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Mashup Score: 53
The tongue’s appearance gives doctors an idea about certain aspects of your health, and its color is an important clue. Some changes in the tongue’s color or appearance are signs of health i…
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Mashup Score: 58Your amazing parathyroid glands - Harvard Health - 29 day(s) ago
Most people have four parathyroid glands, which are tiny in size but very important to the body’s function. These glands are involved in regulating calcium, phosphorous, and vitamin D, k…
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Mashup Score: 42How to stay healthy during a drought - Harvard Health - 1 month(s) ago
With climate change, rising temperatures are making many regions dry within the US and beyond. The effects of droughts on the planet and our health are complex, and include water shortages, …
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Mashup Score: 39How well do you worry about your health? - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
It’s impossible to never worry about your health — but are you worrying about the right things? Popular fears and Google and TikTok searches suggest our top concerns may bypass common …
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Mashup Score: 53Ready to give up the lead vest? - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
Part of a dental checkup has long involved putting on a lead-lined shield when the dentist needs to take x-rays. But new guidelines from the American Dental Association say that using the ve…
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Mashup Score: 60
Social media and stores are full of products that promise perfect skin. Increasingly these products are being marketed to tweens and teens as well as adults. For the most part tweens and tee…
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Mashup Score: 25Ever worry about your gambling? - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
Recent changes in laws have made gambling widely accessible and popular. Uncontrolled gambling can have many kinds of consequences, some quite serious. A simple screening test for problem ga…
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Mashup Score: 62Stepping up activity when winter slows you down - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
If you’ve been cocooning due to winter’s cold, who can blame you? But lack of activity isn’t good for body or mind during any season. Any day is a good day to start exercising, but i…
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Mashup Score: 45What is frontotemporal dementia? - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a brain disorder caused by damage to nerves in certain parts of the brain. It typically affects people in middle age, and is characterized by marked changes in beha…
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Mashup Score: 348One more reason to brush your teeth? - Harvard Health - 2 month(s) ago
New research suggests that people who are hospitalized in an intensive care unit are far less likely to develop pneumonia if their teeth are brushed twice daily. They also need ventilators f…
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