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Cork Rocks: The Self-Regenerating Building Material

Dec 27, 2018 02:45PM

Cork, which regenerates its bark after harvesting, is an eco-friendly fire retardant and acoustic insulator that also controls odor and humidity.

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Poor Packaging: The Problem With Bottled Water Is the Bottle

Dec 27, 2018 02:45PM

Each minute, one million plastic bottles are sold around the world, and most end up in the trash rather than being recycled.

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Stress Lowers Women’s Fertility: Impacts the Ability to Conceive

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

Women with the highest levels of self-reported stress are 13 percent less likely to conceive within a year.

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Nettle Leaf Helps Inflammatory Bowel Patients: Common Roadside Weed Has Health Benefits

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

In a 12-week clinical trail, Iranian patients with inflammatory bowel disease that received a nettle leaf extract had lower markers of inflammation in the blood and a better quality of life.

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Daily Walks Make Kids Healthier: The Daily Mile Program Improves Children's Fitness

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

A Scottish program called The Daily Mile, which allowed school kids to walk or run 15 minutes a day, improved overall fitness and lowered body fat.

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Eating Mediterranean Diet Helps Save Eyesight: Reduces Risk of Macular Degeneration

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

A study of 4,500 French and Dutch adults found that those that ate a Mediterranean diet lowered their risk of late-stage, age-related macular degeneration by 41 percent.

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Beet Juice Boosts Stamina: Supplements Increase Endurance

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

Heart failure patients that took beetroot juice supplements exercised longer and harder.

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Low-Nutrition Foods Linked to Cancers: Reduced Nutritional Value Increases Risks

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

Europeans eating foods with lower nutritional quality had a significantly greater incidence of certain types of cancer.

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Artificial Sweeteners Harm Gut Microbes: FDA-Approved Ingredients Found Toxic to Digestive System

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

Israeli and Singapore researchers found six popular FDA-approved artificial sweeteners to be toxic to digestive gut microbes.

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Rare Breed: Exmoor Ponies Beat the Odds

Dec 27, 2018 01:42PM

About 150 Exmoor ponies roam free on British moors, descendants of the original prehistoric horse that arrived from Alaska 130,000 years ago.

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