Health & Medicine
15 Facts About Stress and How It Affects Your Body
Chronic stress weakens your immune system by elevating cortisol, which reduces white blood cells and increases inflammation, making you sick.
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Explore eye-opening facts about how we care for our bodies, the systems that deliver that care, and the challenges faced around the world.
Health & Medicine
15 Facts About Stress and How It Affects Your Body
Chronic stress weakens your immune system by elevating cortisol, which reduces white blood cells and increases inflammation, making you sick.
Health & Medicine
Can You Actually Boost Your Immune System?
The immune system is a complex network of cells, organs like the spleen and thymus, and molecules that protect you from infections.
Health & Medicine
10 Healthy Habits to Adopt This Year
Research shows that people who wake up earlier have higher cortisol levels, which is associated with energy and productivity.
History & Events
8 Unhygienic Habits People Had During the Medieval Age
Did you know that during the medieval ages, people used urine to treat bruises and other open wounds?
Health & Medicine
10 Facts About Brushing Your Teeth
William Addis invented the toothbrush while in prison; he made it out of cow bone and pig bristles.
Health & Medicine
8 Old Medical Practices That Did More Harm Than Good
In the early 20th Century, there was a popular energy drink called RadiThor that contained radium.
Fashion & Beauty
Do You Have To Wash Your Hair?
Did you know that not shampooing your hair for up to a few weeks actually makes it healthier?
Health & Medicine
7 Easy Fixes For Snoring
Drinking water and staying hydrated will help the fluids in your sinuses from becoming sticky, which causes more snoring.
Health & Medicine
10 Strange Sunburn Remedies You Should Try
Applying non-fat yogurt to a sunburnt area is a natural way to deal with sunburn.
Health & Medicine
How Is Modern Technology Improving Our Health?
In 1991 3D printing took health to a whole new level when a 3D bladder was produced.
Health & Medicine
20 Crazy Ways To Cure Hiccups
Swallowing a spoonful of cocoa powder may also help you to eliminate your hiccups!