health
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Forget the war on coal. The war is on miners.
Coal workers are exposed to toxins on the job, and now, their health care is at risk.
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In New York City’s black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go together
New data shows health in Brooklyn varies along race and income lines.
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Los Angeles kids finally get a breath of fresh air
L.A. air pollution is down, and L.A. kids' lung capacity is up. Fancy that!
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With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work
If you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution.
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Peanut butter was once a locally produced health food
Like avocados or chia seeds, peanut butter was once a trendy health food.
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You will eat more cookies if you’re told they’re ‘medium’ instead of ‘large’
Although people make decisions based on size labels, they don't really know how much food or drink they're consuming.
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Map shows where the biggest couch potatoes live (and it’s NOT the U.S.!)
A group of researchers looked at health surveys covering 89 percent of the world’s population and came to a surprising conclusion — Americans are not the least active people on the planet. Six in 10 of us get “30 minutes of moderate exercise five days a week,” “20 minutes of vigorous exercise three days a […]
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Scientists create world’s healthiest airline meal
Oh, those scientists — they’re always trying to ruin hackish comedians’ most reliable material. You plan a whole routine about how airline food is shitty, and they go and make it good. In the United Kingdom, a team of scientists have made an airline meal that meets all 222 possible E.U.-endorsed health claims. (Making prepackaged, […]
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Finally, a pizza you can eat three times a day
Dreams do come true: Eating pizza for every meal could be perfectly healthy. Only catch: You’d have to be eating the “first nutritionally balanced pizza.” A pizza that has seaweed in the crust. Which is to say, not exactly the pizza you’d want to eat if you were going to eat pizza every day. Created […]