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Shingles vaccine lowers risk of heart disease for 8 years, study finds

Getting a shingles vaccine may help with more than the viral infection that causes painful rashes — new research shows it can also lower the risk of heart disease.  In a study, published Monday in the European Heart Journal, researchers found people given the shot had a 23% lower risk …

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Michigan State University law school project finds slavery citations still being used today

An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a white man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line is still being cited in American jurisprudence, 160 years after enslaved people throughout the U.S. were freed. Prigg v. Pennsylvania has …

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Do you have a favorite child? Here’s what factors research says contribute to perception

A new study from Brigham Young University found that parental favoritism is real and that factors like gender, birth order and a child’s temperament can serve as influences. The study, which was done in Europe and North America, looked at data from 20,000 people and showed parents tend to favor …

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