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Taking a higher dose of vitamin D to protect your bones is not necessary if you are a healthy middle-aged or older adult with no existing bone disease or vitamin D deficiency, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study found that taking 2,000 IU (international units) a day of supplemental vitamin D3 without calcium over the course of more than five years did not reduce hip, wrist or pelvic fractures when compared with taking a daily placebo. A fake treatment is a farce pill given to patients so they will accept they are seeking the genuine treatment. "This is the biggest, longest, randomized controlled preliminary on vitamin D supplementation in the US - - 25,871 people were enlisted from each of the 50 states, including 20% Black members," said concentr...

Multiple study results suggest that people who commonly nap have a higher risk of high blood pressure and having a heart stroke. The study found that people who nap during the day are at an increased risk of stroke and high blood pressure compared with people who don't nap. Clinical psychologist Michael Grandner, who directs the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson and was not involved in the study, said this may be because poor sleep at night is associated with poorer health, which naps are not enough to make up for. Sleeping at least four hours at night raises high blood pressure by 20 to 30 points over people who never or rarely sleep, according to research on sleep habits published Monday in the journal Hypertension, an American Heart Ass...

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, families who breastfeed their children need support. This requires social and systemic changes when it comes to workplace access and feeding stigma. The pediatricians association's most recent guidance stressed the recommendation that infants be fed exclusively with human milk for the first six months of life before other nutritious foods are introduced. "Human milk is all a baby needs for the first six months of life," said Dr. Joan Younger Meek, lead author of the reports, written by the AAP section on breastfeeding. "Breast milk is unique in its nutrients and protective effects, and really quite remarkable when you look at what it does for a child's developing immune system." Meek is professor emeritus of clinical sciences at Florida Stat...

The number of Amazon and Starbucks employees quitting their jobs has increased, as have delays to getting back to the office. Experts say that bosses and employees should care about the quality of the work environment so they can get better results from their staff while also maintaining a happier workplace. A study published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that "toxic" work environments lead to unnecessary stress, burnout, depression, and anxiety among workers. The researchers also said that negative employee well-being will spread to other workers and bring down the quality of the work they do. The concentrate likewise saw as the backwards: Employee prosperity increments work execution, and a work environment that effectively upholds represen...

As we look forward to enjoying this summer, the youth mental health crisis, mass shootings and political polarization have plunged many into distress and despair. Anxiety and depression remain significantly higher than before the pandemic, surveys show, and both of those have been linked to anger. As a psychologist, I hear from my clients about how they find themselves lashing out at people around them because their nerves are so fried. Feeling scared, irritable or sad is uncomfortable. Verbally and physically acting out might bring temporary relief, but ultimately it harms our relationships and the people we care about. Here are five strategies I share with my clients: To act generous, begin with self-sympathy Great individuals regret harming darlings when they detonate, prom...

People who experience a particularly persistent type of headache pain may derive relief by performing an ancient Chinese practice, according to recent research. For people that have chronic tension-type headaches, acupuncture can reduce the amount of monthly headaches. This was published in a journal by the American Academy of Neurology on June 22. A tension headache is a pressing or tightening feeling on both sides of the head with mild to moderate intensity. After two months of treatment, acupuncture may provide relief from chronic tension headaches for at least eight months, said Dr. Ying Li, principal investigator of the study and professor at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Past investigations have discovered that needle therapy might be compelling for lon...

Penguin Random House has announced that it will posthumously publish Work in Progress, a book Virgil Abloh began writing before his death in 2021. Work in Progress, co-authored by the late, visionary Off-White founder and artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton and Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, founder and editor-in-chief of Vestoj, will be a “hybrid work that combines cultural criticism, theory, art, and personal narrative.” It does not yet have a publication date. Abloh has sought refuge in intellectual, theoretical, and imaginative conversations with Aronowsky Cronberg about his work. One World told Vogue that Abloh’s new book, Work in Progress, is the culmination of their dialogue. The book illuminates the ideas behind Abloh’s astonishing process and practice. Nicole Counts, senio...

Amber Valletta has been focusing on environmental impact issues on a global scale for over 20 years, with ocean conservation her primary concern. When Valletta’s son was six months old, she moved to California and began working with non-governmental organizations that focused on environmental sustainability. She joined the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), which works to cut carbon emissions and expand clean energy. Valletta also partnered with Oceana, the nation’s largest international ocean conservation organization, on its Seafood Contamination Campaign. She worked with them to shut down coal mines because of mercury poisoning in fish. Eventually, Valletta’s ongoing commitment to sustainability caught the attention of the Fashion Institute of Technology where she served as Su...

Nicole Berrie begins her new cookbook, Body Harmony, with a journey through her past. Before the founder of food and wellbeing site Bonberi and plant-based New York convenience store Bonberi Mart shares aspirational pages of colourful, vegan recipes—from her go-to green lemonade to tomato coconut-milk bisque and Chunky Monkey Froyo—Berrie reveals snapshots from a lifetime of disordered eating. It started with the covert packs of Doritos she'd bring to bed at age seven, around "similar time my folks' marriage started to disentangle", she composes, and she started to experience constant verbal, profound, and on occasion actual maltreatment from somebody near her. "I would grip that foil sack like a familiar object in obscurity," Berrie recalls as one. In her teenagers, she intensified foo...