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Like literally everyone else, I dealt with acne as a teenager. And 13-year-old me assumed the red pimples and whiteheads on my face were just a part of growing up—and that they’d go away when I got older. Fast forward to age 25, and my acne was worse than ever. I had painful pustules...

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The word karma is bandied around new-age movements as often as most of us have a cup of coffee, yet few of us really examine what karma actually is. Now don’t get me wrong, every self-respecting guru in training knows that karma is all about the idiot who treated you badly getting back what...

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Most people know junk food is unhealthy, but they still eat it. Health-e News spoke to some residents of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape to find out about their sugary habits. Junk food 'just for fun' Andiswa Dotyeni said simply that she eats cakes, burgers, and sugary snacks because...

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A fearless dog was filmed driving away a cowardly lion that wandered onto a farmer's property at the edge of an Indian village. The video, filmed Tuesday by the property owner in Jungagadh, Gujarat, shows the lion wandering through the farm. The big cat comes face to face with a barking...

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A Colorado man collected his third big lottery prize, which marked his second major Second Chance drawing win in two months. The Colorado Lottery said Paul G. of Colorado Springs won $250,000 in a Second Chance drawing for a non-winning Royal Crossword ticket Aug. 28, only two weeks after he won...

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When most people hear the term breast cancer, they probably don’t immediately think of men. Until recently, that included Kansas City resident Bret Miller, 32, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 when he was just 24 years old. When he was a teenager, Bret found a lump in his...

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Diets can be such a drag – and so restrictive they’re just not sustainable. Also, healthy food always seems to cost so much more than regular items, right? So how do the nutrition experts do it? Dietitian Hanlie Jordaan shares her simple food strategies… 1. Do not restrict any...

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Researchers report that an experimental drug called BAN2401 slowed mental decline by as much as 30% in Alzheimer's patients. It also appeared to clear away the amyloid protein plaques in the brain that have long been linked to the devastating illness. "That said, these two studies...

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Countless people have experienced the benefits that come with strength training as adults as a way to break from their sedentary routines to get fit – but for many, the introduction to weight lifting and conditioning came in their teenage years as a way to train for sports. Most high...

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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is, quite literally, a pain. It’s typically caused by E. coli bacteria, which normally lives in the colon and around the anus. Women tend to get UTIs more often because the urethra is shorter and closer to the anus than it is in men. Because of improper...

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“My main recurring delusion is [that] I believe that I am Jesus Christ and that my job on this planet is to start the Second Coming. This is quite a serious problem to me when it happens because I have no idea where to begin,” 46-year-old Steven Swart told Health24. Schizophrenia has...

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Children have always teased each other; it is part of growing up. But sometimes it goes far beyond that and turns into a complete nightmare… This story is just such a case, and it raises that point that we have to do much more to make sure that our kids don’t bully others —...

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The suspect in the shooting attack at Florida video game competition that killed two people had psychiatric issues, court records say. David Katz, 24, opened fire and injured 11 people using "at least one handgun" before he took his own life at the Madden NFL video game tournament,...

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Laughing gas may explain why Earth's oceans didn't freeze over during the so-called Boring Billion, between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago. Jennifer Glass, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech, doesn't care for the term Boring Billion. "Earth was a dynamic place...

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Every year, you are at risk of catching the flu virus, which can see you man down for days. Although we’ve seen many advancements with the flu vaccination, there might still be things you didn't know about the flu – we’ve found eight interesting facts. 1. You can pass the...