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The challenge may sound like a quick and easy way to get fit, but it may actually be the least effective way of adding kettlebells to your workouts. Tongpool Piasupun/ Shutterstock The “100 kettlebell swings a day” challenge is the latest viral fitness endeavour on social media. The challenge isContinue Reading
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The US Food and Drug Administration recently convened a panel of experts to examine a sensitive and increasingly urgent question: should antidepressants be prescribed to women suffering from depression during pregnancy? To the surprise of many in the American medical community, the panel included not only US-based experts but alsoContinue Reading
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