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Claims that fluoride in drinking water causes cognitive delays in kids are driving U.S. policy. A new study finds no evidence ...

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Not all booze is created equal — and for wine lovers, that could be good news. Across the country, Americans are cutting back on alcohol, with surveys showing most adults now believe even a drink or ...

For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill. There, naturally occurring arsenic in volcanic bedrock ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

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During his college years and early 20s, Ethan Jones Romero said it was not unusual to go out drinking. "The way I feel after drinking isn’t really worth how much fun I had," the actor who lives in the ...

Beyond helping cakes rise and deodorizing refrigerators, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) has gained attention on social media as a health remedy: People are mixing it into water for everything from ...

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It’s Ryan Gill’s job to pair artists, especially those in country music, with their own whiskey brands. Over the last few years, he’s succeeded in setting up Nashville names like Drake White, Michael ...