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Men with divorced parents are reportedly three times more likely to suffer a stroke than those whose parents stayed happily married during childhood. A new study out of the University of Toronto reveals a threefold risk that a man with divorced parents will suffer a stroke. “A threefold risk is really quite a worrisome number,” […]
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According to research performed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the use of electronic devices close to bedtime can be detrimental to sleep. The study found that exposure to artificial light in the blue end of the light spectrum – the type of light which is emitted by laptops, smartphones and tablets – inhibits the production […]
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For years, many experts in the scientific community have believed that acupuncture’s ability to provide pain relief to backache and headache sufferers was explained by the placebo effect. A new study has concluded that regardless of whether or not the placebo effect fully explains acupuncture’s effectiveness, the relief that patients experience is real and quantifiable. […]
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Many asthma patients have been directed by their doctors to take inhaled steroids on a daily basis. A new study suggests this may not actually be necessary in order to alleviate and control allergy symptoms. In the 9-month study, 342 adult asthma sufferers were randomly assigned one of three different symptom control strategies, one of […]
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A new Australian study published in the journal Pediatrics has concluded that sleep training infants does not have tangible long-term benefits. While researchers noted that behavioral training techniques used to help infants fall asleep don’t cause any developmental or emotional harm, it also does not appear to have any continual benefits. “We wanted to find […]
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