psychoactive drugs
-
Does Coffee Help You Live Longer? It’s Complicated
Another week, another coffee-is-good-for-you study that’s caught people’s attention. New research found a link between regular coffee consumption and a reduced risk of death. While the findings are the latest to suggest that coffee is perfectly fine to drink, they’re not necessarily strong proof that your daily cup of joe is life-saving.
-
Even Moderate Drinking Might Shrink Your Brain, Study Finds
New research is the latest to suggest that moderate drinking can negatively impact health. The study found a link between regular alcohol consumption — as little as one to two drinks a day — and decreased brain volume in middle-aged and older people. The brain shrinkage was greater the more someone drank, the study found.
-
Coffee and Tea Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia in 11-Year Study
New research out this week suggests that a tea or coffee habit in your later years could help your brain stay in tip-top shape. The study found that healthy older adults in the UK who regularly drank coffee and/or tea were less likely to develop stroke and dementia over an 11-year period than those who…
-
Archaeologists Say They have Found the Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tobacco
In the summer of 2015, a team of archaeologists in Utah found duck bones and charred plant matter just beneath the ground, in an arid stretch of northwestern Utah now known as the Wishbone site. The team realised it was an open-air hearth, some 12,000 years old, and now the same group has reported their…