Giving up drinking used to be seen as an all or nothing proposition. And for some people with alcohol addiction, it will stay that way. But now people are recognizing there's a spectrum of sobriety. For the "sober curious," that might, mean a dry night out or a month off the sauce. And a slew of sober social spaces are popping up, complete with mocktails and the buzziness of a bar.
Americans are mad -- and getting madder, according to a new NPR-IBM Watson Health poll. This poll found that 84% of people think Americans are angrier today than they were a generation ago. Factors contributing to anger may include reading the news and spending time on social media.
But the results aren’t all negative, as many of us think that anger can actually be channeled for good.
What if the secret to running faster lay in your gut? According to new research in the journal Nature Medicine, mice injected with a strain of bacteria found in very fit athletes had greater endurance in a running test than regular mice. Researchers still aren't sure if a probiotic supplement made of these bad boys would enhance human runners' performance, but they are hoping to find out.
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