More Gain, Less Pain

Researchers have added one more convincing reason to get us up and moving: a greater ability to handle pain. A recent study published in the journal PLOS One found that regular exercise effectively reduces or prevents chronic pain without medication. Researchers analyzed a sample of 10,732 participants from the Tromsø study, Norway’s largest population study. …

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New Muscles

Here’s an exciting discovery for the top of the year. A team of researchers has recently discovered a new part in the human body, a deep third layer of muscle in the masseter muscle, which is critical for chewing.  Most modern anatomy textbooks describe only two layers of the masseter, stating that the muscle has…

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