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Mark Nazh/Shutterstock By Elizabeth S. Mitchell/Aug. 26, 2021 1:52 pm EDT For those who believe in seven chakras, or energy centers of the body, the sixth chakra is known as the third eye chakra or “Ajna” (via Healthline). It is located between your eyebrows and, as its name would suggest, is said to be the chakra dedicated to second sight or […]
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Remember when we were kids? Father’s Day gifts were…maybe the least practical gifts of them all. I remember buying my father bright neon shirts emblazoned with the words “World’s Best Dad.” Did he ever wear them? Perhaps not? I can’t remember. One year, though, I did make him a dried macaroni frame. Also super practical, right? Well, now that you’re […]
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As more states legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis use and increasingly decriminalize cannabis, the risk to the growth and development of breastfeeding infants whose mothers use cannabis becomes a growing public health concern. The critical role that certified lactation consultants (CLCs) could play in postpartum management of cannabis use and a Call to Action to expand the role of CLCs […]
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Baking soda is actually some pretty amazing stuff. Sure, you hardly notice it most days, sitting back there in your pantry waiting to be called upon should you happen to be doing some baking. Or perhaps you keep a box in the fridge, since you’ve heard that it’s good for absorbing food odors like that leftover fish from last night’s dinner. […]
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Researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Brescia University College found that teenage pregnant women are more likely to live in poverty, have poorer mental health and have higher rates of substance use. There are limited Canadian studies on teenage pregnancies, in particular looking at risk factors and birth outcomes compared to women who became pregnant during adulthood. London researchers […]
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A team of researchers from the Scripps Research Institute and the University of Kansas has found a protein that could one day be manipulated to make it safer for pain sufferers to use opioids. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of intentional mutations in nematodes and what they learned. Opioids are a class […]
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(HealthDay)—Nonmedical prescription opioid (NMPO) use in adolescents is associated with parental NMPO use and with smoking and parent-adolescent conflict, according to a study published online Feb. 25 in Pediatrics. Pamela C. Griesler, Ph.D., from Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues examined the correlation between self-reported parental and adolescent lifetime NMPO use using data for 35,000 parent-child dyads with […]
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The old adage “use it or lose it” tells us: if you stop using your muscles, they’ll shrink. Until recently, scientists thought this meant that nuclei—the cell control centers that build and maintain muscle fibers—are also lost to sloth. But according to a review published in Frontiers in Physiology, modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained […]
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Adolescent marijuana use may alter how neurons function in brain areas engaged in decision-making, planning and self-control, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The findings, which were presented at Neuroscience 2018, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, are the result of an animal model study focused on the structural development of the prefrontal cortex, […]
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The world’s first clinical trial (SURGUVANT) evaluating anti-inflammatory use at the time of surgery in colon cancer patients to improve their cancer outcome has been published in scientific journal, BMC Cancer. The research successfully tested an anti-inflammatory agent with anti-cancer properties known as Taurolidine in the SURGUVANT trial which was funded by a grant from Geistlich Pharma AG, Wolhusen, Switzerland. […]
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