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The Powerful Herb That Can Heal Your Body While You Sleep – Health Digest
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Karen Moskowitz/Getty Images With more people placing more of a priority on sleep, you’ll find plenty of supplements to help you sleep. Melatonin supports sleep by readjusting your sleep cycle, and magnesium relaxes your muscles and nervous system […]
Is It Safe To Take Ibuprofen With Benadryl? We Explain One Potential Benefit – Health Digest
Momo Productions/Getty Images You should always exercise some caution before taking two medications at the same time. Even common over-the-counter (OTC) medicines don’t always play nicely with one another after they enter your system. However, some OTC drugs can be safely combined, including Benadryl and ibuprofen. Quick refresher: Benadryl […]
What It Means If You Pee During Sex – Health Digest
Skynesher/Getty Images Separately, a person’s sexual activity and their bodily excretions already make for uncomfortable topics. Talking about them together, unsurprisingly, can create some nightmarishly awkward conversations. But what if they happen at the same time? Is it even possible for a person to unintentionally urinate while in […]
Why Do Skin Tags Form On Your Eyelids? – Health Digest
Bymuratdeniz/Getty Images If you’ve noticed an unusual growth on your eyelid, it’s possible that you might have a skin tag. The American Academy of Dermatology Association describes skin tags, also known as “acrochordons,” as harmless skin growths. They further state that the color of skin tags may vary with some […]
What It Means When A Man Has A Large Prostate Volume – Health Digest
Fotodelux/Getty Images The prostate sits just below a man’s bladder and produces some of the fluid in semen. A healthy prostate is about the size of a walnut and weighs about 20 grams, which is about the weight of an AA battery. As a man ages, his prostate […]
Why You Should Skip The Poop Facial At All Costs (Despite The Obvious) – Health Digest
Fizkes/Shutterstock You’ve read that right. Brazilian model Debora Peixoto posted a reel on Instagram featuring her smearing her own poop on her face. She wrote, “I saw a study about it and decided to try it! It worked for me, my skin stopped flaking!” She pulls a small […]
Can Your Phone Give You Prostate Cancer? We Explain – Health Digest
Golubovy/Shutterstock Have you ever been worried whether your cell phone might give you cancer? If you have, you were most likely concerned about whether holding it close to your head would give you brain cancer. However, you may also have read about a study from 2018 published in Environmental […]
What It Means When You Hear Your Heart Beat Before Falling Asleep – Health Digest
Kmpzzz/Shutterstock You put your head on your pillow and close your eyes. Then, you hear it: a thumping sound that seems to coincide with the rhythm of your heartbeat. It’s a strange sensation — and after it happens a couple of times, you start to wonder if it could […]
Are TikTok’s Health Concerns About Scented Candles Something Worth Worrying Over? – Health Digest
Westend61/Getty Images Nothing can set the tone of a room quite like a scented candle. A pumpkin spice candle inspires the beauty of autumn, a pine-scented candle makes you think of the winter holidays, and a fresh floral or clean fragrance energizes you in the spring. Lighting a […]
5 Warning Signs Of Prostate Cancer You Shouldn’t Ignore – Health Digest
John Fedele/Getty Images Based on estimates from the American Cancer Society, more than 35,000 men will die of prostate cancer in 2024, and close to 300,000 new cases will be diagnosed. Second only to lung cancer in terms of its mortality rate for American men, prostate cancer is said […]