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How to Keep Your Brain Healthy: The SilverSneakers Guide
Our brains, like the rest of our bodies, naturally age. But maintaining brain health is possible, and it can even be social and fun. Even...
Elizabeth Millard

How Much Protein Should You Eat Each Day?
If nutrition were a popularity contest, protein would win running away—and for good reason. Not only does this macronutrient help you...
Korin Miller

Is it better for you to eat tomatoes or drink tomato juice? Dietitian explains health benefits
Ruby red tomatoes are the perfect complement to any sandwich, pasta or pizza. Although cherry, plum and beefsteak tomatoes are the most...
Natalie Rizzo

What’s the Best Sleep Position for Your Heart Health? Experts Explain
It is widely known that good sleep is essential to your health, especially your heart health. In fact, studies have shown that poor sleep...
MADELEINE HAASE

What Does a Blood Clot Feel Like? 8 Signs You Should Never Ignore
An estimated 900,000 Americans are affected by blood clots every year, so it makes sense to wonder what a blood clot feels like. Knowing...
RACHEL REIFF ELLIS AND KORIN MILLER

6 exercises that address an often overlooked key to longevity
A strong handshake generally makes a good first impression, but there is more to your grip than conveying confidence and trustworthiness....
Dana Santas, CNN
9 Foods to Help You Lose Weight
Delicious foods that help you diet? It sounds too good to be true. No doubt: Weight loss involves math. You have to eat fewer calories...
Shelley Levitt

Reasons Why Your Fingers Are Swollen
Fluid Retention Swelling happens when body fluids collect in tissues or joints. Sometimes your pinkie might be puffy. Or you may have...
Regina Boyle Wheeler

Counting sheep: Who came up with this old sleep tip, and does it work?
Trying to imagine fat, fuzzy white lambs, jumping one by one over a fence, is a well-known remedy for sleeplessness. When I used to try...
Sandee LaMotte, CNN

How to Relieve Ear Pressure
Ear pressure can be an unpleasant sensation. You might notice fullness, stuffiness, muffled hearing, or pain within your ear. It happens...
Julie Marks
Aging: What to expect
You know that aging will likely cause wrinkles and gray hair. But do you know how aging will affect your teeth, heart and sexuality? Find...
Mayo Clinic Staff

Belly fat in men: Why weight loss matters
Carrying a few extra pounds isn't uncommon, especially as people get older. But those pounds can lead to serious health risks. That's...
Mayo Clinic Staff

Foods That Can Help Relieve Stress
Food isn’t a cure-all, but it can definitely affect your mood. Yes, food does impact your mood — and it’s possible to eat your way to a...
Dana Angelo White, M.S., R.D., A.T.C.

7 Proteins to Add to Your Grocery List to Help You Lower High Blood Pressure, According to a Dietitian
If you’re living with high blood pressure—as 120 million Americans are, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—you...
Courtney Southwick, M.S.

What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Artificial Sweeteners
If you were anywhere near a screen in 2023, chances are high that you came across sensational headlines about how your daily Diet Coke...
Karla Walsh
Want to Eat Healthier? Here’s What to Do First
If you have access to the internet, a TV, or even a local newspaper, you know there’s a tremendous amount of healthy eating advice...
Matthew Kadey, R.D.

6 Surprising Foods That Can Spike Blood Sugar
Living with diabetes requires you to become something of an expert on nutrition, since knowing how different foods affect your blood...
Kate Rockwood

Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of all types of cancer, study finds
New research shows that worsening metabolic syndrome – which is present in more than a third of adults in the United States – carries...
Dan Gray

Trouble sleeping? It might be biology
Sleep schedules often change with age. That’s why teens are known for sleeping until noon, while retirees often wake up before the sun....
Mayo Clinic Press

Vitamin B12 Rich Seeds For High Cholesterol: Top 7 Vitamin B12 Rich Seeds Superfoods To Flush Out Bad LDL Cholesterol
Vitamin B12 For Managing High Cholesterol Levels: Vitamin B12-heavy seeds have become a strong partner in the quest to manage high...
Satata Karmakar

Here's What Arthritis Actually Feels Like—and the 7 Most-Googled Questions You Want Answered
If you've felt a little stiffness in your knees after sitting for too long or experienced pain or swelling in your joints, you may have...
ERICA SWEENEY

Which condiment is healthiest? Dietitians share No. 1 pick and ones to avoid
Condiments like mayonnaise, ketchup or mustard can be the perfect taste boosters for a casual meal. They’re kitchen staples, enhancing...
A. Pawlowski

Bright indicator lights ruining your sleep? You’re not alone. Here’s why they exist
For thousands of years, the nighttime’s daily darkness naturally told humans it was time to go to sleep. That’s an evolutionary principle...
Bryan Mena, CNN

Why Do I Have Allergy Symptoms in the Morning?
Stuffy nose, sneezing, postnasal drip, coughing, runny nose — these are all common reactions to an allergen. Allergies can flare anytime...
Valencia Higuera
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