Eating fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residues linked with poor semen quality
Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues – such as strawberries, spinach, and peppers – had lower sperm count and a lower percentage of normal sperm than those who…
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Date syrup shows promise for fighting bacterial infections
Date syrup – a thick, sweet liquid derived from dates that is widely consumed across the Middle East – shows antibacterial activity against a number of disease-causing bacteria, including…
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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?
Though it may be in the April Fool’s issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers have conducted a serious study assessing the medical evidence to support the famous proverb.
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More than one-third of Division I college athletes may have low vitamin D levels
Male, black and Hispanic athletes at greatest riskA new study presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that more than one-third of…
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