Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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Do you hate working long hours? Most people do. But it turns out that pulling overtime isn't just tedious and stressful... it's actually bad for your health. A newly-published study has found that overwork kills approximately 745,000 people every year due to a variety of knock-on adverse health effects, such…
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A psychologist has taken to TikTok this week to share an incredible optical illusion that has left social media users baffled. Dr. Julie Smith, a psychologist with a practice in Ringwood in Hampshire, took to the social media platform to post a bizarre clip demonstrating how viewers watching can trick…
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A teenage girl with Down's Syndrome has lifted everybody's spirits after crying tears of joy in a heartwarming video. According to People magazine, 14-year-old Bree Cox, who hails from the town of Murray in Utah, was recorded weeping in footage that has since emerged on social media. The emotional clip…
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A dancer is inspiring others with her Q&A sessions on TikTok after losing her hand in a boating accident. Twenty-three-year-old Kristie Sita had her hand ripped off in a tragic boating accident at the age of 16 back in 2014. According to New York Post, Kristie had been celebrating graduating from…
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A doctor working in palliative care has shared the most common regret she hears from people on their deathbed. The physician, who goes by the handle @tripat.sahi on TikTok, took to the platform to share a video on the subject of what she most often hears from terminally ill people.…
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A doctor has revealed how those without medical insurance can save money on their hospital bills. Taking to TikTok, Dr. Jenaya Calderilla gave her expert advice on how to reduce those hefty charges that can easily rack up to tens of thousands of dollars. While it's impossible to avoid a…
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A man has used his late father's ashes to help him bowl a perfect game this week, in a touching tribute. According to The New York Post, John Hinkle Jr, the son of NCAA bowling champion John Hinkle Senior, decided to honor his late father by filling a bowling ball…
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A video has emerged on TikTok showing a "cleaning queen" giving the home of an elderly couple a makeover. The footage was originally shared by a TikTok user going by the handle @aurikatariina, a self-proclaimed cleaning fanatic who enjoys helping other people get their living space spic and span. [caption…
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A young boy has died after attempting a viral challenge circulating on TikTok. Joshua Haileyesus, a 12-year-old boy from Aurora in Colorado, had been hospitalized and left comatose after his brother discovered him lying unconscious on the bathroom floor on March 22. [caption id="attachment_1263102854" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Credit: GoFundMe/Screenshot[/caption] It is…
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The World Health Organization has called for a worldwide ban on live animals in food markets. The Daily Mail reports that this comes after a joint study by WHO and health officials in China into the origins of Covid, which claims that so-called wet markets in Wuhan were a likely source…
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A study has found that people who police other people's grammar are less agreeable. The paper in question was published in the journal PLOS One, and was entitled, 'If You’re House Is Still Available, Send Me an Email: Personality Influences Reactions to Written Errors in Email Messages [sic].' Researchers used…
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A woman with the world's longest fingernails has cut them for the first time in 30 years. Texas resident Ayanna Williams made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2017 for having the longest female fingernails - measuring 18 feet and 10.9 inches long. She then beat her…
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Newly published research claims to have found a link between red-haired people and high pain thresholds. The study was conducted by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and was recently published in the journal Science Advances under the title 'Reduced MC4R Signaling Alters Nociceptive Thresholds Associated With Red Hair'. According to…
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More than 3.7 million people in England can stop shielding from today, but for comedy and sci-fi writer, Eddie Robson, a whole year of effectively being isolated from the world was life-changing. The 42-year-old, who has Crohn's disease and asthma, was experiencing issues with anxiety prior to the first Covid-19 lockdown.…
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A medical expert is warning that most couples may have to use assisted reproduction to have children by 2045. Shanna Swan, a professor of environmental medicine and public health, has spent the last few decades studying the impact of hormone-disrupting chemicals on our reproductive systems. In an interview with the Guardian,…
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Pheebs had been experiencing online abuse for a year before she attempted to take her own life in December 2020. At its peak last year, the 19-year-old was receiving around 100 death threats a day, and was forced to block nearly 10,000 accounts. "I wanted to speak about what happened,…
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While Luke Ambler jokes about how similar "Andy's Man Club" sounds to Fight Club, the reality couldn't be more different. Formed after the tragic suicide of his brother-in-law, Andy Roberts, the former professional rugby player was shocked to discover that suicide is the leading cause of death in men under…
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A five-year-old girl will no longer have to endure daily dialysis after her preschool teacher agreed to donate one of their own kidneys to her. As reported by Good Morning America, Kayleigh Kulage, who hails from Pacific in Missouri, has been on dialysis for the past four years due to…
