ForgedFit

01/25/2020

The report found that 20 cities and regions nationwide — including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami and Louisville — contained high PFAS levels.

07/14/2019

Two researchers from the Netherlands examined data from the Netherlands Cohort Study, specifically looking at 5,749 people born in 1916-1917. The study kept tabs on various factors, including physical activity , from age 20 until age 90 or death, whichever came sooner (1986-2007).

The results, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, were different for women than for men.

Men who exercised for 90 or more minutes a day were 39% more likely to reach age 90 than those doing less than a half-hour.

For women, though, 60 minutes per day seemed to be the sweet spot for becoming a nonagenarian: Doing more or less was associated with a lower likelihood of reaching that milestone.

01/15/2019

No!

Using Oral-B Glide dental floss might be associated with higher levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in your body, according to a new peer-reviewed study of consumer behaviors potentially linked to the substances.PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are potentially harmful chemicals often used fo...

01/04/2019

Sad. They don't know any better. Parents have to take control.

Public Health England aims to persuade parents to reduce sugar in children’s diets

12/14/2018

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its baby powder

11/04/2018

Lack of exercise is worse than smoking study finds.

Analysis of research data from over 120,000 patients demonstrated a lack of fitness, as measured by a treadmill test, was predictive of premature death to a greater degree than smoking, heart disease or high blood pressure