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Author: Bruce Abrahamse

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Interest in cannabis and fatty liver has grown quickly because metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is now one of the most common chronic liver conditions in the world. Against that backdrop, a March 2026 paper in the British Journal of Pharmacology has attracted attention for a simple reason. It did not just report...

15 min read Food & Drink

Memory complaints can make any headline sound urgent. Choline deserves attention, but it also deserves restraint. It is a real nutrient with clear biological roles. It is not a miracle discovery from nowhere. The National Institutes of Health says the body needs choline to make acetylcholine. That messenger is an “important neurotransmitter for memory.” Choline...

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Every spring, millions of Americans start tracking sneezing, congestion, and itchy eyes. In 2026, that yearly check-in sounds more urgent. People want to know whether allergy season is worse this year, or whether a few rough weeks are making it seem that way. The broader evidence points to a real long-term shift. CDC data show...

15 min read Health

A recent medical report has forced doctors and parents to confront measles’s long-term complications in children again. In February 2026, the New England Journal of Medicine described a 7-year-old boy with cognitive decline and seizures. He had caught measles at 7 months of age. Years later, doctors diagnosed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, widely known as SSPE....

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Long life advice usually follows a familiar route: eat this, avoid that, buy this supplement, follow that blue-zone rule. Yet, a certain vascular surgeon views the issue of longevity habits from a different angle. Dr. Rema Malik spends her time looking at blood vessels. She recently said that many of her oldest patients share one...

15 min read Health

A lump inside the mouth can be alarming because it is easy to imagine the worst. In many cases, mouth bumps turn out to be harmless. They may come from irritation, a blocked salivary gland, swollen gum tissue, or a slow bony change. Yet some oral growths require prompt attention, especially when they last, enlarge,...

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Hip pain can start in different ways. It may build slowly over months, or hit after a long walk, hard workout, or awkward twist. Some people notice it in the groin. Others notice it on the outside of the hip, in the buttocks, or even in the knee. That is one reason the symptom can...

14 min read Health

Health scares spread fast when they reduce a complicated issue to one simple claim. That is what happened when LADbible highlighted comments from Ed Jones, founder of Nutrition World, about grip strength and lifespan. In that version, Jones said people could learn something important about future health from a simple strength challenge. He linked the...

15 min read Health

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has recently become a headline virus, particularly as cases have drawn attention in parts of the U.S. West Coast. For many people, the name sounds alarming because it is unfamiliar. Yet HMPV is not a newly discovered threat. Doctors and researchers have known about it for years, and it has circulated through...

17 min read News

Osteoarthritis is usually framed as the price of just getting older. Many people imagine a knee that slowly wears down, then never recovers. That picture is familiar, yet it is too simple. Osteoarthritis affects the whole joint. It can hurt cartilage, bone, lining tissue, movement, sleep, and daily confidence. The World Health Organization says the...

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Your brain does not start the day at full power. It is shifting from sleep into alertness. During that transition, light, movement, food, hydration, and stress cues begin steering the day. Sleep researchers, neurologists, psychiatrists, and nutrition experts agree that those early inputs affect focus, mood, energy, and later sleep quality. Many popular morning routines...