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Roughly one in ten American adults is currently dealing with depression. Many of these people will turn to medications in search of help, but some anti-depressant drugs–such as SSRIs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors–can take a month or longer before they have a visible impact on patients. Unfortunately, in some cases anti-depressants never have a […]
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Most of us associate strokes with older adults, people in their ‘golden years’. But about one in ten strokes — or 800,000 strokes each year in the United States — involve people under the age of 45. Now, a mounting body of evidence is revealing how these devastating events continue to impact a stroke victim […]
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It’s a tough question: are parabens, a synthetic compound commonly used as a preservative in beauty and food products, okay to consume? Right now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says they pose no visible danger to human health, but a mounting body of scientific evidence suggests otherwise. Parabens were first commercialized in the […]
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CVS, America’s second-largest drugstore chain, is making two big tweaks: first, it’s changed its name to CVS Health. Second, customers won’t be seeing tobacco products when they head to the checkout counter at any of the chain’s roughly 7,700 stores. Starting immediately CVS Caremark will be known as CVS Health, though customers may not recognize […]
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A remarkable new study suggests that older adults who lose their sense of smell could also lose their lives within a five-year window. “Olfaction is a critical, if underappreciated, component of human physiology,” noted Dr. Jayant Pinto, the study’s lead author. “Although potentially less dependent on olfaction than many other mammals, humans still rely on […]
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