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Health and Fitness
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A DePaul University professor has found that 20% of people are chronic procrastinators — meaning they habitually, intentionally and irrationally delay a target task, often to the point that they cause discomfort for themselves and others.
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The emergence of our health culture in the 1990s brought water to the forefront of nutrition. Colorful insulated water bottles are now a fashion accessory, helped along by social media. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Water is essential to our health and well-being, physical and mental.
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The idea of an oral microbiome is fairly new. In the past, bacteria in the mouth were mostly associated with tooth decay and bad breath. However, the advent of rapid and affordable DNA sequencing has revealed a complex and often beneficial oral ecosystem.
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The coronavirus vaccine reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events linked to COVID-19 — strokes, heart attacks, and hospitalization from heart disease — by about 40%, according to a new study.
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Antimicrobial soaps are mostly hygiene theater: Scientists say plain soap and water is just as effective. Worse, these unnecessary compounds may be contributing to a newer problem: resistance to lifesaving antibiotics.
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Nationally, nearly 6% of middle and high school students — amounting to 1.63 million kids — reported using electronic cigarettes in 2024, federal figures show. Although that is down from previous years, e-cigarettes remain the most commonly used tobacco products among teens, and nearly 9 out of 10 kids choose flavored products.
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Whether children are headed to the beach, the playground or summer camp, protecting their skin from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays can help prevent both short-term injuries and long-term health problems.
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A new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market Thursday as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.
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