WHEN BRITISH STRONGMAN Eddie Hall announced in 2020 that he would be pivoting his training and trying to launch a career as a boxer, it baffled some of his fans—but his transformation into a drastically leaner (albeit still huge) athlete shut up the naysayers. And as a former World’s Strongest Man title holder, Hall had …
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Alcohol consumption among younger generations has been declining for years. And with many pubs and cocktail bars now catering to the sober and “sober curious”, it’s easier than ever to opt out. Starting in the US in the late 1990s, and spreading to several other wealthy countries in the early 2000s, …
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Age-related macular degeneration can lead to vision loss in seniors, but new therapies have offered fresh hope for preserving eyesight later in life, eye experts say. These cutting-edge therapies benefit both the dry and wet types of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), says the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS). Eleven million people in the United …
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Mixed reality (MR) is feasible and safe and may reduce anxiety among blood donors, according to a study published online Jan. 29 in Transfusion. Suchitra Pandey, M.D., from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues evaluated MR’s usability, impact on anxiety, and safety in the blood donation setting. The analysis included questionnaire responses from …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resumed a national campaign that uses the stories of former smokers to warn Americans about the many health dangers of tobacco. Known as the “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign, seven new people are featured in ads sharing their stories about how cigarette …
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When getting vaccines, switching arms for each dose may produce greater immunity than having the jabs delivered into the same arm. That’s the finding from a new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that looked at the first two doses of COVID vaccines. Those who alternated arms showed a small …
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MARK WAHLBERG’S FAMOUS 4 a.m. club is officially back in session. As well as being known for his roles in movies like The Departed, Ted and The Other Guys, the actor has gained a considerable following over the last few years for documenting his early-morning workouts on Instagram, after he went viral for disclosing that …
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Why did this 11-year-old boy begin to experience increasingly limited range of motion in his right leg, years after developing progressive skin problems on the same limb? The boy had no previous medical conditions and his parents were also both healthy. However, for the past 7 years, the boy had been affected by patches of …
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