26 Dec, 2024
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Can These 3 Breakfast Foods Kill Cancer? The Answer Is Complicated – Health Digest

PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Cancer ranks second behind heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for 18.5% of all deaths, according to the National Cancer Institute. You might be surprised to know that cancer is the number one cause of death […]

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Unexpected Things That Can Kill You Almost Instantly – Health Digest

Small household magnets, like the ones on your refrigerator door or used as toys, can be very dangerous if swallowed. According to UC Davis Health, if these magnets are swallowed, they can become attached together inside the body. When that happens, they can create fistulas, which are abnormal connections within the body, or even holes […]

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Unexpected Household Items That Can Actually Kill You – Health Digest

Comedian Jimmy Fallon learned that an accent rug can become an accident rug. In 2015, the Tonight Show host tripped on a braided rug in his kitchen, and as a result, his finger was ripped from its socket (via Entertainment Weekly). While this injury wasn’t fatal, research shows that rugs and carpets can be dangerous, […]

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Can Eating Too Much Chocolate Actually Kill You? Here’s What We Know – Health Digest

It’s not likely that you could eat so much chocolate to suffer from theobromine toxicity. A toxic dose in humans is 1,000 milligrams (or 1 gram) of theobromine for each kilogram of body weight. For someone weighing 150 pounds, that’s 68,000 milligrams (68 grams) of theobromine. An ounce (28 grams) of dark chocolate with 70 […]