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...body very rapidly that might explain the clarity during fasting," says Dr. Catherine Gordon, an endocrinologist at Children's Hospital in Boston. "The brain is in a different state even during a short-term fast." Biologically, that's not good, but the light-headed sense of peace, albeit brief, that comes with it reinforces the fast and rewards you for engaging in it all the same. (See pictures of the end of Ramadan...
...make it brief: this is a total tossup. I just flipped a coin—25 times. Winner: Yale...
...Read "A Brief History of Ponzi Schemes...
...wrinkles - accounts for the rejuvenated appearance of the over-40 twins. This theory was supported even more dramatically among twins older than 55. For them, having as much as an eight-point-higher BMI than their twin was associated with a younger appearance in the face. (Read "A Brief History of Multiple Births...
...with food and sleep, only it lives less in the body than in the soul. Even the pro-life movement hasn't tried to outlaw fertility treatment: anyone who has ever watched someone they care about run the fertility gauntlet thinks twice before getting in the way. (Read "A Brief History of Multiple Births...