Get This: Doing THIS Slashes Your Heart Disease Risk By Half

Check out the list of links that should be on your radar today:

Keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure in check could cut your risk of heart disease by more than 50 percent, according to a new study. [EurekAlert]

Word on the street is that Jeff Bridges plans to make the epic children’s novel The Giver into a movie—and he’s even cast a Jonas! [Vulture]

You need to see this lazy panda pic. You’re welcome. [People]

Women are way more likely to overdose on pain killers than men are, finds new research. [Jezebel]

Get migraines? If you don’t treat them the right way, you might start getting more. [MedPage Today]

Women who work the graveyard shift are more likely to get breast cancer, according to a new study. [Science World Report]

Yesterday, interest rates on student loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Womp womp. [ABC News]

The top dogs in the media industry? They’re mostly men. (But not at Women’s Health!) [Pew Research Center]

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