Eating a low-calorie diet can help you live longer and prevent age-related diseases – and even improve the immune system’s function. A new study finds that, in mice, a compound used in herbal medicine can give a similar immune boost if given before vaccination – no dieting required. In a new paper in Science Signaling,…
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BOSTON – Long-term exposure to environmental noise – think planes, trains, and automobiles — has been linked in multiple studies to adverse health effects such as poor sleep, psychiatric disorders, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the mechanisms linking noise to such diseases has not been well understood. Now, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)…
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Cognitive impairment without dementia (CIND), or mild cognitive impairment, is a condition that affects your memory and may put you at risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. According to the U.S. National Library for Medicine, signs of mild cognitive impairment may include frequently losing things, forgetting to go to events and appointments, and having more…
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I grew up in New England, so you’d think I’d be used to winter by now. But after wearing dozens of puffy coats thin over my lifetime, that’s not the case: I hate the relentless chill, the heavy boots, the darkness. It’s enough to make anyone want to curl up under a blanket and snooze…
DetailsLyme disease comes from a bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks, most commonly the deer tick, spread Lyme disease. Doctors usually treat the infection with antibiotics. With treatment, Lyme disease typically clears up quickly for most people. However, some people continue to have symptoms of Lyme disease following their treatment. Doctors refer to this as chronic…
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You don’t just glance at a Johanna Ortiz dress and walk away—you stare intently at the bold floral prints, the frothy ruffles, and billowy feminine silhouettes that salute Ortiz’s Colombian roots and picture yourself in one of her designs, salsa dancing on an island. (The city she is from, Cali, is known as the world…
DetailsIf you buy something through a link on this page, we may earn a small commission. How this works. Increasing dietary fiber and taking over-the-counter (OTC) laxatives are conventional treatments for constipation, but some people also choose to take supplements. Constipation is a common medical problem. In the United States, people make 2.5 million visits…
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Here is the story of my first, traumatic encounter with a Jell-O mold. I ate Jell-O, of course — it was the first thing I learned to “cook,” in a dedicated set of Tupperware bowls. Its bright primary colors sparkled in glass coupes at every coffee shop in the city, and it had a taste…
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The demand for a no-waste lifestyle has led a distiller, Jack Rabbit Hill Farm in Hotchkiss, Colo., to come up with a clever way to minimize trash. Not content with having the empties of its MEll vodka hauled away from the bars and restaurants, where most of it is sold, the company picks them up…
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After a lot of hype, Prada and Adidas dropped their first collaboration with two limited edition releases. Talks of a collaboration first started in October, and was finally confirmed earlier this month, with the powerhouse brands teasing a possible sneaker release on Instagram. The first piece from Prada x Adidas is a take on the…
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