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		<title>The effects of ibuprofen on muscle hypertrophy, strength, and soreness during resistance training. &#8211; PubMed &#8211; NCBI</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK&#8211;so this is something I have wondered for a while. Do NSAIDs like ibuprofen block muscle growth after a workout? These drugs dampen down pain by blocking the COX pathway, but that pathway is also part of the signal that &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=732">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling in control and taking the lead &#124; Psychology Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little changes in the way we think can enable big behavioral changes. Researchers tested this with women and initiating dating contacts. What’s so surprising about the results is that the manipulation of personal control was ever so slight. For a &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=729">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fat is not the root of all evil but a ‘whole diet’ approach is best &#124; Society &#124; The Guardian</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is why people hate diet studies. Researchers say, &#8220;hey, we really didn&#8217;t have good evidence for the low fat diet, but doing something was better than doing nothing, even if in some ways we made things worse than we &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=724">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stress is good&#8211;we love it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adrenalin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, a researcher profile I have wanted to write for a while. Stanford scientist Firdaus Dhabhar has shown that short term burst of stress are actually good for us. Which is why we are programmed to love stress and embrace &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=711">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Butter Is Back &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gotta love this. I&#8217;ve felt this way about butter for a long time: it&#8217;s not only not bad for you, it&#8217;s good for you. I have to look further into the papers to know if I believe it about saturated &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=687">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Vitamins May Be Bad for Your Workout &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 23:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like anti-inflamatories may not be the only thing that inhibits body building in response to exercise. Anti-oxidants may also do the same thing. It&#8217;s not clear to me that this is the result of action on the same &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=685">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Sleep Apnea Patients, a breathing &#8220;Pacemaker&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating: an alternative to the CPAP mask that is an effective (but bothersome) treatment for apnea. Apnea occurs because the body totally relaxes muscles during deep sleep, which lets the airway collapse under negative pressure of inspiration. So this neurostimulator &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=684">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Memories&#8217; pass between generations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another example of how little we know about the workings of the body and mind. In a way, much of this is not new&#8211;we have known that epigenetic changes can be passed on (like the metabolic changes prompted by &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=675">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ian Parker: The Search for a Blockbuster Insomnia Drug : The New Yorker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nice article on the efforts to get approval for a new type of sleep drug, based on the orexin receptor that was linked to narcolepsy at Stanford. Ian Parker: The Search for a Blockbuster Insomnia Drug : The New &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=674">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five Surprising Ways Oxytocin Shapes Your Social Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neuroscience and Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oxytocin is not exactly what it is supposed to be. It has the reputation of being the &#8220;love hormone&#8221; or the &#8220;cuddle drug.&#8221; But it&#8217;s more like the &#8220;clique&#8221; hormone&#8211;everyone inside the social group is wonderful, but woe to outsiders. &#8230; <a href="http://christovaughan.com/wordpress/?p=673">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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