HEALTH

6 Everyday Foods With Major Fitness Benefits

Skip the protein bar and pour yourself a bowl of cereal instead.

See Someone Suffering a Mental Health Crisis? This App Is an Alternative to 911

Concrn is currently available for use in San Francisco's Tenderloin District.

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Red Squirrels in England Found With Medieval Strain of Leprosy

The strain was last recorded in the UK in 1798.

Here’s Why Kids Shouldn’t Wear Winter Coats in Car Seats

Those puffy winter jackets pose a serious threat on car trips.

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Engineers Create Disposable USB HIV Test

The inexpensive, portable test could be used in remote areas where medical facilities are scarce and will allow people to monitor their condition at home.

The Fitness Trends to Watch For in 2017

Zumba's time may have come and gone.

How Bad Is it to Go Weeks Without Washing Your Office Coffee Mug?

Also: Think twice before washing it with a communal kitchen sponge.

Nutella Pushes to Ditch the Dessert Label

The FDA is asking consumers how they eat the hazelnut spread.

6 Hacks to Help You Navigate the Time Change

Presented by GE reveal.

Soda Sales Are Going Flat in the Workplace

More employers are cutting back on the sugary drinks available in vending machines and cafeterias. Will it help curb employee health issues?

Mercedes-Benz's Tech Promises to Protect Your Ears in a Car Crash

When the car detects an impending crash, it emits an audio signal, causing your ear muscles to contract to protect your hearing.

7 Filtered Facts About the Unappreciated Spleen

5. You can live without it.

We Eat a Lot More When We’re Tired

Unsurprisingly, we do not exercise more to make up for it.

Need Incentive to Exercise More? Try Competing With Your Peers

A little friendly competition might motivate you to hit the gym.

The Brown family was involved in New England’s vampire panic.

The Mystery Behind the 19th-Century New England Vampire Panic

Some families were so desperate to save their loved ones from a mysterious illness, they were willing to try anything, even exhuming them.

Is Daylight Saving Time to Blame for Seasonal Depression?

A Danish study found an 8 percent increase in hospital admissions for depression immediately after the country’s annual transition to standard time.

Few follicles cause as much stress as a synophrys, the medical term for a unibrow.

What Is a Unibrow? (And What's the Best Way to Remove It?)

Ever wonder why some people manage to rock a unibrow and some don't? Or what you can do to alleviate a unibrow making you look perpetually annoyed? We have answers.