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For most people, dog attacks are not very common. But they happen occasionally, and the experience can be traumatic. Incidentally, they ar...

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There are many published studies with evidence that cholesterol levels are positively associated with heart disease. In multivariate analy...

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Low testosterone (a.k.a. “low T”) is caused by worn out glands no longer able to secrete enough T, right? At least this seems to be the mos...

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The War of Canudos took place in Brazil in 1896 and 1897. Canudos was a settlement of several thousand deeply religious Christians, led by ...

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Undoubtedly one of the big differences between life today and in our Paleolithic past is the level of stress that modern humans face on a da...

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The figure and table below are from Vieth (1999); one of the most widely cited articles on vitamin D. The figure shows the gradual increase ...

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Many animals take naps during the day. Our ancestors probably napped during the day too. They certainly did not spend as many hours as we do...

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Cortisol is a hormone that does a number of different things; a jack of all trades among hormones, so to speak. It tells the liver to produc...

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The idea that heavy physical activity is a main trigger of heart attacks is widespread. Often endurance running and cardio-type activities a...

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