HEALTH

What’s the Best Way to Stop Yourself From Choking?

What you do next could save your life … but what do you do next?

The Met Opens Early for High Culture Fitness Classes

Be prepared to sweat if you want to avoid the crowds.

In Australia, Horses Kill More People Than Venomous Creatures Do

But you should still watch out for bees.

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Your Heartbeat Could One Day Be Your Password

A new encryption system uses each person’s unique cardiac rhythm as a password for electronic medical records.

10 Fitness Apps to Get You Moving and Motivated

You don’t need to rely on pricey classes and personal trainers to get fit this year, all you need is your phone and a little bit of motivation.

How Much Sugar Is in Your Pizza? Way More Than You'd Think

Added sugars are present in far more foods than you'd think. Photographer Antonio Rodríguez Estrada visualizes nutrition information in sugar cubes.

How Talk Therapy Can Change Our Brains for the Better

The brains of study participants who used cognitive behavioral therapy showed strengthened connections in regions associated with social perception.

Wearables May Be Able to Tell When You're Falling Ill

Smart devices can monitor our pulse rates, skin temperature, and other vitals, and notice when they're off.

Get Your Flu Shot Now—This Flu Season Will Likely Be Worse Than Last Year

Flu cases are on the rise, and the most common virus strain is a serious one.

Cotton Swabs Officially Declared Bad for Your Ears

Experts agree: Stop sticking things in your ears.

Researchers Can Now Make Mosquitos Dengue Resistant

Mosquitos can be genetically engineered to make them less susceptible to the deadly virus, making them less likely to infect humans.

This Ingenious Snow Shovel Design Makes Clearing Your Driveway a Breeze

The Snow Wolf is designed to reduce your risk of injury while clearing your driveway.

Can Mental Disorders Predict Physical Illnesses?

"The most substantial associations with physical diseases preceding mental disorders included those between heart diseases and anxiety disorders, epilepsy and eating disorders, and heart diseases and any mental disorder."

11 Kind, Free Things You Can Do for Yourself

Even the Energizer Bunny needs to recharge its batteries once in a while.

Scientists Have Found a Possible Cause of Severe PMS

Dysfunctional gene expression may make some people hypersensitive to sex hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Could Living Near a Highway Increase Your Risk of Dementia?

According to a Canadian study, living near a busy roadway could increase your chances of developing dementia.

There's No Good Proof That Cough Medicines Actually Work

Yet we still spend billions of dollars on it per year.

Where Swimming With Otters Brings Peace and Healing to Kids (and Adults)

Nurtured by Nature’s main goal is to offer animal programs for kids through the Make A Wish Foundation.

Fisher-Price Wants to Give Tablet-Obsessed Kids a Workout With Their New “Toy” Exercise Bike

The toy company is making sure that no kids are missing out on exercise—even if they're glued to their tablets.

7 Facts About Your Knees

3. You can walk without a kneecap.

15 Historical Hangover Cures

As long as there has been alcohol, there have been hangovers—and dozens of bizarre ways to cure them.

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Pollution Can Give You High Blood Pressure

Prolonged exposure to dirty air can lead to an increased risk of hypertension.

15 Fitness Tips From 1800s Bodybuilder Eugen Sandow That Are Still Good Today

Sandow was one of the first fitness icons of the modern age, and he had some pretty solid advice for getting fit.

9 Ways Our Bodies React to Changes in Lighting

Presented by GE reveal.

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