Health & Wellness
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Managing Chronic Pain: 10 Ways to Feel Better for Less
Chronic pain can be terrible, but its treatment can be fatal if done wrong — reports suggest the death of legendary musician Prince in 2016 was from a prescription pain medication overdose. The American Chronic Pain Association likens a patient…
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We Tried 4 Sunburn Remedies and This is the Best
It’s all fun in the sun…until someone gets burned. You can lather on sunscreen and reapply, but sometimes you just forget. This summer season, if you misplaced your sunscreen or forgot to reapply that sunblock, it’s time for a sun…
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Don’t Let These 12 Sports Injuries Ruin Your Summer
Spending more time outside being active is a big part of summer. But the flurry of activity can also lead to a variety of injuries, many tied to sudden overuse, repetitive motion, or engaging in sports that your body is…
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10 Fast-Spoiling Foods to Avoid
Americans waste a lot of food. The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that American households discard a whopping $218 billion worth each year — an average of $1,800 per household. Many could easily reduce that amount by actually eating, rather than…
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11 Cheap and Easy Ways to Slim Down for Summer
When beach season starts to seem less like a dream and more like a deadline, regret may start to grow that winter’s comfort foods weren’t dropped long before the weather changed, and that spring cleaning didn’t evolve into regular exercise.…
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The Truth About What Vaping Does (and Doesn’t Do) to Your Body
When it comes to vaping, it can be hard to hear past the biased chatter from both sides to understand the actual drawbacks and potential benefits of this technology — just as it is with any growing trend where health…
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20 Cheap Ways to Jazz Up Plain Water and Stay Hydrated This Summer
Plain water can get boring, especially during the dog days of summer, when it’s a challenge to stay hydrated. Each liter of these infusions only use a few low-cost ingredients,…
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18 Foods That Will Help You Hydrate
Contrary to popular belief, there is no expert recommendation that we need to drink eight 8-ounce cups of water per day. Consider it a “healthy habit” that just isn’t true.…
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10 Affordable Wellness Getaways to Revitalize Your Life
We all know how difficult it can be to maintain motivation and focus regarding our health and fitness goals. Often vacations or other trips can make matters even worse with…
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Best Gym in Every State
A gym is a sanctuary, a sweat session, and a social scene all wrapped up into a business that lives and dies by its members. Naturally the best gyms house…
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Don’t Buy Into These 15 Skin Cancer Myths
Over the years, you may have heard various things from well-meaning friends, family members, and colleagues about the deadly effects of skin cancer and how to prevent it. But what…
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10 Ways to Lose Those Last 5 Pounds Before Your Wedding
Just before the wedding is not the time for major lifestyle changes — but small tweaks can help with losing a few pounds. There’s no magic cure here; losing weight…
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25 Cheap Ways to Spur Fat Loss
Fat loss can be achieved without pricey supplements, gym memberships, or pay-to-play diet plans. Instead, there are plenty of simple and inexpensive options to kick off a healthy fat-loss cycle…
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I Started Taking a Daily Probiotic and This Is What Happened
The Importance of Gut Health Researchers continue to uncover just how important gut health is to overall health. The bacteria in the gut are now known to be predictors of…
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15 Low-Cost Alternatives to a Juice Cleanse
Juice cleanses may be a raging fad, but they’re not the be all and end all of detox programs. In fact, many people find that juice cleanses make them feel…
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I Started Meditating, and This Is What Happened
If I said you could break your phone addiction, declutter your closets, and enjoy better sleep and more stable moods with just minutes of free meditation a day, would you…
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20 Benefits of Growing Old
When we’re young, we often wish that the hands of time would slow down so we wouldn’t have to grow old. But little do we know that there are numerous…
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Everything You Need to Know About Lice
Every year, children are sent home from school because of an itchy little pest: head lice. While these tiny bloodsuckers are a major annoyance, experts stress that there’s little health…
