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Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug. The gateway drug — usually cast as weed, alcohol, tobacco, or inhalants — refers to the theory that the earlier a kid starts using drugs, the more likely they are …

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Frequent egg consumption linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s dementia, study finds  PsyPost Source link

July 11 (UPI) — A drug used to treat seizures, nerve pain and restless leg syndrome might be linked with increased risk of dementia, a new study says. Regular gabapentin use appeared to increase risk of dementia by 29% and mild cognitive impairment by 85%, researchers reported Thursday in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. What’s more, the risk …

A newly published study in Frontiers in Medicine reveals serious gaps in Lyme disease testing and post-treatment care, based on a decade of patient data collected by the Lyme Disease Biobank. The research, supported by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, followed 253 participants in Lyme-endemic areas of Long Island, New York, and Central Wisconsin between 2014 and 2023. All presented …

Low sexual activity, body shape, and mood may combine in ways that shorten lives, new study suggests  PsyPost Source link

article FILE-A cup of coffee sits on a table. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Coffee is popular for many, serving as a pick-me-up to get their day started or a boost of caffeine to offer a jolt of energy. And while this beverage is enjoyable for a lot of reasons, a recent study published in the journal Food Science & Nutrition …

Retired New Yorkers need an average of $50,997 per year to cover their living expenses after factoring in Social Security payments, new research has found.  GOBankingRates gathered national average annual expenditures data for people 65 and older from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center in order to calculate the eye-popping figure.  Thus, for …

The age-old question of what would happen if you threw a paper airplane out of the International Space Station (ISS) has been answered in a new paper. Space around our planet is getting quite full. We are a messy species, and low-Earth orbit is apparently no exception to our “we’ll clean up later” rule. One concern about the debris is …

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered “interstellar object,” only the third of its kind ever seen, which is currently shooting toward us on a one-way trip through the solar system. The race is now on to study the alien interloper, named 3I/ATLAS, before it leaves forever. “We only have one shot at this object and then it’s …