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One Direction breaks streaming record with surprise song

One Direction has proved that it is still going strong without Zayn Malik, with the boy band’s new song breaking streaming records. Released without previous publicity on Friday, “Drag Me Down” marks One Direction’s first song since Malik left in March, which led to acrimonious exchanges on social media among members of a group that had until then preserved a squeaky-clean public image. A song about gathering strength from one’s

Austrian court snuffs out planned e-cigarette restriction

The government had proposed that sales of e-cigarettes be limited to the Alpine republic’s licensed tobacconists from October to protect young people and for public health reasons. The court ruled on Monday however, that the proposed amendment was unconstitutional, saying that the health arguments put forward were not solid enough to justify blocking the retailers’ right to trade freely and that e-cigarettes should not be treated the same as other

Pediatric brain injury may lead to attention problems

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Kids with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have more lapses in attention and longer reaction times than children who suffer trauma to other parts of the body, researchers report. Attention problems have been seen in adults after TBI. This study, however, is the first to show not just lapses of attention in children with TBI but also that these lapses are related to intelligence and

Sleep Is the Most Underrated Health Habit

The most basic shift we can make in redefining success in our lives has to do with our strained relationship with sleep.As Dr. Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic, put it, “Sleep is the most underrated health habit.” Most of us fail to make good use of such an invaluable part of our lives.