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Researchers have reported a link between regular consumption of kombucha, the fermented tea beverage, and reduced blood pressure levels. According to the investigative report, the finding emerged from a recent clinical investigation that adds to a growing body of research on fermented foods and cardiovascular health [1]. The study’s authors…

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Exercise Shows Protective Effect Against Common Eye Diseases, Eye Specialists Report Physical activity may protect against glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts, according to eye specialists who have observed a consistent pattern in clinical practice. Dr. Mike Cymbor, an optometrist who specializes in glaucoma, told the Epoch Times…

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Aerobic Exercise Linked to Improved Executive Function After Menopause, Study Finds A six-month randomized trial has found that postmenopausal women who performed regular aerobic exercise showed significantly greater improvement in executive function compared to those who did stretching and toning, according to researchers. Executive function refers to a person’s ability…

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Russia’s Zakharova Dismisses German Drone Allegation as Baseless Pretext for Consulate Closure Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Sept. 2 that Germany fabricated a drone story to groundlessly blame Russia, according to Sputnik. Speaking on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, she asserted that the…

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By Hannah Lape, Op-ed contributor Sunday, September 06, 2026. | SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty ImagesBy the end of the 1980s, American poet and novelist Wendell Berry faced peer pressure to give up writing by hand and get a computer, so much so that he published an essay titled “Why I Am…

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“Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to the waters off Yorkshire, England, after more than six decades. Bluefin tuna largely disappeared from the North Sea in the 1960s after severe overfishing and the collapse of herring stocks. Researchers attribute the recovery to international fishing restrictions, a greater abundance of prey, and…

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As inflation concerns dominate the midterm landscape, the candidates in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race are offering competing solutions to bring costs down.Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a toss-up. Republicans hold a slim 53-45 majority in…

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Fang Fang, the Chinese intelligence honey pot developed extensive ties with local and national politicians in what was and still is a political intelligence operation run by China’s main spy agency.The operation offers a rare window into how Beijing has gained access to and influence U.S. political circles.Clockwise from top…

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“The cost of launching cargo into space is falling rapidly. Recent research from Cambridge University found that, since 1960, the cost of sending a kilogram into orbit fell by an average of 21 percent for every cumulative doubling of the amount of cargo launched to space. By that measure, launch…

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Amazing.  Or maybe not. Over here at NewsBusters, my NB colleague Gabriela Pariseau headlines:  UPDATE: ChatGPT Says Trump Is Greatest Threat to Democracy Since Hitler Gabriela reports as follows. (Bold print for emphasis supplied.) AI models count President Donald Trump as among the greatest threats to democracy, putting him just a small…

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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ “broad” reading of the National Voter Registration Act would “obliterate” the states’ constitutionally guaranteed authority over setting voter qualifications, the secretaries of state for three red states argue in an amicus brief filed Friday in arguably the next big election integrity case before the…

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