14 June 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Exposure to Light Tied to Activity Level

Here’s another reason to strive for that corner office with a view: People who work in offices with windows actually move more during the day and sleep better at night, according to new research presented at SLEEP 2013, the 27th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC. Researchers looked at 49 day-shift workers, […]

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06 June 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Coffee Intake Tied to Weight, Insulin Problems

Consider this before you go on an afternoon java run: Overdoing it with the coffee may promote weight gain, according to a new research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. For the animal study, Australian researchers divided mice into three groups. The first ate a normal diet, the second a high-fat diet, […]

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15 May 2013 ~ 0 Comments

Sunlight Tied to Heart Health

Just as the sun is finally starting to peek out after a long, cold winter (bet you almost started questioning its existence for a while there!), a controversial new study says its rays might be heart-healthy: Sunlight exposure may cause lowered blood pressure—which may in turn reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, according […]

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