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• Feel like your mind and body are separate? Here’s how life changes when we become whole

  20-10-2025 12:00
  When I was younger, I valued my body only for what it could do for me. A quick jog was enough to make me see where I’d been going wrongI have just got back from a run. I am shocked to write those words. I think it might have been a decade since my last. But I recently discovered that I have slightly high cholesterol, and I’ve been advised to do sweaty exercise regularly.This is the first time in my life that my motivation to exercise has been my physical health. In my youth, I ran be
  
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• Specific Genes Linked to How People Use Cannabis

  20-10-2025 08:21 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA major study using genetic data from over 130,000 participants has identified genes associated with cannabis use behaviors. The study, published October 13 in Molecular Psychiatry, linked the CADM2 and GRM3 genes to cannabis use and connected these patterns to more than 100 traits across mental and physical health. Researchers say understanding these genetic influences could help prevent cannabis use disorder and guide future therapies.
  
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