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How Often Should You Shower?
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How Often Should You Shower?

Shilpi Khetarpal, MD | March 7, 2025

About two-thirds of American adults take a shower every day. Australians shower a bit more often, and Asians shower a…

What Is the Placebo Effect?
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What Is the Placebo Effect?

Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS | February 28, 2025

Several years ago, University of Pittsburgh researchers gathered 237 adults and served them cocktails. They poured a cold, clear liquid…

5 Benefits of Crying
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5 Benefits of Crying

Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD | February 27, 2025

Is crying good for you? It definitely can be. Think about it—the last time you had a good cry, didn’t…

Time-Management Strategies
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Time-Management Strategies

Spencer Greenberg, PhD | February 19, 2025

Many people know to the penny what an hour of their professional work costs. But how valuable is an hour…

How to Quit Drinking
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How to Quit Drinking

Alëna A. Balasanova, M.D. | February 13, 2025

Maybe you’ve never turned teetotaler during “Dry January”…maybe you’ve always turned a cold shoulder to “Sober October.” But if you’re…

How Often Should You Wash Your Hair?
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How Often Should You Wash Your Hair?

Shilpi Khetarpal, MD | February 13, 2025

There is no one-size-fits-all answer to how often you should wash your hair. It varies according to your age, hair…

How to Make Friends as an Adult
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How to Make Friends as an Adult

Kasley Killam | January 9, 2025

Our social health has an enormous impact on our physical and mental health, yet it’s too often overlooked in our…

Urgent Care vs. the Emergency Room: How to Choose
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Urgent Care vs. the Emergency Room: How to Choose

David Sherer, MD | December 18, 2024

When you need immediate medical attention for a sudden illness or injury, should you head to a hospital emergency room…

How To Be More Social
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How To Be More Social

Charles Duhigg | November 18, 2024

Many people dislike chatting with acquaintances at social events because they think they are no good at small talk. “What…

Use Scent to Improve Your Mood
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Use Scent to Improve Your Mood

Rachel Herz, PhD | July 1, 2024

Scent has a direct connection to our emotions because odor, emotion and memory all are processed in the brain’s limbic…

What Is Mindfulness?
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What Is Mindfulness?

February 17, 2024

Mindfulness is keeping your conscious mind focused in the present. A deceptively simple idea that helps to reduce your stress and enhance your focus.

Are You Getting the Right Bone Density Test?
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Are You Getting the Right Bone Density Test?

Robert H. Wagner, MD | June 7, 2023

Quick and painless, bone scans are essential screening tests for assessing bone health. They can uncover the start of bone…

Home Medical Essentials
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Home Medical Essentials

Chris Iliades, MD | May 8, 2023

People with high blood pressure benefit from high blood pressure monitors, and people with diabetes use home blood sugar monitors.…

Battling Bloat
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Battling Bloat

Janice Oh, MD | May 2, 2023

One in seven Americans experience an uncomfortably swollen, tight feeling in the abdomen at least once a week—and most of…

Spring Fever
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Spring Fever

Jamison Starbuck, ND | April 8, 2023

Is spring fever a real illness or just a quaint way to excuse the atypical behavior we find ourselves doing…