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Most edible medical marijuana products deliver significantly more or less wallop—mostly less—than their labels promise, according to new research. The results suggest some patients who consume marijuana-laced products to treat disease or control symptoms could be unintentionally...

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A diet containing a moderate amount of fat and one avocado may help lower “bad” cholesterol. This, in turn, could reduce the risk of heart disease, say researchers. Avocados are known to be a nutrient-dense food, high in monounsaturated fatty acids. Previous studies have suggested...

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Exposure to air pollution may have a negative impact on how the brain’s white matter ages. Older women who lived in geographic locations with higher levels of fine particulate matter in ambient air had significantly smaller white matter volumes across a wide range of brain areas, new...

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A major food safety scandal involving fake rice recently rocked China; news reports suggested that the grains were made by mixing potatoes with industrial synthetic resin. There were also rumors of the “cheap but profitable” rice being exported to other Asian countries, including...

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Steve Holman, author and creator of the F4X Workout Plan and the book, Old School, New Body, was the editor-in-chief of the Iron Man Magazine, a leader in the fitness magazines for many years now. He has met and worked with the most professional of gym and fitness trainers, and along with his wife,...

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A new study, released on Tuesday, says squatting in the tight jeans for a long time may lead to nerve and muscle fibre damage in legs and feet. Published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, the study points to the case of a 35-year-old woman who was treated at the Royal...

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Austrian scientists have invented a revolutionary product in the world of prosthetics – an artificial leg with lifelike sensations. The one-of-a-kind man-made limb has sensors fitted to the sole, which are able to stimulate nerves at the base of the amputee’s stump. “It feels...

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Are irritating indoor allergens like dust mites and mold making you miserable? Click through this interactive house to find out where allergy triggers lurk in every room — and how to get rid of them for good. When seasonal allergy symptoms such as congestion, runny nose, and itchy eyes...

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Cancer, in its various forms, is scary. Though the medical world has come a long way in diagnosing and treating many forms of the disease, cancer remains something everyone wants to prevent — or if that’s not possible, find early and treat quickly. What we all want is an early...

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Here’s some good news for chocolate lovers. If it seems like many of your favorite foods are off limits while you’re trying to reduce your risk of stroke and heart attack, that’s not the case for cocoa. In fact, treating yourself to up to 200 grams (gm) of chocolate a week...

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Trans fats may play havoc with your memory along with your cholesterol levels, a new study suggests. Younger men who ate high levels of trans fats performed more poorly on a memory test involving word recall than those who ate lower levels, the researchers found. In the study, men with high...

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Everyone knows that exercise is good for you — it helps manage weight, improves muscle and bone strength, and even lifts your spirits. It can also add years to your life. “People have been looking for the secret to a long and healthy life for millennia,” says Neil Resnick, MD,...

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Scientists are putting tracking devices on a new species — people — as they try to learn more about how their movements affect ecosystems in national parks. Park visitors carrying global positioning devices have provided data to Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, so it can...

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It looks like it's back to the drawing board for scientists trying to solve a decades-old lunar mystery. Some Apollo astronauts orbiting the moon in the 1960s and 70s saw a glow along the horizon just before sunrise, leading scientists to hypothesize that the glow was created by dust lofted...

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Although she lives a long way from Africa, an Australian researcher has confirmed the Ebola virus can linger in the eyes of survivors even after they've made a full recovery. Justine Smith, an ophthalmology expert at Flinders University in Adelaide, co-authored a study that found the live...