It looks like chocolate may be the secret to stopping heart disease. Well, kind of. A new study has found that a key extract in cocoa significantly reduces the chances of dying from cardiovascular problems. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that consuming cocoa flavanols lowered the risk of cardiovascular death by 27 percent. The findings…
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The phrase “Nothing is certain except for death and taxes” is not accurate. It might be more accurate to say “Nothing is certain except for death FROM taxes.” As crazy as it seems, every year and every tax season, the pressure to file for returns by a deadline gives tax payers, preparers, and accountants plenty…
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Do you want to hear something infuriating? Probably not, right, but we’ve got some disturbing news for you that doesn’t need to be ignored. A recent NYU Langone study shows that daily exposure to phthalates, which are chemicals used to manufacture plastic food containers and many cosmetics, may lead to around 100,000 premature deaths among…
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Men, this week is for you! Actually, the entire month of June is National Men’s Health Month. With Father’s Day being this Sunday, we wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate all the dads out there, be they biological, adoptive, spiritual, or chosen. So this one is for you, Dads! When it comes to a…
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Remember the blog we did last year about coffee saving lives? Well, now, a new study has found that drinking tea — sans the milk and sugar, of course — will help you live longer and healthier as well. A study published in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Preventive Cardiology suggests that people who drink…
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What will you be doing on Christmas Eve at 10:00 PM? That may seem like an incredibly odd and specific question, we know. However, it seems that 10:00 PM on Christmas Eve is the hour at which the Yuletide celebrating world-at-large is more likely to have a heart attack. Why so oddly specific? There’s…
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Here’s a weird question: What’s more dangerous than smoking? Any guesses? Believe it or not, sitting can be more dangerous than smoking. Yes, you read that correctly. To be more specific, sitting for long periods of time is more dangerous than smoking. Actually, it can be worse than smoking a couple of packs a day! The…
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