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Study may link divorce to health ailments
U. Arizona researchers are conducting a new study that may show that divorce affects not only your daily life, but also your life span. Researchers in the psychology department have been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant for $1.
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Study finds some forms of gossip may be beneficial
Though traditionally seen as a way to spread nasty rumors and scandalous information, gossip may gain a better reputation after the release of a new study by a team of U. California-Berkeley researchers that suggests some forms of gossip can actually be positive.
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Caffeine intake may boost intelligence, study shows
Dispelling any negative connotations of the phrase “coffee addict,” a recent study shows that the substance might increase intelligence.
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Editorial: Rethink fluoride in drinking water
Adding fluoride to tap water has been a contentious public health practice in the United States since it began in the 1940s.
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Recent study links alcohol use and personality traits
If you're the type of person who gets aggressive when you've had too much to drink, one study says you shouldn't blame it on the alcohol. Chances are, you lack a trait that allows consideration of future consequences. This is according to a recent study conducted at U. Kentucky by Ohio State U.
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Column: Changing your diet can be cheap
Every doctor that’s ever practiced general medicine has used the phrase “diet and exercise.” If you want to lose weight — diet and exercise. If you want to live to 100 — diet and exercise. If you want to leap tall buildings in a single bound, you guessed it — diet and exercise.
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Column: Personhood amendment lacks logic
Earlier this year, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that life begins at conception. Many have coined this ruling as the reverse of Roe v. Wade and in the US we have already begun to feel the effects of this major ruling.
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The real butterfly in your stomach – Scientists explore the possibility of a “second brain” in our gut
Ever had someone tell you to follow your gut? Or maybe you’ve been sitting with a test in front of you or a decision to make, and deep down there is something in your gut telling you what the correct answer or choice is.
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Study says marijuana less harmful to lungs
Some students are beginning to re-evaluate their smoking habits, as a study released last week by the Journal of the American Medical Association stated there is no decline in lung function after one marijuana joint a week for 49 years.