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Stroke recovery leads back to treating the gut

What does gut fermentation and stroke-induced brain inflammation have in common? Potentially a lot, according to new research looking into how the microbiome directly influences brain inflammation. It could make recovery faster, reduce cognitive impairment and protect the brain from secondary injuries following a stroke.

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Category: Stroke, Brain Health, Body & Mind

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Low back pain: The non-drug treatments that work (and those that don’t)

Researchers have reviewed non-drug and non-surgical treatments for low back pain to assess which ones are more likely to reduce pain and improve function. What the review made clear is that more research into effective low back pain treatments is needed.

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Category: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & Mind

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E-moto upstart Bonnell reveals 2 electric dirt bikes with tech on tap

Austin, Texas-based Bonnell is a new-ish electric two-wheeler brand with a foundation in all-terrain racing. With a distributed team across the US, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, it's been making electric mountain bikes for a bit, and now, it wants to muscle in on dirt bike territory with two models slated to arrive later this year.

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Category: Motorcycles, Transport

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2-oz camp shoes pack tiny and trek weightlessly to remote camps

If there's one thing you want to do immediately after completing the kind of long, exhausting hike that's mandatory when backpacking, it's rip off those shoes and let your fiery, achy feet breathe a little. But as much as you'd like to whip out your most comfortably broken-in set of slippers or sandals, it can be tough to justify the pack space and weight for such a luxury. Ultralight gear specialist Zpacks has a solution that sizes and weighs only slightly more than fresh air. Its flat-collapsing, rollable Ultralight Camp Shoes weigh less than 1 ounce per shoe and provide a comfortable, breathable refuge for tired, aching feet.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

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The deep blue sea might soon become a mining frontier

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as an ambitious company is moving steadily to secure permission to begin operations with the Trump administration's blessing – perhaps sooner than it should.

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Category: Marine, Transport

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750-lb truck camper is a honeycomb habitat adaptable to off-grid kings

One of the longstanding trailblazers in the American overland scene, Arizona-based AT Overland is back with one of its most promising truck camping solutions yet. The Goldilocks of its Aterra series, the all-new Aterra Slide-In turns any Toyota Tundra or Ford F-150 into an ultra-capable overland explorer with its own hard-sided standing-height shelter. Buy it as a shell and outfit it yourself or pick and choose from AT Overland's long list of options to create a versatile, adaptable floor plan.

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Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

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Wearable device draws on the starfish to better monitor heart health

If someone is afflicted with heart disease, it's important that their cardiac activity be monitored as frequently and accurately as possible. An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the starfish.

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Category: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & Mind

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3D-printed skin could replace animal testing for cosmetics

While we're making progress in phasing out animal testing in the cosmetics industry around the world, there's still a ways to go in terms of regulatory measures (some 35 US states still allow it), international cooperation, and scientific advancements in developing reliable alternatives. 3D-printed 'imitation skin' could be the ticket.

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Category: Science

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