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There may be some merit to all the chatter surrounding weighted vests — a 2020 randomized, controlled single-center trial found that weighted vests helped people with obesity lose weight, while another small randomized controlled trial found they helped boost agility performance in young male athletes. A 2019 study even found that wearing weighted vests during […]

As the temperatures start to dip, you may be thinking about turning on the heat for the first time this season. But before you fire it up, be prepared that feeling nice and toasty may also come with a stuffy nose, dry throat, cough or even a headache. These cold-like symptoms are referred to as […]

For many families, the COVID-19 pandemic was a time of high stress and anxiety about the future. But new research shows that the lockdowns had a silver lining: more family dinners. The study, published in the journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, discovered that families who ate together more often during the pandemic […]

While icy conditions typically prompt drivers to be more cautious in winter, fall should have the same effect. According to Carfax data, more than 72% of U.S. drivers live in states where autumn is peak accident season. Moreover, a spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tells Yahoo Life that while the total […]

Welcome to November. If you’re starting the month feeling a little out of sorts thanks to a big Halloween candy-eating session (and honestly, who can blame you?), drinking plenty of water, exercising and eating a healthy snack like hummus and baby carrots should get you back on track. You’ll need that energy, as there’s a […]

Rise and shine? That can be hard to do when your alarm goes off and it’s still so dark out that you have to ask yourself: Is it even morning? With the sun rising later this time of year, the motivation to spring out of bed and start the day with gusto goes out the […]

Across the country, roughly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease; nearly all of us know someone who is affected. Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia, is a brain disease that damages parts of the brain responsible for language, thinking and memory. While the early stages of the disease often yield no noticeable symptoms, those […]

No matter how generally chill we may be, life’s stressors will occasionally, inevitably have us dealing with muscle kinks, cricks and cramps, most commonly in our neck and shoulder area. Not a lot we can do about that … but we can make sure we’re prepared for them by keeping a massage gun on hand. […]

Election Day is almost here, and with razor-thin margins between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, there are plenty of unknowns. That’s causing election anxiety among voters, candidates and political pundits alike: Will we get results on election night? Which way will key states — and counties — ultimately lean? It really all comes down to […]

You’ve probably walked into someone else’s home and noticed the lingering scents of last night’s salmon dinner, pet odor, musty bedrooms or slightly mildewy bathrooms. But why is it so hard to tell if your own home smells bad? That’s because, after a while, you stop noticing it. There’s even a name for it: nose […]