New parents have long believed that playing Mozart and Beethoven while their babies slept would make for a smarter adult. While the jury is still out on whether or not all of those children grew up to be Ivy League grads, there is some evidence to suggest that listening to music can have positive effects […]
Having hope for the future could protect people from risky behaviors such as drinking and gambling—according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The researchers studied “relative deprivation”—the feeling that other people have things better than you in life. They wanted to find out why only some people experiencing this turn to escapist […]
Eating avocado as part of your daily diet can help improve gut health, a new study from University of Illinois shows. Avocados are a healthy food that is high in dietary fiber and monounsaturated fat. However, it was not clear how avocados impact the microbes in the gastrointestinal system or “gut.” “We know eating avocados […]
You’re following public health guidelines this 2020 holiday season, so, naturally, you’re going to have fewer people at the dining room table. Which also brings about the very important question: What in the name of Kris Kringle are you going to cook? Here’s one very good recommendation: Instead of making a massive roast, make half […]
Folic acid supplements are generally something we associate with pregnancy, but lately they’ve been gaining prominence as a possible assist for hair growth. As Web MD explains, both folate and folic acid are B vitamins. Folic acid is actually the synthetic form of folate, which occurs naturally in food. Meanwhile, folic acid is added to […]
Today, Google revealed its annual Year In Search report, and of course the novel coronavirus was among the top searches, only second to the election results. People turned to Dr. Google to ask all sorts of questions about COVID-19 as reports of the virus hit the news cycle, then continued to rely on the search […]
Start planking every day and your body won’t be the same. No matter what your personal journey with exercise is, just about everyone has tried some kind of workout routine at some point in their life. Maybe it was only in high school gym class, but it still counts. And because of that, you probably […]
Is cleaning the house on your to-do list for the weekend? Chances are, your coffee maker is getting overlooked. It might not be as obvious as a spill on the floor or dust bunnies collecting under the couch, but according to a 2011 study by NSF International, your coffee maker is one of the “top […]
We need our knees. And not just so we can nail our fitness goals — although you’d be hard pressed to run, walk, spin, or even swim without them in good working order — but also so we can go about our everyday tasks. Basic activities like pushing a shopping cart or even vacuuming the […]
(HealthDay)—Add stress-related hair loss to the many problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve had patients coming in recently with stress-related hair loss, who tell me they were so worried about dying earlier this year or even that they had COVID-19. But they don’t see the effects until three months later,” said dermatologist Dr. Ohara […]
