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Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health completed a study in which they found eating five servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Eating two or more servings of brown rice was associated with a lower risk of the disease. They also found replacing 50 grams of white rice...
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HUMAN intelligence is puzzling. It is higher, on average, in some places than in others. And it seems to have been rising in recent decades. Why these two things should be true is controversial. This week, though, a group of researchers at the University of New Mexico propose the same explanation for both: the effect of infectious...
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Humanity has come a long way in the field of medicine. No longer are we to subject ourselves to magical spells and leeches, instead relying on the modern advances of science. The terrifying, bizarre science which makes us question the very sanity of the people behind it. Strangely, the weirdest cures science has come up with in the...
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The recession is over, “they” tell us, and now might be a good time to look for a job. My husband just finished his Ph.D., and he is on the hunt. One thing that he has noticed is that many prospective employers offer a salary range for the job (which can cover a range of $20,000), and then expect him to name a salary somewhere...
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It’s an appealing notion that our daily pick-me-up may also confer a range of health benefits. And for coffee drinkers there’s a lot of research percolating. Several studies suggest that a daily caffeine habit may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. But there’s a catch. The cup or two a day that most...
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A cup of green tea a day may keep the dentist away.
That’s the finding of new research published in Preventive Medicine. The findings show that drinking at least one cup of green tea a day increases the odds of keeping your teeth as you age.
The researchers suspect that antimicrobial molecules called catechins present in green...
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