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  A bad catalytic converter is the most likely culprit. Many issues can be responsible for the rattling sounds your car is making, but there are typical problems to look out for if your car rattles when idling. It’s bad enough that you have to drive with strange noises coming from your car, but what is just beyond annoying is rattling sounds grating your nerves and stealing your peace of mind every time you have to stop at a red light. The problem may be an easy fix that won’t put a dent in your pocket, or it could be a serious one requiring thousands of dollars to fix. So, Why Does My Car Rattle When Idling? I’ll bet you are familiar with an assortment of noises coming from your vehicle unless you’re a really newbie to Car and Driver. I’m just saying if you’ve been driving long enough, noises coming from your car are nothing new. The onus is on the driver to determine when the noise is normal and when it’s not, especially a rattling sound when the vehicle is stopped. If ...

    The word "annoying" is an underestimation of that feeling you get when you're driving to work, and then boom, "Check Engine" light pops up on your vehicle's dashboard. While you're still wondering if the car will make it to your place of work or burst into flames in the next 10 seconds, the Check Engine warning disappears just as suddenly as it appeared. You're still confused, wishing you knew what exactly is going on, but at least the darn light is gone, meaning your car won't be bursting into flames today. But just before you pull into the parking lot of your place of work, the light comes on again. Thank God you at least made it to work in time, but you're going to spend the rest of the day distracted and wondering whatever might be wrong with your car and how much it would cost to fix it. It’s bad enough that the light has to come on at all, and it doesn't make it easier for it to do so intermittently. If your car's comp...

  Cases of schizophrenia associated with marijuana misuse have seen a steady rise over the past two decades, according to a new study from Denmark published in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry . The Oxford Dictionary describes schizophrenia as a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. The study based on data from Denmark's national health registry and included all people in Denmark born before December 31, 2000, who were 16 years or older at some point from January 1, 1972, to December 31, 2016, shows a steady increase in cannabis-involved schizophrenia diagnosis in the country since 1995, spiking from 2% to 8%. Marijuana misuse and schizophrenia have one thing in common; psychosis. Psychosis is a disconnection with realit...