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Sleeping 24 Minutes More Added 4 Disease-Free Years to Lifespan—But Only If You Also Did This

For four additional disease-free years, participants could tack on an average 24 extra minutes of sleep per night, about four ...
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More Than 650,000 Bottles of Water Recalled as FDA Cites ‘Insanitary Conditions’ at Production Facility

Even if you do practice vigilance by purchasing bottled water, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an epic recall of bottled water from a Wisconsin plant.
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Silver Medalist Alex Hall Shares the Longevity Secrets He Learned from His 103-Year-Old Grandpa

The freestyle skiing pro chats about his latest win, what he loved about this Olympics experience, and why he uses a more gentle approach to health.
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Nearly 9,000 Blood Pressure Drugs Recalled Nationwide for an Unusual Reason

The FDA cites a product defect that could interfere with both safety and purity.
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New Research Found One Surprising Thing Contributed to Worse Chronic Pain

The big takeaway is that chronic back pain appears to be a whole-brain, whole-body sensitivity disorder—not just localized to one physical site—and that psychological treatments targeting the brain’s ...
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Eating Oatmeal Just This Many Days in a Row Improved Cholesterol and Gut Health in a New Study

Call it "the oatmeal diet"? It comes with a couple caveats, but with your doctor's blessing could be worth a try.