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Even if you’re only a casual sports fan, you’ve probably heard a good deal about the problem of concussions in sports. Specifically, football and soccer both have a major problem with this type of injury; a 2007 report published in ...

Arguably one of the most well known facts regarding health is the importance of sleep. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults need between seven and nine hours of slumber to function at peak performance. For ...

Weight gain is usually attributed to a combination of poor diet and lack of exercise. For most people, an expanding waistline can indeed be blamed on these two factors. This isn’t true for everyone, however; despite getting regular physical activity ...

Parents and educators alike have long tried to get children to spend more time reading. So far, their efforts have do not seem to have been particularly effective; a 2007 report by the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) found ...

You might have noticed that concussions seem to be in the news more and more frequently. There is good reason for this increased media attention; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans suffer 1.7 million traumatic brain ...

On the surface, it may seem that the only thing that heart disease and depression have in common is their pervasiveness among the American public. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 26.5 million non-institutionalized adults ...

It is almost impossible to count the many ways we use water every single day; bathing, cooking, cleaning and gardening are all good examples as to how important water is to our daily lives. Of course, the most important function ...

No matter what your life is like, there’s a very good chance you’ll have to deal with stress at some point or another. While research has shown that adult stress levels have declined somewhat in recent years, a 2012 survey ...

If you’ve watched professional football in recent years, you’ve probably noticed that during some games players wear pink on their cleats, wristbands and other parts of their uniforms. The purpose of these uniform changes is to call attention to Breast Cancer Awareness ...

As we get further and further into adulthood, it becomes painfully obvious that our bodies aren’t as sturdy and resilient as they once were. Injuries, diseases and various aches and pains seem to attack more frequently, and the body tends ...