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Ferber Method: How Does it Work & Is it Right for Your Baby?

Right before my newborn twins turned 4-months-old, they went into this horrible nighttime sleep spiral, and would wake up every half hour, s...

How Doctors Are Saving Stroke Victims’ Lives—With a Catheter

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iStock/Andrew Dorey Few medical conditions strike faster and with more finality than the brain death caused by stroke. But a new procedure h...

This Psychologist Is Treating Severely Depressed Patients With a ’70s Club Drug. P.S.: It’s Totally Working

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KatarzynaBialasiewicz Dawn Ionescu, MD, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, will never forget the first time she saw the dru...

Scientists Say This Diet Reduces Alzheimer’s Risk By 53 Percent

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Quickhoney for Reader's Digest Scientific efforts to develop a new eating plan to substantially reduce Alzheimer’s risk may be working. ...

Pedialyte vs Gatorade: What’s Better for Your Sick Kid?

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Both of my kids were in daycare by the time they were 18-months-old, which means they’ve had plenty of viruses and other illnesses. When the...

Doctors Officially Think They Know How to Reverse Alzheimer’s

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Quickhoney for Reader's Digest Andres Lozano, MD, PhD, can pinpoint the moment that he stumbled upon a therapy to potentially reverse Al...

Is Flossing a Scam? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Feel So Guilty When You Skip Flossing

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iStock/Yuri_Arcurs Flossing might not be as important to your daily dental hygiene as your dentist told you. The government has recommended ...

6 Simple Brain Games That Will Make You Feel Stronger, Happier, and More Resilient

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Claire Benoist for Reader's Digest In the summer of 2009, I got a concussion. It didn’t heal properly, and after 30 days, I still had co...

4-Month Sleep Regression: Why Does it Occur & What’s the Solution?

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Those first few months with my newborn twins were probably one of the roughest times of my life. They were really small, and there were two ...

Do Natural Hand Sanitizers Really Help Prevent Colds & Flu?

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Let’s face it, being a pediatrician and a mom of three boys, I am surrounded by germs. I basically can’t escape them at home or at work, whi...

23 Instant Mood Boosts You’ll Want to Make a Habit

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Break out of your routine iStock/Jacob-Ammentorp-Lund Just get out and walk iStock/monkeybusinessimages Have a...

Here’s Why You Always Sleep Worse on Vacation

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iStock/swissmediavision First night of vacation! You’ve been traveling all day, your body is exhausted, and you feel like you could pass out...

Hairdressers? Neighbors? 7 Surprising “Health Experts” Who Could Save Your Life

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Your hairdresser: secret dermatologist iStock/Milan Markovic Your neighbor: secret cardiologist iStock/Steve Debenp...

Heat Therapy: How Heating Pads Work to Make You Feel Better

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iStock/solidcolours The Egyptians believed in the curative effects of heat as early as the fifth century BC, and used hot water, steam, sand...

Hydrotherapy: The Benefits of Healing Through Water

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iStock/ Water therapy, or hydrotherapy, has long been used to treat disease and pain. There are many references to the healing uses of water...

50 Secrets the Emergency Room Staff Won’t Tell You

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We do it because we care iStock/andresr Say "thank you" iStock/monkeybusinessimages An ambulance isn...

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