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Ear ‘tickling’ therapy could ‘help thwart ageing’

Image copyright University of Leeds Image caption The therapy delivers a small, painless electrical current to the ear, which sends signals to the body’s nervous system Tickling the ear with a small electric current could rebalance the nervous system in over-55s and help them age more healthily, research suggests. Stimulation of the vagus nerve, which […]

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Iranians say US sanctions blocking access to needed medicine

Taha Shakouri keeps finding remote corners to play in at a Tehran children’s charity hospital, unaware that his doctors are running out of chemo medicine needed to treat the eight-year-old boy’s liver cancer. With Iran’s economy in free fall after the U.S. pullout from the nuclear deal and escalated sanctions on Tehran, prices of imported

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Diabetic women more likely to have stillborn baby, study finds

Image copyright Getty Creative Diabetic women are more than four times more likely to have a stillborn baby than those without the condition, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Glasgow looked at the records of nearly 4,000 Scottish diabetic mothers. They found high blood sugar levels in pregnant diabetics was a

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Review: Secret Freshies Deodorant Is The Best $5 I’ve Spent This Summer

Review: Secret Freshies Deodorant Is The Best $5 I’ve Spent This Summer | HuffPost Life HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. HuffPostSecret Freshies deodorant is the best $5 I’ve spent this summer. Summer typically involves a lot of outdoor activities, so it’s all but guaranteed to mean a

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US rejection disappoints states eyeing Utah Medicaid plan

The rejection of Utah’s closely watched plan to partially expand Medicaid could send other states back to the drawing board on covering more low-income people under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Matt Salo with the National Association of Medicaid Directors said Monday the decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

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Store: Grab Rarely-On-Sale Refurbished iPads And MacBooks For Cheap

HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. tashka2000 via Getty Images Looking for affordable Apple products? Good luck. New models carry ridiculously steep price tags and go on sale rarely, if ever. Your best bet for saving some bucks is buying a product that has been refurbished. Refurbished MacBooks

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4 companies pay California $70 million for delaying drugs

Four pharmaceutical companies collectively are agreeing to pay California nearly $70 million to settle allegations that they delayed drugs to keep prices high, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday. The bulk of the money will come from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and its affiliates for paying to delay a generic narcolepsy drug, Provigil, from

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