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Leslie Barrie – Thanks to popular low-carb diets, these carb-heavy healthy foods have been unfairly blacklisted. But there’s no need…
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New Yorkers paying over $8,000 for beard transplants
It’s shear madness! Brooklyn’s hipster beard craze has grown so popular that men in New York are rushing to doctors…
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Daily cannabis smokers risk health, wellbeing
Teenagers who use cannabis daily run a higher risk of becoming drug dependent, committing suicide or trying other drugs and…
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Ebola recovery: How did Dallas nurses get well so quickly?
The two nurses in Dallas who became infected with Ebola this month may have recovered so quickly because of their…
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New handbook makes herbal knowledge easy
It seems that every year Michael Balick, of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, comes out with a…
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Exposure to the synthetic pesticide DDT may increase both the risk and severity of Alzheimer’s disease in some individuals –…
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Eating protein could lead to brain disorder for woman with rare genetic condition
Meat, nuts and even potato chips are foreign tastes for a British woman who must limit her daily protein intake…
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