03 Jun, 2025
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Sitting In The Sun Has A Little-Known Effect On Your Prostate – Health Digest

Regularly getting outside on a sunny day starting in our youth may benefit our prostate health in the long run, according to findings of an early 2007 study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. While exposure to sunlight as an adult still had the benefit of lowering prostate cancer death risk, men who got […]

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If You Eat This Popular Spice, Your Early Death Risk May Decrease – Health Digest

As you age, your cells reduce their capacity to regenerate, and eventually the cells die. This is linked to the telomeres that cap the ends of your chromosomes and protect them from damage, according to a 2021 article in Biomedicine and Pharmacology. When cells divide, the telomeres shorten over time. Oxidative stress can speed up the […]

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Binge Watching TV Could Have An Unexpected Effect On Your Pee – Health Digest

The researchers gathered survey data dated from 2011 to 2016 using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (via Neurourology and Urodynamics). The study involved a total of more than 13,000 adults, all of whom were at least 20 years of age. The research findings showed that people who spent the greatest amount of time […]

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Avoid Eating Activia Yogurt (And A Few Other Brands) If You Have This Medical Condition – Health Digest

Jenari/Shutterstock According to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, yogurt is made by heating milk that is combined with certain types of bacteria, including Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, and leaving it to sit for several hours at a temperature of around 110 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Other types of bacteria might be used as […]