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Drinking and your health: A reality check

(HealthDay)—The Mediterranean diet consistently tops the list of food plans that convey health benefits, and one reason many people like it is that it allows moderate amounts of red wine. But there’s no definitive proof that wine or any form of alcohol should be on everyone’s menu. And an analysis of many observational studies done […]

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Bench It Like Beckham! Inside David and Brooklyn’s Workout Routines

Bench it like Beckham! If celebrity trainer Chase Weber sounds familiar to you, that’s because he’s trained celebs including David and Brooklyn Beckham, Shay Mitchell, Naomi Campbell, Catt Sadler, James Corden, Stephanie Shepherd and more. Not only has his 3-3-3 Method (a mixture of strength, power and stability exercises) proven to be results driven, but […]

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Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning

Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of unprecedented size—comprising brain scans of four volunteers who each viewed 5,000 images—will help researchers better understand how the brain processes images. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Fordham University, reporting today in the journal Scientific Data, said acquiring functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans at […]

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Merck reports surging sales of vaccines and key cancer drug

Surging sales of vaccines and the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda led to a quadrupling of profit at Merck during the first quarter as it blew past Wall Street expectations. Sales of Keytruda jump 55% to $2.27 billion, about one-quarter of its total revenue. During the quarter, the injected biologic drug racked up U.S. approvals as […]