Health

Smoking linked to rising tuberculosis deaths worldwide

Chest x-ray via Shutterstock Despite years of anti-smoking efforts by public health officials, smoking remains a thriving habit throughout much of the world. Unfortunately, smoking is linked to an increased...

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It's no hallucination, 'magic mushrooms' really expand the mind

"Magic mushrooms" containing the hallucinogen psilocybin can induce long-term changes in personality, according to new research published by investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The changes were related to aspects of...

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Successful HIV vaccine on the horizon?

Spanish scientists have developed a vaccine against HIV that has proven 90% effective in phase I clinical trials on human subjects. Developed by the Spanish Superior Scientific Research Council (CSIC),...

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Worried about prostate

UCLA has researched one of those worrying areas in life, for men at least. Over 75 years old, they reckon, and you may have your prostate cancer neglected by doctors....

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