Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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Kids can be a real handful sometimes, can't they? When they're not glued to the TV screen or hogging the family computer, they're often racing around the house or getting under your feet at the worst possible times. In an ideal world, they'd be able to enjoy the same things…
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Though they may have different levels of severity, pretty much all illegal drugs reached their prohibited status because they were believed to be a danger to those who used them. Even so, people still seek out and use those drugs - and sometimes they might not be aware of the…
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A good night's sleep can do you wonders, but many people don't prioritise their shut-eye - while others don't have the luxury of maintaining a healthy sleeping pattern. Often, stress from your personal and work life can affect how much sleep you get, while awkward hours and long shifts can…
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It's a habit that most of us probably had as kids, and one that a few of us still fall victim to as adults: biting our fingernails. To non-nail-biters, it probably seems like a pretty gross thing to do - not to mention it makes a super cringeworthy noise. But…
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We all have to use the restroom from time to time, sometimes at work or at home. But I don't think that most people would count using the toilet as leisure time. I mean, it's not exactly a form of entertainment to nip into the lavatory and void your bowels;…
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Like a lot of us, I've always thought there were two kinds of people in the world: morning people, and evening people. The morning folks - the ones who wake up two hours before they have to in order to hit the gym, or make breakfast before sunrise even on…
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They say that variety is the spice of life, but what does that make spicy food the life... of variety? Yeah, that sounds kind of plausible, I guess. Put that on a T-shirt! Not all of us can properly enjoy spicy food while others take inexplicable pride in stuffing eight…
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A mastectomy scar can sometimes be a consistent reminder of an experience a woman would like to forget. And, while battle scars are certainly nothing to be ashamed of, nor should they be seen as imperfections, more and more cancer sufferers nowadays are choosing to cover them up and turn them…
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Loneliness is deadlier than obesity and should be considered a public health risk, experts warned in a recent study. When researchers in the US looked into the health effects of loneliness and social isolation, they reportedly found that those with bad social connections have a 50 per cent increased risk of early…
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It's fair to say that when it comes to personal grooming, there are a lot of double standards between genders, particularly when it comes to the issue of body hair. Yes, even in 2018, men are allowed to be as hairy as Chewbacca with beards thicker than a privet hedge.…
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Try as we might, we can't help but make excuses for piling on the pounds. I'm certainly guilty of it. Any excuse for me to binge on junk food and lie vegetating on the couch is good enough for me. I've attributed my own pot belly to various different causes, such…
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We don't often appreciate how important our own memory is. Without it, life would be almost unbearable, and it's actually a surprisingly fragile thing indeed. In movies and soap operas, amnesia is downright commonplace, and all it takes is a tap on the head to make characters forget everything about…
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Going for surgery is a really nerve-wracking experience. Even if you're only going under the knife for a few minutes, you still have to entrust your life and health to a complete stranger. You feel helpless, and at the back of your mind is the fear that the operation could go horribly…
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Our bodies are 70 percent water, but I'm sure you already knew that. What you might not know is that between walking, thinking and going about our daily lives, we use up a lot of water, and we don't always replenish that to the highest standards. Hydration is the WD40…
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It's an incredible test of willpower and fortitude for an obese person to lose weight. If you're carrying an extra twenty or thirty pounds, then simple tasks like jogging or swimming become Herculean feats of endurance, and then you have to act contrary to a lifetime of established bad habits.…
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Fans of the Harry Potter series know the films back to front. But the truth is, we'll never know what truly went on behind the scenes. Take Evanna Lynch, for example. From the outside, the actress had it all: beauty, fame and a part in one of the biggest movie series…
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At age 30, Tom Harper was as close to death as anyone can be. His chemotherapy had failed, his body was riddled with tumours, and the aggressive form of lymphoma he'd been struck with had ruined his life. He had a 15 per cent chance of living to see his…
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There's nothing more annoying than a sudden bout of the hiccups. Not only is a hiccup a fairly ridiculous noise, but they also make it impossible to be taken seriously, and they're damn hard to get rid of once you get started. Even worse than the hiccups themselves are all…
