health
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Do Adaptogens Actually Work?
Spend enough time desperately googling cures for “brain fog” and “pathological procrastination” and you’re likely to come across all kinds of things — YouTube videos in which bodybuilders beg you to take vitamin C, shady websites selling generic Adderall, Reddit threads in which weirdos who think they’re doctors speak with clinical precision about enzymes and…
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Letitia Wright Responds to Backlash for Sharing Transphobic, Antivax Video
In yet another example of how the best rule of thumb is to simply never tweet, Black Panther star Letitia Wright has found herself on the receiving end of a significant amount of backlash from the public. This came after she shared a video of a YouTuber who questioned the seriousness of the ongoing covid-19…
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Doctors Release Their ‘Most Worrying Outlook’ on How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Health
The doctors are here to give the Earth its annual checkup, and they say it’s running a fever which is making people sick. They issued their findings showing all the ways climate change is affecting our health in the annual Lancet Countdown, published on Wednesday.
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Exposure to Outer Space May Accelerate Ageing, New Evidence Suggests
A fascinating batch of new research papers are highlighting the various health risks associated with long-duration space missions, including troublesome observations having to do with the ageing process and radiation-induced DNA damage.