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Vegans and the Incredible Shrinking Brain
You would think this is the stuff of Alice and Wonderland, where one pill makes you taller and the other makes you small. But according to a new study out of the esteemed Oxford University claims that being a strict vegetarian can make your brain shrink. That’s right, vegans are six times more likely to [...]
Smoke Dope and Go Crazy, Says a New Study
A new study out of Spain claims that young people who smoke marijuana run the risk of experiencing psychotic episodes. According to the report, featured in Reuters the results can not be a factor of chance, nor are the results specific to any gender. The report does claim that the results are dependent on how [...]
Shakespeare in Ruins, The Old Theater is Found
A little more than a month ago, there were reports that an excavated vacant garage yielded the ruins of the original theater where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed. According to the reports, one featured in the Miami Herald, this is quite possibly the remnants of the theater where such masterpieces as The Merchant of Venice [...]
John Edwards’ Poverty Lesson, When You Get Caught, Raise Your Prices
According to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, John Edwards has decided to reemerge from his seclusion and go back on the public speaking circuit. He also decided to raise his speaking rates to $65,000, up from the more previous $55,000. That’s a lot of money to talk about poverty. Or maybe the cost of [...]
Botox is Showing More Wrinkles
According to BreitBart the European the European Medicines Agency had by August, 2007 recorded more than 600 negative effects that were attributable to Botox. This poses yet another wrinkle in the emerging Botox controversy where there are claims injections can result in harmful side effects, including death. This could mean that Botox injections have longer [...]