Creating a Healthier Home
Many everyday products can bring potentially harmful substances into your home. Learn how to reduce common exposures and make your home healthier and safer.
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Understanding Huntington's
Huntington’s disease can be devastating. It can affect movement, thinking, and memory and is passed down from generation to generation. Scientists are seeking ways to lessen the disease’s effects and improve quality of life.
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Your Healthiest Self: Wellness Toolkits
This webpage offers science-based health tips in five different areas. Find ways to improve your relationships, emotional and physical well-being, disease defenses, and surroundings.
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Is It Flu, COVID-19, Allergies, or a Cold?
Feeling sick? Learn the difference between COVID-19, allergies, and other viruses.
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Tired, Achy Eyes?
Are your eyes tired, dry, or achy? Many factors can contribute to these symptoms. But a big culprit can be intense use of your eyes, like too much screen time. Learn ways to find relief.
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Update on Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, 6/5/2026
Update on Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, 6/5/2026
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Unique Brain Features Found in Cognitive SuperAgers
Researchers recently found that exceptional recall and memory is linked to the ability to create new brain cells.
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How does prostate cancer treatment affect mental health?
The long-term outlook for men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to improve. About 98% are living for 10 years or more after diagnosis, and the survival rate at 15 years now exceeds 95%.
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Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness - and may even lengthen lives
Several evenings a week, as Tyler VanderWeele gathers around the dinner table with his wife and two young kids, the family deliberately pauses during the meal to do something simple but profound. Each member shares several things for which they're grateful - an act that VanderWeele, co-director of the Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion at the Harvard T.
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Certain Proteins May Help Prevent Food Allergies
A new study showed that certain parts of dietary proteins normally act as signals that foods are safe.
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Stopping Middle-Age Spread
As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You may notice you're starting to gain weight and have less muscle and energy. Learn tips to fight back against these changes.
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Alert Update: Growing number of Salmonella illnesses and outbreaks linked to moringa leaf products
Alert Update: Growing number of Salmonella illnesses and outbreaks linked to moringa leaf products
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New Alert: Growing number of Salmonella illnesses and outbreaks linked to moringa leaf products
New Alert: Growing number of <em>Salmonella</em> illnesses and outbreaks linked to moringa leaf products
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Is your breakfast cereal healthy?
I have a confession: I like cereal. And not just a little.
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Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Before going any further, here's the main thing parents should know about swimming lessons: all children should have them. Every year, over 4,500 people die from drowning in the United States - and, in fact, drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4.
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Counting steps is good - is combining steps and heart rate better?
Have you met your step goals today? If so, well done! Monitoring your step count can inspire you to bump up activity over time. But when it comes to assessing fitness or cardiovascular disease risk, counting steps might not be enough.
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