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Numerous studies have shown that exercise lowers blood pressure, but the 2021 research suggests that "maintaining physical activity during young adulthood – at higher levels than previously ...

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High blood sugar spikes after meals could be a contributing factor to Alzheimer's risk, according to a new study that gives ...

"Size matters" sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle.

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The first known outbreak of syphilis in Europe began at the turn of the 16th century, but on the distant continent of South ...

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