Women dealing with chronic stress have significantly lower levels of a hormone that help slow aging and enhance cognition. Unwind with proven tension-taming techniques like meditation or creative work.

-USC Institute of Global Health

6 is the number of feet that the flu virus can travel through the air and infect others. Advice from Wake Forest School of Medicine

Too much sitting raises the risk of stroke, but a new study at Indiana University in Bloomington points to an easy preventative solution: When subjects sat still for 3 hours, blood flow in heir leg arteries decreased significantly after the first hour. But people who walked for 5 minutes at the end of each hour did not have any drops in blood flow. Says study author Saurabh Thosar, Ph.D.: “Walking breaks of even 1 minute may increase blood flow, thus improving circulation and preserving artery health.”
-First Magazine-

Watermelon helps reduce cholesterol by 63% in a study in the journal Nutrition Research; animals on a high-fat diet that were fed watermelon had 63% lower cholesterol levels after 30 days than those not given the fruit. Credit goes to enzymes in watermelon that prevent cholesterol buildup. Bonus: The watermelon group had 39% lower level of a marker of inflammation.