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Is Painkiller‘s Glen Kryger Based on a Real Person?

Netflix’s Painkiller, a fictionalized account of the Sackler family’s culpability in this country’s on-going opioid crisis, makes for some tough watching. Based on Patrick Radden Keefe‘s New Yorker story “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain” and Barry Meier’s nonfiction book Pain Killer, the six-episode series follows an ensemble cast of characters that revolves …

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This 5-Minute Quad Crusher From a Barry’s Coach Torches Your Lower Body

YOU WON’T FIND a five-minute workout class at Barry’s, the high-energy boutique group fitness studio—but compressing some of the brand’s signature intensity is possible if you’re willing to keep up your effort for the whole period. That was the strategy for this killer five-minute routine from Charlie Meredith, NASM-CPT, Barry’s Chief Curriculum Lead in New …

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Kid Cudi Looks Lean and Ripped in Shirtless Calvin Klein Ad

Singer, rapper, actor and fashion designer Kid Cudi can add “Calvin Klein model” to his ever-growing resume. In a photoshoot for the brand’s fall campagin—which also includes Jung Kook of the K-Pop boyband sensation BTS, Euphoria star Alexa Demie, and reality personality and model Kendall Jenner—Cudi poses and dances with aplomb, showing off his lean …

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Low dose steroid use not associated with substantial weight gain or hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of randomized controlled trials has found that the use of low-dose glucocorticoids was not associated with substantial weight gain or hypertension in patients being treated for rheumatoid arthritis. The analysis is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Glucocorticoids are often used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Weight …

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Smart pill could be game changer in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases

MIT and Boston University researchers and colleagues report a smart pill the size of a blueberry that could be a game changer in the diagnosis and treatment of bowel diseases. Here (L-R) Qijun Liu of Boston University, Maria Eugenia Inda of MIT, and Miguel Jimenez of MIT pose with prototypes of the pill and a …

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Detecting risk of metastatic prostate cancer in Black men

Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery To explore why prostate cancer disproportionately sickens and kills Black men, researchers are looking to another disorder, diabetes, which alters metabolism. They used this approach in a preliminary clinical trial and today report the identification of four metabolism-related biomarkers linked to an increased risk of metastatic prostate cancer …

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Microgreens and mature veggies differ in nutrients, but both might limit weight gain

Kale microgreens (left) and leaves from the mature plant (right) have different nutritional profiles but both can limit weight gain in mice. Credit: Thomas Wang/USDA Young vegetables known as microgreens are reputed to be particularly good for health. Now, researchers are trying to find out whether microgreens—which can easily be grown at home—are the superfood …

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