The 31 Best Deals On Amazon This Week, According To Shopping Experts
Amazon The deals abound this weekend! Grab your must-haves and re-up on your household essentials before next week officially starts. Deal lovers, it’s that time again! Every week we canvas all of Amazon for the absolute best deals on everything from home essentials to tech finds to beauty and beyond! We know a good, real […]
Eggs may not be bad for your heart after all
Whether you like your eggs sunny-side up, hard boiled or scrambled, many hesitate to eat them amid concerns that eggs may raise cholesterol levels and be bad for heart health. However, results from a prospective, controlled trial presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session show that over a four-month period cholesterol levels […]
Masks Off! The Best Prime Day Deals That’ll Brighten Your Teeth And Smile
If you’ve been fully vaccinated and you’re ready to let your face mask fly, it’s entirely possible you haven’t given your teeth a good look since before your days of social distancing. If your smile could use a little brightening up, now’s the time to score some major deals on white strips, electric toothbrushes, whitening […]
Here’s What It Means If You Can’t Take A Compliment
JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images Being unable to accept compliments could be related to your self-confidence, a fear of being seen or the societal rules that have conditioned you. Have you ever replied to a compliment with a self-deprecating rebuttal? For example, when someone praises your clean home you reply with “Oh, don’t look too […]
Walking This Many Steps Daily Has Huge Benefits — Especially If You Sit All Day
LOADINGERROR LOADING It’s well known that a sedentary lifestyle is bad for your health. It increases your risk of heart disease, decreases your muscle strength and is linked to certain kinds of cancer. Roughly 80% of jobs in the U.S. are sedentary, according to research published by the American Heart Association, meaning, this is a […]
The 9 Habits Positive Psychologists Swear By For A Fulfilling Life
FreshSplash via Getty Images Taking care of your mental health is important, and you can do so by following an exercise regimen, spending time with friends, meditating and more. Between doomscrolling social media, replacing breakfast with coffee and not getting any fresh air, we are certainly aware of the behaviors that are harmful to our […]
For a healthy fruit snack, what would you choose?
Next time you’re packing lunch for your kid or reaching for a healthy afternoon bite, consider this: only three types of fruit snacks — dried fruit, fruit puree and canned fruit with juice — meet the latest recommendations for high-nutrition snacks set by federal dietary guidelines, according to research by University of Massachusetts Amherst food […]
This 1 Hobby Is Great For An Aging Brain, According To A New Study
Flashpop via Getty Images Want to protect your brain as you age? Pick up an instrument. If you’re looking to bolster your cognitive abilities and keep your mind sharp throughout your lifetime, you may want to pick up a musical instrument. A recent study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that playing […]
Obesity disrupts normal liver function in mice
Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how. To better understand this, researchers compared the livers of mice which were a typical weight with mice which were obese. They were surprised to […]
FDA Panel Mulls Which Devices Are Critical in a Public Health Emergency
What bare minimum equipment would you need to practice your specialty during a public health emergency? It depends on what the emergency is, members of an FDA advisory panel said Tuesday. “If we have a thermonuclear war, all I need is a scalpel,” said Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University […]