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ABO blood types have some relation to medical conditions, but they've also been tied to this health fad, which might not be as helpful as it's made out to be.
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There's no doubt that paying attention to your weight or body mass index is important, but there's one source of health info you're overlooking.
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Diarrhea is the worst, but don't believe everything you hear about about this stomach illness, because there are a lot of myths out there.
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To discover why so many Germans participated in atrocities during WWII, a Yale scientist looked close to home, and was shocked by what he found.
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Working as a military contractor exposes you to cutting edge science, but that doesn't always mean you know the importance of what you've found.
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For many people, there's no better way to improve their beverage than to make it ice cold, but science says that you may want to rethink that habit.
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This popular snack has a reputation for being healthy, but if you look at things more closely, those benefits are often accompanied by surprising drawbacks.
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Even though your heart and brain are important indicators of your overall wellness, there are other organs you should be paying attention to as well.
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There's nothing better than a day at the beach, but then again, there's always the risk of a shark attack, which honestly, is a terrible way to die.
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Eating healthy foods is always a good idea, but just because a food has seems to have health benefits doesn't mean that you should indulge too much.
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If you've ever hesitated to put food to cool in the fridge because it was too hot, you're probably a victim of a common myth regarding food safety.
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The shower is where you go when it's time to get clean, but you may have something in your shower that's grosser than the funk you're washing off.
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When you get a nosebleed, there's a common way you might try to alleviate it, but in reality, there's a far safer way to deal with such a situation.
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For many, snoring is a sometimes thing that doesn't carry any significance, keep that in mind if you hear that snoring always implies something more.
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Even though our bodies are doing most of the work under the skin, your hair and skin can tell you a lot about your health, as can this body part.
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Though there are a number of tests to quantify health, this particular one is actually rather holistic, making it a decent measure of longevity.
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When it comes to external human anatomy, there's nothing you'll find on one side that's not on the other, but inside it's a different story.
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If you've been surprisingly gassy, this habit might be to blame, introducing more air and specific chemicals to your system than it's typically used to.
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Across thousands of farters and hundreds of thousands of farts, scientists discovered that one time of day was gassier than the rest: the brown hour.
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Space travel has been shown to have strange long-term effects on the human body, but more mundane, physical stressors can also cause damage in their own way.
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For humans, farting in a crowded environment sends an anti-social message, but there is a type of fish for whom it may do exactly the opposite.
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Grapes are one of the tastiest healthy snacks out there, but have you ever wondered what separates the red from the green? Science has the answer.
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Nowadays, we know how eclipses work, but in the past, they were rather mysterious events that became associated with some especially bad omens.
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Have you ever been examining something so intently that you fail to take notice of the big stuff in the world around you? There's a phrase for that.
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If you're eating healthy, you're probably frequently buying fruits and vegetables, but you could be making a simple mistake when washing them.
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Wearing sunscreen is always good advice when you have to spend time outside, but you may have heard some advice about sunscreen that just isn't true.
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Sleepwalking isn't as uncommon as you might think, but there are still at least one misconception around it that you should probably be aware of.
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