Anyone making an effort to be healthy will be ensuring they get all the minerals they need in their diet. For those who want to look their best at the same time, they may also buy skincare products containing minerals. But how effective are they? And, more importantly, are they safe? First, let’s draw an […]
There are so many factors that can affect our longevity. Some of them, like genes, cannot be controlled, but there are a lot of lifestyle choices involved, too. You probably know that hormone levels change as you age, but how does that affect your actual lifespan? Let’s focus on one set of hormones in particular:
Aging doesn’t just slow your movements and make it harder to exercise. It also slows the recovery process after the exercise is finished. Every ache and pain seems to last longer when you’re older. Is there any way to alleviate that effect? There are lots of possible reasons that aging slows recovery, and most people
As we’re perhaps becoming all too aware, health isn’t always an individual matter. In some cases, it’s a public concern. When it comes to infectious diseases, which can spread rapidly through a community, that community needs to work together to tackle it. When a disease starts to spread around a particular area or population, the
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Most of the time, trying to lower your blood pressure is a good thing. High blood pressure is a risk for heart attacks and strokes, while low pressure rarely does more than making you feel lightheaded. When it comes to trying to ensure your blood pressure is low (but not too low), the starting point
You may not be able to “cure” anxiety and depression or magically make the stressful things in your life go away, but if you want to improve the overall state of your mental health, having the right mindset is a key starting point. Evidence suggests that having a so-called “growth” mindset, where you believe your
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No one likes being lectured, yet that’s what it can feel like when your doctor starts telling you that you need to fundamentally change your lifestyle. If you’re living relatively happily, who are they to tell you that you’re wrong? It’s not like cholesterol has any obvious symptoms. That’s part of the problem. The threat
One of the insidious aspects of depression is that you don’t have the energy or motivation to do the most basic things. Eating, sleeping and exercise all suffer. This means that the traditional first steps when you’re not feeling great sometimes fall by the wayside, including the simplest act of all: having a glass of
You probably know that your hormone levels fluctuate as you age. A big surge in adolescence helps drive puberty, while the impact of many hormones weakens as you grow older. But is this a consequence of aging or a cause? Scientists decided to do some research on that exact topic. There have been a few
Whether we talk about type 1, type 2 or gestational diabetes, we’re still talking about Diabetes mellitus. When most people say diabetes, that’s what they mean. But Diabetes mellitus isn’t the only condition bearing a diabetes label; there’s also Diabetes insipidus, which is a completely different and unrelated thing. Well, it’s not exactly completely different.
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