Published June 2, 2016

You know by now that sleep is very important. Everyone should aim for a minimum of seven hours of good quality sleep a night. However, new research has found that a certain sleeping pattern may actually be harmful to your health.

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Published May 25, 2016

What do you think the third leading cause of death is in the United States? According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), it’s chronic respiratory disease, which took 149,205 lives in 2013, following 584,881 cancer deaths and 611,105 heart disease deaths. But researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine think that number three spot should go to a different issue – one they estimate took over 250,000 deaths in 2013.

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Published May 19, 2016

When I was growing up, watermelon was my dad’s drug of choice for me and my four siblings. No matter what was wrong with me, Dad believed that watermelon would solve the problem. And if Mom wasn’t around, watermelon was usually exactly what I got. I remember feeling feverish and sitting down with a big bowl of watermelon for comfort. Sure enough, it helped me feel better.

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