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Do you have a bad memory that sometimes haunts your waking hours or dreams? Well, maybe you can "fuggedaboutit!"

Swedish researchers have found that there’s a way to wipe away – and maybe even replace – bad memories.  In fact, it’s even possible to head off the formation of those memories at the pass, according to a team at Uppsala University.

An end-of-summer study indicates that college students who binge drink are actually happier people than those who don't.

As reported in The Washington Post, the research to support it was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in August. It was based on a 1600-student survey that defined binge drinking as consuming more than four drinks per occasion for women and five for men at least once over the course of two weeks. 

Stress has long been associated with negative physical effects. And now a recent study suggests that it may affect whether you live or die.

People who are battling chronic illness and diseases, such as cancer, are already in fight mode. The human body can’t manage the additional stressors well, according to researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Women who regularly take ibuprofen or acetaminophen are more likely to go experience hearing loss, researchers suggest in a new study of more than 62,000 women.  

As noted in Harvard Gazette. researchers found that taking the drugs just twice a week increases the risk of hearing loss by up to 13-percent.  They also noted that using ibuprofen six times a week could make women up to 24-percent more likely to develop some degree of a hearing problem, compared with those who did not use the medication. Those who used aspirin did not experience the same effects. 

Car crashes are no longer the leading cause of injury-related deaths in America.  It’s now suicide.

In a shocking new study published in the American Journal of Public Health, suicide rates are reported to have increased 15% from 2000 to 2009. Fatal car crashes decreased by 25% in that same time period, which may be the result of the implementation of many traffic safety interventions.

According to a new study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, if a woman is pregnant and just beginning to snore, she may be at a higher risk of getting high blood pressure and preeclampsia.

More than 1,700 pregnant women were recruited in their last trimester for the study, conducted by the University of Michigan. It was reported that 25% of them started snoring frequently during pregnancy, which doubles their risk of high blood pressure, says the lead author Louise O'Brien, an associate professor at the University of Michigan's Sleep Disorders Center.