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People who had recently used psychedelics such as psilocybin report a sustained improvement in mood and feeling closer to others after the high has worn off, shows a new Yale study published the week of Jan. 20 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The results of a field study of more than 1,200 people attending multi-day […]
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China on Friday confirmed more cases of a mystery viral pneumonia that has sparked fears about a resurgence of SARS, the flu-like virus that killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago. The 44 cases, up from the initial 27 announced Tuesday, include 11 “severe cases,” health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said in a statement. […]
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Actress and presenter Jameela Jamil rose to fame after her appearance in the fantasy-comedy series The Good Place. More recently, she has been in the spotlight for her work as a body positivity activist than her acting endeavors. She has always believed in being transparent about her life experiences and continuing that she even shared having a tissue disorder which […]
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The time has come. Tarek El Moussa confirmed that his pregnant ex-wife, Christina Anstead, will deliver her baby boy on Friday, September 6. “She’s having the baby tomorrow, so I’m excited for her,” the Flipping 101 star, 38, told Us Weekly and other reporters on Thursday, September 5, at HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation premiere. “Tomorrow my children are going […]
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They’re not done yet. Alec Baldwin admitted that he and Hilaria Baldwin are going to have a fifth baby. “We have four kids,” the Saturday Night Live star, 61, told Kevin Nealon on a Thursday, September 5, episode of Hiking With Kevin. “She wants to have another one. We’re having another one. We’re going to have a fifth baby.” When […]
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Hilaria Baldwin Opens a New Window. confirmed on Tuesday, April 9, that she miscarried her fifth child with husband Alec Baldwin Opens a New Window. . “There was no heartbeat today at my scan…so it’s over…but I have some pretty strong and amazing heartbeats right here,” the yoga instructor, 35, captioned a photo with her husband and their four children, […]
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A new systematic review of the literature not only confirmed that breastfeeding for as short as 1-4 months can have a protective affect against high blood pressure in women, but that lactation also can protect women across an extended follow-up of years to decades. Among 15 studies reviewed that had longer-term follow-up, 67% of those evaluated for elevated blood pressure—and […]
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When navigating in a known environment, men prefer to take shortcuts to reach their destination more quickly, while women tend to use routes they know. This is according to Alexander Boone of UC Santa Barbara in the US who is lead author of a study that investigated the different ways in which men and women navigate. The research is published […]
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Time heals homesickness – and quickly, according to a unique long-term study on international students. A propensity towards neuroticism and the desire to keep others happy are among the factors associated with the development of homesickness. However, the study also found that the level of homesickness among those currently studying abroad is generally low. The investigation was facilitated by a […]
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Inflammation is a normal part of the body’s response to infection, chronic stress or obesity. In pregnant women, it is believed that heightened inflammation increases the risk of mental illness or brain development problems in children. A study conducted by researchers at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, has established a link between inflammation in pregnant women and the way the newborn […]
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