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Caffeine - Friend or Foe?

Caffeine - Friend or Foe?

Why the world's hidden addiction has lots of data but not too much, we can hang our hats on.

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Jul 12, 2023
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It was the worst headache of my life.

And I was only ten minutes into the last exam that would decide if I was going to be allowed to be a doctor in the United States.

When a doctor hears the words ‘worst headache of my life’ or ‘thunderclap headache’, the diagnosis is a major bleed in the brain until proven otherwise.

But I had an exam to do.

This heada…

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