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Grape Juice Boosts Memory and Driving Skills: Benefits of Polyphenols

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Busy working mothers between the ages of 40 and 50 that drank Concord grape juice daily improved their performance on a driving test, results that lasted after the study ended.

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Aromatherapy Soothes Allergies: Scents for Natural Relief

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Inhaling a three-fragrance formula of essential oils sharply reduced allergy symptoms for Korean sufferers in just seven days.

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Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk: Increased Vitamin D Reduces Likelihood

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Perhaps because of the natural vitamin D supplied by sunlight, researchers found that children are less likely to have asthma if their mothers lived in a sunny location during the second trimester of pregnancy.

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Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss: Daily Serving Helps to Shed Pounds

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Eating three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas or other legumes per day as part of their usual diet helped subjects feel more full and shed nearly a pound in six weeks.

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Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain: Lack of Sleep Early On Leads to Complications Later in Life

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

About two in five Dutch adults between the ages of 19 and 22 that reported problems sleeping had chronic pain three years later.

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Scrambling Species: Climate Change Favors Some Birds over Others

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

A warming planet strongly influences bird migration patterns, which in turn allows some species to thrive while others struggle to survive.

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Toxic Trinkets: Low-Cost Jewelry May Harbor Cadmium

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Cheap jewelry made with the heavy metal cadmium, banned in the European Union, is sold in North America in popular fashion chains.

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LOL TTYL: Hope for a New Generation

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Despite their bad press, youngsters born between 1980 and 2000 are just as ambitious and tenacious as their parents and grandparents, new data shows.

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Show Stopper: Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Following the action of Ringling Brothers Circus to retire all its performing elephants, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit any exotic animals under big tops.

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Good Reads: Fiction Readers Have More Empathy

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Snuggling into a chair with a good novel whisks us into another world—and that makes us not only smarter but more empathetic, recent studies show.

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Green Serenity: Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

Farmers in Sikkim, in the Indian Himalayas, use only manure and compost on crops 12 years after pesticides and fertilizers were banned in the state.

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Vegan Leather: Walk the Talk with Cruelty-Free Shoes

Jul 29, 2016 08:50AM

To know that no cow, sheep, or goat was killed to make our shoes is a convincing reason to buy footwear made with material combinations that are people- animal- and planet-friendly.

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Calcium Pills Don’t Build Bone Health: Supplements Have Little Effect on Density

Jun 30, 2016 08:14AM

Two prominent meta-studies have found that calcium in supplements have at most a tiny initial effect on bone density.

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Colorful Produce Slows Cell Aging: Carotenoids Linked to Longevity

Jun 30, 2016 08:14AM

Adults that eat hefty amounts of plants high in carotenoids have five- to eight-percent longer telomeres, cellular markers that typically grow shorter with age.

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Energy Drinks Harm the Heart: Produces Abnormalities and Raises Blood Pressure

Jun 30, 2016 08:14AM

Two cans of an energy drink per day produced abnormal heart rhythms and higher blood pressure in healthy adults.

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