Adding distance to your daily walk and picking up your pace can help reduce risk of heart problems associated with high blood pressure, a new…
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Want to drop some pounds? Drop the ultra-processed foods, a new study says. People lost twice as much weight on a diet with minimally processed…
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The Presidential Fitness Test is returning to U.S. schools after more than a decade. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to bring back…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to remove the legal underpinning for most regulations against climate change. If approved, the EPA’s proposal would…
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If you’ve had a heart attack or are in heart failure, doctors often prescribe cardiac rehabilitation to strengthen your heart. A new study contends that…
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Two years’ involvement in programs focused on healthy eating, regular exercise and “brain training” exercises appears to have helped a wide range of older adults…
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Planned Parenthood clinics across the country will continue to receive Medicaid funding, at least for now. On Monday, a federal judge blocked a new federal…
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An ultrasound is typically a parent-to-be’s first glimpse of their child. New research suggests that the words hospital staff use to describe the fetus during…
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Want to cut your odds of an early death by almost 20%? Take just 15 minutes out of your day for a brisk walk, researchers…
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Women who carry a baby for someone else — also known as gestational carriers or “surrogate moms” — may be at higher risk for mental…
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LaShae Rolle, 27, is a competitive powerlifter capable of squatting 441 pounds, benching 292 pounds and deadlifting 497 pounds. Last year, breast cancer tried to…
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The struggle to tame wrinkles is an age-old conflict, with people using any number of lotions, creams and treatments to try and smooth their skin.…
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