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After a break from strength training, muscle memory may help you bounce back

NPR Health

If the season or an injury has derailed your gym routine, don't sweat it. New research shows your muscles can regain lost strength faster than you might think.

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Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025

The Motivated MD

The decision to rent or buy a home is the root of much anxiety in many individuals’ lives. I found this to be true in my life, and I think that for those in healthcare professions with prolonged training, it can be even more difficult. I rented until I was 32 years old and finally decided to purchase a home during the COVID-19 pandemic , and even then, it was a very difficult decision to make.

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Beer before liquor? Busting 6 popular myths about hangovers

NPR Health

People have a lot of opinions about how to cure a hangover. Are any of them true? Medical experts dispel common misconceptions about the effects of drinking too much alcohol.

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2024 STFM Conference Feedback Insights: A Message From Your 2025 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement Steering Committee

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

We wish to thank everyone who provided feedback on our 2024 STFM Conference on Practice & Quality Improvement. We carefully review all feedback to make adjustments and changes for future conferences. In the spirit of transparency, we would like to share some additional information with you about conference planning and respond to some of the reoccurring comments from you.

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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: DEA’s Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Begins Monday

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — Last May the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to transfer marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to schedule III. Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana, 89 Fed. Reg. 44,597 (May 21, 2024).

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If you take a break from the gym during the holidays, muscle memory will help you

NPR Health

If you plan to take a few weeks off from the gym this holiday season, fear not. Your muscles will remember! A new study from researchers in Finland shows that people can take more than two months off from the gym and quickly regain their strength when they get back to it. Scientists cite a phenomenon known as muscle memory. 3:45 piece and web story.

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Exposure to wildfire smoke increases the risk of developing dementia, study says

NPR Health

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Joan Casey, who co-wrote a new study that links exposure to wildfire smoke to an increased risk of dementia.

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