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08/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

7 Things that can happen if you keep biting your nails

Nail biting is a bad habit that’s become so common that it’s earned itself the clinical name of “onychophagia”. In fact, researchers from the University of Calgary have found that as much as 45 percent of adolescents are nail biters, while almost 33 percent of children in the seven to 10 age group do it […]

07/21/2018 / By Russel Davis

No magic pill: Studies prove once again diet and exercise achieve greater weight loss

Dieting alone may not always lead to significant weight loss, as was clearly demonstrated in a testimonial by Georgie Thomas of Adelaide in Australia. The 26-year-old Australian was 82 kilos at her heaviest and wore a size 14. Thomas admitted that she had always been petrified of the idea of going to the gym, and so […]

07/18/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

10 lifestyle habits for better brain health

Simple habits can significantly impact brain health. Their simplicity perhaps leads some of us to believe in their inefficiency — how could anything be that good if it’s so simple? Yet medical reviews have repeatedly confirmed that it’s the little things that matter, especially when it comes to maintaining a healthy brain. We’ve listed down […]

07/13/2018 / By Ralph Flores

A brisk walk doesn’t cut it for teenagers: They need vigorous, out-of-breath physical activity to prevent obesity, heart disease

It’s never too soon to start caring about your body. Teenagers, especially, could stand to gain a lot for taking steps to get fit. Still, with the impact of today’s technologies – it’s easier to sit at home and binge-watch television than go out and engage in physical activities. Unfortunately, this has become the norm […]

06/11/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

These 7 bad habits could be the reason why you’re not getting enough sleep

Like many people these days, your relationship with sleep may be complicated. It creeps in during the day when you actively avoid it but eludes you at night when all you want is a long, quality rest. Before your erratic sleep cycle has you thinking of health-related worst-case scenarios, know that your inability to sleep […]

06/08/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Being a couch potato increases your risk of asthma: Study

An inactive lifestyle has many negative effects, including serious chronic diseases. A study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology added one more ailment to the list – environmentally induced asthma. The study was authored by researchers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They compared markers for chronic disease between inactive […]

04/18/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

South Asians living in the U.S. are consuming less beneficial nutrients; that’s why more of them are developing Type 2 diabetes

Your environment defines you. People absorb the habits and ways of the place they’re living in. That’s what a new UT Southwestern study proved once more when researchers from the premier academic medical center’s Human Nutrition team studied 77 U.S. South Asians — 44 with diabetes and 33 without — on their dietary choices. The […]

04/18/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Cut your risk of premature death by more than half by just doing short bursts of exercise

Too busy to go to the gym and exercise? Too riddled with deadlines to take those 10,000 steps a day for good health? Take heart. New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that you don’t need long hours of exercise a day to stay healthy. Short bursts of exercise a […]

08/26/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

DNA testing a waste? Even after people find out their disease risks, they don’t do anything to change their health habits

A study showed that 18 people – eight of whom lived in the United States – who knew what diseases they are most likely to incur should they continue the lifestyle they currently had were not alarmed at all; they went ahead and still kept endangering their bodies. This year, Mountain View, California-based personal genomics […]

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