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Published in the journal Epidemiology, a study concludes that a gluten-free diet may actually pose serious health risks. According to study co-author Maria Argos, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and her colleagues found that those who go gluten-free may increase exposure to arsenic and […]

Gluten-Free Diet May Expose You to Toxic Metals

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Based off data from a national sleep survey, conducted by SleepScore, Americans had a visceral reaction to the 2016 election. Across all America, people experienced a drastic spike in stress levels, as well as a significant drop in sleep time. However, America’s reaction to the election is only a glimpse at a very […]

Wake Up America! You Need Your Sleep!

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Electronic cigarettes first became available in the United States in 2006. Since their release, their popularity has skyrocketed with more than 250 brands of e-cigarettes now sold. Oddly enough, there are now professional vape cloud competitions. People actually compete to blow the biggest, densest cloud. This just goes to show that e-cigs […]

The Dangers of E-Cigarettes

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Clinical Studies for Floss Are Biased In 2010, research found that 85% of industry-funded studies reported positive results. Contrarily, only 50% of government-funded studies had favorable outcomes. Then, a study, conducted in 2014 found that 97% of “head-to-head” randomized clinical trials favored the sponsor’s product. Unsurprisingly, the same biased research is evident in […]

Flossing: Is It Worth All the Hassle?

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Diets are like fashion; there’s always a new trend. You can’t go to any grocer or restaurant nowadays without seeing “gluten-free” it seems. Similarly, superfoods are all the rage. Supposedly, certain foods energize, vitalize, immunize, and even cure serious diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Fads have touted the power of these […]

Are Superfoods Overrated?

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1. Physically Demanding Jobs A Harvard study published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that women with physically demanding jobs have a tougher time getting pregnant. Consisting of 500 women seeking fertility treatment, the results showed that those who do heavy lifting at work had 8.8% fewer total eggs and 14.1% […]

15 Factors That Negatively Affect Fertility

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Mediation, Medication, and Migraines Study Published recently in Behavioral Medicine, “Effect of Different Meditation Types on Migraine Headache Medication Use” investigates how a combination of spiritual meditation and migraine medication can affect, if at all, analgesic medication usage. Lasting only 30 days, the study comprised of 92 participants with frequent migraines (>2 per […]

Meditation, Medication, and Migraines

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