As the number of cases of COVID-19 rises, experts continue to learn more about the disease. They know that symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. But what does the virus do inside your body to cause those symptoms?…
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'You Are Your Safest Partner' & Other Tips for Safe Coronavirus Quarantine Sex
As more of the country takes to social distancing, self-isolation and being extra cautious of germs as concerns about COVID-19, we’re all falling back on different creative ways to fill our time. If the spike in visits to our stories…
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Here’s how dirty your cell phone really is
Your phone is disgusting. Think about it. You take it everywhere, touch it all the time, and non-millennials even talk on it, placing the whole device near your nose and mouth. This is the same phone most people also take…
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How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone
You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs—your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live…
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3 things to avoid if you want to keep your rugs mold-free
Carpets in places with elevated moisture levels—a bath mat in a bathroom, a shag carpet under a humidifier in a bedroom—are more likely to harbor mold than carpets in drier areas of homes, new research has found. The study also…
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Trust your gut on plant-based diets for heart health
Reducing animal product intake and following a primarily plant-based diet can decrease your risk of heart disease by minimizing the adverse effects of a gut-microbiome associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, according to research published today in the…
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Why your body’s average temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees anymore
For your entire life, you probably thought your body temperature was supposed to be exactly 98.6 degrees. In fact, conventional wisdom has held this to be true for nearly 170 years, ever since a German doctor named Carl Reinhold August…
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What to Do After You Find Out Your Partner Cheated
Finding out a partner has cheated can rock your world. After all, it’s a betrayal of trust that can bring up a wealth of other concerns about your health, your home life and your future. People can suddenly experience an…
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What You & Your Family Need to Know About the Coronavirus
If you’ve been anywhere near the news or the Internet in the last few weeks, odds are you have heard about the new coronavirus (often referred to as Wuhan coronavirus in reports). With thousands (as of publication, reportedly 10,000, with…
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When you drink decaf coffee every day, this is what happens to your body
Coffee is a drug, thanks to the caffeine that makes coffee what it is. And while coffee connoisseurs might balk at the idea of having decaf, those of us who want to drink coffee but don’t want the hassle of…
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