Body

32 articles

Heat

Whether you're soaking in your bathtub, sweating in the sauna at the rec center, or just sitting in a jacuzzi, heat is a miracle medicine hiding in...

Fall 2025

Plastics

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Plastics were the material of the future. Now we know that this plastic future comes with a lot of baggage. It breaks down, and the really tiny...

Fall 2025

Keep Your Brain Sharp

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Your brain isn't set in stone. It's more like a muscle---it grows and adapts with the proper care. This adaptability, known as plasticity, is your...

Spring 2025

Sparkling Smile

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A sparkling smile does more than brighten up your selfies. It reflects your overall health. Clean, healthy teeth support a healthy body. Plaque and...

Spring 2025

The Trouble With Dust

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That thin layer of dust on your bookshelf is more than just fuzz. Tiny bits of skin, hair, dander, bacteria, and even chemicals from furniture,...

Spring 2025

Dental Decay

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As we age, our teeth become a bigger expense. Enamel is the hardest substance in the body. Still, it can't repair or regenerate itself like most body...

Fall 2024

Winter Skincare

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Winter brings unique challenges to our skin. Cold weather, low humidity, and winds lead to dry, sensitive skin. You can winterize your skincare routine...

Fall 2024

Multi Memory

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One of the things we deal with as we get older is memory problems. When we hit middle age, we start forgetting things, like where we put something, why...

Spring 2024

Personal Pocket Doctor

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Recently, there has been a lot of hype around AI or 'artificial intelligence,' especially about a product called ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an AI (a computer...

Fall 2023

Rebuild Yourself

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We can rebuild ourselves. We have the technology. Our body constantly replaces old cells with new ones.

Fall 2023

Drinking The Fountain Of Youth

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Staying hydrated may slow aging. Researchers followed people for 30 years to see the effects of good hydration. They found that low water intake is...

Spring 2023

Timing Is Everything- The Daily Cycle

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Over ¾ of your body processes at the cell level have a daily cycle. Each of our cells changes its production depending on the part of the daily cycle....

Spring 2023

Number Of Ages

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As we age, gravity takes its toll. Things start to sag. Even our ears and nose seem larger due to the long-term effects of gravity. We also lose muscle...

Fall 2022

Think Pink

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Bismuth is a metal that can be combined with other compounds to make an effective antacid. Bismuth compounds have been used for over 200 years to...

Fall 2022

Dopamine

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We are all dope addicts, dopamine addicts, that is.

Spring 2022

Gut Bacteria

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The bacteria that live in our gut, specifically in the large intestines, have a big impact on our health. Millions of microbes help us digest food and...

Summer 2021

Bone Voyage

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The disease that thins our bones is called osteoporosis. The word comes from the Greek word for "bone" (osteo) and "voyage" (poros). As we age, bones...

Winter 2021

Lips Made For Kissing

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Kissing makes us feel good. It releases chemicals in our brains that make us happy and builds attachments to the people we kiss. To kiss someone takes...

Winter 2021

Peeing-too-much

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If you're peeing in small sprinkles instead of big showers, you might be going too often. If you tinkle before your bladder is full, then you are...

Fall 2020

Apples And Pears

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There are over 10,000 kinds of apples. The most common in the grocery store are Red Delicious, Fuji, Gala, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, and the tart, green...

Spring 2020

Train Your Vision

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Sometime around 50, print gets smaller, and restaurants get dimmer---at least that's how it seems. Women usually need reading glasses first and often...

Spring 2020