic, we faced a growing epidemic of burnout and anxiety among doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals. That …

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Fevers Can Be Good for You

WEBPhoto: ljubaphoto/E+/Getty Images “Give me a fever, and I can cure any disease.” — Hippocrates F ever is one of the most misunderstood defense systems in …

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The Scientific Case for Eating Bread by Markham Heid Elemental …

WEBAsked if bread should be considered a “junk” food, Aune says the opposite is true. “Whole-grain breads are healthy, and a high intake of whole grains is associated …

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These So-Called Vices Are Good for Your Health

WEBWe do this not by making life more rigid, restrictive, and boring, but more colorful, enjoyable, and fulfilling. From The Good Vices: From Beer to Sex, the …

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Worrying – Elemental

WEBPersistent worrying is pointless. Here’s how to stop doing it. — In his 1915 book Worry and Nervousness, the American surgeon and psychiatrist William Samuel …

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The Enduring Appeal of Escapism: A History of Wellness Retreats

WEBHence, digital detox camps and sleep-based retreats. In a nod to pervasive burnout culture, Canyon Ranch is opening a new center, the company’s first in …

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Dear Doctor, Here’s What Fat Patients Need From You

WEBA 2003 Obesity Research study found that 50% of doctors described fat patients as “awkward, unattractive, ugly, and noncompliant.”. A 2009 study in the …

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How Your Negative Emotions Can Literally Make You Sick

WEBNegative emotional states — anxiety, anger, sadness, stress — are closely associated with unhealthy behaviors, such as poor diet, smoking, excessive drinking, …

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‘Weight Doesn’t Measure Health in Any Way, Shape or Form’

WEBThat they measure success, effort, self-worth, and happiness, that if the scale doesn’t move, a person themselves is the failure. “This message — suffer, suffer, …

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Why You Should Open Your Windows During Coronavirus

WEBT hose who live in major cities or other densely populated areas may be wondering if open windows could allow Covid-19 to enter an uninfected household. (For …

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How to Not Freak Out When Waiting for Test Results Elemental

WEBPhoto: Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images. As access to testing has increased and roughly 750,000 Americans per day line up for a Covid-19 test, wait times for results …

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