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It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.

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My commute is like a second job, and it might be killing me.
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How does your immune system work? - Emma Bryce

Adults Health
The immune system is a vast network of cells, tissues, and organs that coordinate your body's defenses against any threats to your health. Without it, you'd be exposed to billions of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could make something as minor as a paper cut or a seasonal cold fatal. So how does it work? Emma Bryce takes you inside the body to find out.
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The Milk-Industrial Complex: Why You Don't Need to Drink Milk

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Readers of Aaron's blog know of his beef with the milk industrial complex. Why does milk, of all beverages, get a pass in our efforts to reduce everyone's caloric intake? Why is it encouraged, when all others are shunned? Is it because you need the calcium? Is it because it makes your bones stronger? Watch, and learn why the milk emperor has no clothes.
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Where does all the snot come from? - James May's Q&A (Ep 3) - Head Squeeze

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James May tells us exactly where that green snot in our nostrils comes from. He also delves into how mucus helps prevent harmful foreign objects from entering our bodies.
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All the nasty things inside a pimple

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What is in a pimple?
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Where Do Our Drugs Come From?

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The incredible chemical weapon-making abilities of fungi, bacteria, and plants have created a diverse array of compounds that are useful to humans.
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What Is It Like To Be Deaf?

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Deafness is not a one size fits all, but what are some things Deaf people might experience?
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How Close Are We to Curing HIV/AIDS?

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Current drug therapies mean it's possible to live a normal life span with HIV, but that's expensive and not a long term solution. What we really need is an HIV vaccine and a cure. So, how close are we?
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How Emotionally Healthy Are You?

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"One way to start assessing how badly we have been knocked by our early years - and where we might therefore need to direct most of our repair work and attention - is to identify a range of markers of emotional health and imagine how we fare in relation to them. At least four central ones suggest themselves..."
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Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? - Melvin Sanicas

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All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and polio offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what's so special about the flu? Melvin Sanicas explains.
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How Drug Companies Make You Buy More Medicine Than You Need

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They make eye drops too big -- and make you pay for the waste. This is our first installment in our collaboration with ProPublica.
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Should You Eat Every Day?

Adults Health
An intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungry can be good for your health.
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How to Cure Aging - During Your Lifetime?

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What if we could stop aging forever?
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Why is it so hard to cure cancer? - Kyuson Yun

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We've harnessed electricity, sequenced the human genome, and eradicated smallpox. But after billions of dollars in research, we haven't found a solution for a disease that affects more than 14 million people and their families at any given time. Why is it so difficult to cure cancer? Kyuson Yun explains the challenges.
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One Shot Could Provide All the Vaccines You'll Ever Need

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Hate needles? Researchers may have found a way to combine all the vaccines you'll ever need into a single shot. Here's how it works.
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This New Pill Could Cure Peanut Allergies

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A new study might've found a possible cure for peanut allergies. How does it work?
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Stop doing crunches and sit-ups - do planks and leg raises instead

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Heather Milton, a senior exercise physiologist at NYU Langone Health, does not recommend sit-ups or crunches for building your core because they put your spine through unnecessary stress.