How To Keep Your Humidifier Clean (And The Scary Repercussions If You Don’t)
MICROGEN IMAGES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Not regularly maintaing your home’s humifidifer can cause more harm than good. Humidifiers can be beneficial for your health, especially when you’re sick or dealing with dryness in your home. But if you don’t regularly maintain them, they can cause more harm than good. “If you don’t properly […]
8 Easy Ways To Make Your After-Work Routine As Relaxing As Possible
To no one’s delight, the hours after work regularly zoom by. Before you know it, you’re back at your desk and gearing up for another eight-hour workday. In other words, the time between work and bed is short and is often full of responsibilities and to-dos that aren’t very exciting. “It’s a sacred part of […]
It’s not them, it’s you: Why potatoes don’t deserve their bad reputation: They may not have all of the benefits as other vegies, but potatoes can still be a healthy option
With low or no-carbohydrate diets rising in popularity in recent times, the humble potato is now regularly overlooked in favour of other vegetables. In fact, research literature has previously indicated potatoes may have a detrimental effect on health, such as possibly increasing the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes. However, new Edith Cowan University (ECU) […]
Primary Care Visits Prior to Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Lower Mortality
Regularly visiting a primary care physician (PCP) before cancer diagnosis was associated with better disease outcomes among a cohort of patients from the Veterans Affairs health system. Compared with no prior visits, annual PCP use among over 200,000 veterans with 12 different tumor types was linked with lower odds of being diagnosed with metastatic disease […]
Dried goji berries may provide protection against age-related vision loss
Regularly eating a small serving of dried goji berries may help prevent or delay the development of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, in healthy middle-aged people, according to a small, randomized trial conducted at the University of California, Davis. AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in older people, and is estimated to affect […]
Climate change tipping points: back to the drawing board
We regularly hear warnings that climate change may lead to ‘tipping points’: irreversible situations where savanna can quickly change into desert, or the warm gulf stream current can simply stop flowing. These cautions often refer to spatial patterns as early-warning signals of tipping points. An international team of ecologists and mathematicians has studied these patterns […]
The Southern diet – fried foods and sugary drinks – may raise risk of sudden cardiac death
Regularly eating a Southern-style diet may increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, while routinely consuming a Mediterranean diet may reduce that risk, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. The Southern diet is characterized by added fats, fried […]