Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine—these substances are familiar to many as a source of both pain relief and the cause of a painful epidemic of addiction and death. Scientists have attempted for years to balance the potent pain-relieving properties of opioids with…
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Dangerous Ink: Tattoos Might Lead to Body’s Overheating
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 — Using your body as a canvas for tattoos might come at a price for your health. New research suggests that all that ink impedes natural sweating — and that might cause the body to overheat….
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Why your body’s average temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees anymore
For your entire life, you probably thought your body temperature was supposed to be exactly 98.6 degrees. In fact, conventional wisdom has held this to be true for nearly 170 years, ever since a German doctor named Carl Reinhold August…
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