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New study links chemicals in plastics to heart disease deaths

A new study is linking chemicals commonly found in plastics with deaths from heart disease around the world. The research, published in the journal eBioMedicine this spring, linked more than 350,000 deaths worldwide to phthalate exposure. Phthalates (pronounced tha-lates) are a set of ...

Are standing desks helping or hurting our health?

We keep reading and hearing about the negative effects having a sedentary lifestyle can have on our health. A big part of the problem for many people is sitting at a desk at work all day and not moving enough of the time. One possible solution comes in the form of standing desks, which have ...