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Recreate Comfort: Secrets to Better Furniture

Dec 29, 2017 11:37AM

Bringing eco-awareness to furniture can mean everything from buying something that’s vintage or made from sustainably harvested sources to DIY reupholstering with fabric remnants.

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Urban Trees: City Greenery Boosts Public Health

Dec 29, 2017 11:36AM

Tree cover works to reduce depression, improve productivity and lessen disease, yet four million city trees a year are being lost due to their low priority in municipal budgets.

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Natural Awakenings Metro Phoenix & Northern Arizona
Hemp Oil Cuts Seizure Frequency in Half: Cannabidiol Helps Epileptics

Dec 29, 2017 11:12AM

Cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive extract of hemp oil, halved the number of seizures in young adults in a recent New York University study.

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Mercury/Autism Brain Research Alert: Warning Regarding Flu Vaccines

Dec 29, 2017 11:10AM

The latest research shows reason for concern about childhood flu vaccines that contain the preservative thimerisol as well as an emulsifier that could carry neurotoxic ethylmercury into the brain.

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Cigarette Cutback: Higher Prices Lower Use

Dec 29, 2017 11:10AM

Increasing prices for tobacco products by 5 percent reduced tobacco use by 3.5 percent, a recent study found.

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Milk Chocolate Also Benefits Heart Health: Lowers Risk of Irregular Heartbeat

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Harvard researchers found that people eating one to 12 ounces a month of milk chocolate – but less than 30 ounces – had a lower risk of irregular heartbeat.

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Gut Bacteria Imbalance Linked to Chronic Fatigue: Connection Found in Patients

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

In a Columbia University study, people with chronic fatigue syndrome were found to have an imbalance in the levels of certain gut bacteria.

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Pink Noise While Asleep Helps Memory: Random Sound While Sleeping Increases Brain Activity

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Random sound with more bass than white noise—known as pink noise—improved sleep brainwave patterns linked to memory retention in older adults.

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Alcohol Affects Our Heartbeat: Study Finds Consumption Linked to Arrhythmia

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

In a study during German Oktoberfest, arrhythmia showed up in the heart rhythms of 30 percent of drinkers, compared to 4 percent of the general population.

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Dear Diary Comforts the Elderly: Journaling Helps With End-of-Life Care

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Elderly volunteers that kept reflective journals on the dying process were better able to be companions for those in their final days.

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