With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research

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In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA...

Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report

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Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a dry January. Over the past few decades, mounting scientific...

How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment

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From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night, and even while you are asleep, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency affects your life. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the chemicals under...

UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening

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UK borrowing costs have risen rapidly to their highest level since the banking crisis of 2007-08, with implications for the governments tax and spending plans. Yields on gilts, as UK government bonds are called, have been...

Why has this marine research institute made the ocean a member of its board? Expert Q&A

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The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the atmospheres excess heat trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases. It plays a vital role in mitigating the climate crisis and our health relies on that of the ocean. But often, it is...

The Six Triple Eight helped rewrite the rules on who could be a soldier – the real story behind the Netflix film

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Tyler Perrys new Netflix film, The Six Triple Eight, tells the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the US Womens Army Corps (WACs). These women, who were mostly African American, were sent to Britain...

Syria: how the fall of Assad has affected the asylum debate in Europe

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After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and his familys 50-year dynasty of fear, several European countries announced a suspension of asylum application procedures. Germany, France and Sweden are among the countries which have...