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Based on a new case, it is now known that consistent adherence to PrEP might not be enough to protect people from exposure to this particular HIV strain.

In the end, shedding a few pounds may not make you look or feel like a runway model. But it will help you live a longer and healthier life. That's some serious validation. Maybe we can even work to make it the new skinny.

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As a physician, my passion lies in caring for people helping them to achieve optimal health. To do so, I work very closely with the trillions of tiny patients within each person I meet. Only by considering the entire population and understanding the deep implications, can we find true health. Bacteria are our greatest allies. It's time to treat them as such.

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Anger seems to be an emotion that women disown. But a healthy dose of expressed anger is probably better for you than years of repressed anger stored in your body, all in the name of seeming "nice" or "good."

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As physicians, we know that the patients are suffering. We know that their chances of returning to the life they desire are nonexistent. We know that this is a difficult decision. Should we respect their right to self-determination and help them continue this difficult existence until they decide to stop?

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I hope that my yoga journey inspires other people who stutter to try yoga (or any new or challenging activity for that matter)! I love this particular activity and it has helped with me being more confident, believing in myself, and trying new things. Namaste and stutter on!

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Even if you're eating wild-caught fish several times a week, supplementing with fish oil becomes the ideal way to better balance those omega-3 levels. While numerous reasons exist to take a high-quality fish oil, let's briefly look at these seven.

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I've lost the false sense of ease and naivety that led me to believe that every person I met should be my friend and would have my best interest at heart, because that's just not true. Relearning how to communicate, how to engage in supportive relationships and be there for my friends and loved ones hasn't been easy, but it sure beats believing I'm besties with my drug dealer.

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Here are four indicators that suggest you may be doing just that, as well as one simple solution that will get you back on the right track:

Some blame social and economic deprivation. More people appear to take their own lives in working class areas, where opportunities are rare and hope is scarce. Others point toward the mental legacy of the Troubles.

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The surface of our lips can literally break, leading to chapped, and even cracked lips. It is important to take good care, because badly cracked lips can lead to potential infection.

How do you change the way you look and stay body positive about yourself -- and the people around you -- at the same time?

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While a pinch of vitamin C may prevent scurvy, returning the norm in humans to grams a day, like other animals our size, may help prevent the No 1. killer in Western society.

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If they spent any time reading outside of their government-approved formal education, they'd understand pretty quickly that all calories are not created equal. It's the composition of those calories that determines whether we burn and lose, or store and gain.

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After reflecting on this situation several times, I realized two things: 1. Some people are pure assholes. 2. Much of our culture doesn't recognize that there is so much more to eating/exercise than just following a prescribed diet.

Studies have begun to examine the use of Netflix as a procrastination method, even as a form of sleep procrastination.

Having a good attitude and accepting the end results usually are more attractive and make people more approachable instead of putting up walls due to not winning all the time, using that defensive mechanism is a hard habit to break.