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Foods containing organic rice may be an unsuspected source of dietary arsenic

As people seek healthier dietary regimens they often turn to things labeled “organic.” Lurking in the background, however, is an ingredient that may be a hidden source of arsenic—an element known to be both toxic and potentially carcinogenic. Organic brown rice syrup has become a preferred alternative to using high fructose corn syrup as...

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Comparing yourself to others can have health impacts

Comparing yourself to others can have health impacts

Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of over 30 studies focusing on the relationship between social comparisons and health. “If you’ve ever looked at another person and thought, ‘Well, at least I’m doing better than he...

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Music training has biological impact on aging process

Music training has biological impact on aging process

Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the first to provide biological Measuring the automatic brain responses of younger and older musicians and non-musicians to speech sounds, researchers in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratorydiscovered that...

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Sekou Andrews & Steve Connell Part II at TEDMED 2011

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