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There’s strong clinical evidence that meditation can effectively treat anxiety, depression, insomnia, and even drug addiction.[1]
Now, a new study shows that it can help people restore memory loss caused by aging.
The research was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Scientists looked at subjects between 55 and 90 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). It’s often the first step toward Alzheimer’s.… Read More
For decades, antibiotics were viewed as a miracle of medicine. They seemed to cure virtually any type of bacterial illness without side effects.
They worked so well that doctors prescribed them at the first sign of infection…even if the likely cause was a virus, which antibiotics don’t affect.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control say American doctors write 47 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions a year. … Read More
You toss and turn at night knowing exactly what you’ll be facing when the sun comes up… A day of fatigue, grumpiness, and poor productivity. It’ll be a struggle to get through the day.
And then when it’s all over, you’ll try again, hoping that sleep will come the next night.
It might.
Or it might not.
This pattern is so frustrating.… Read More
Even if you’ve never lit a cigarette in your life, your lungs may be as badly damaged as someone who has smoked a pack a day for 29 years.
That’s the chilling finding of a new study that analyzed the long-term effects of breathing the polluted air of six major U.S. cities.
Researchers looked at more than 7,000 people from 2000 to 2018.… Read More
If you are a type 2 diabetic, chances are that your doctor has told you to go on a diet. You were likely told to eat less fat and fewer calories.
The idea is that this diet will help you lose weight. And losing weight can cure type 2 diabetes.
But there’s a problem.
The diet usually doesn’t work.
Only 5% of overweight and obese people are able to lose weight on a conventional low-fat, low-calorie diet. … Read More
Why do people start to lose their mental sharpness as they get older?
One theory is that brain cells start to die without being replaced.
Another is that protein tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease accumulate in the brain and clog neural pathways.
But a new scientific paper concludes there is another factor at work: Blood vessel health. Swedish scientists believe the condition of your brain is largely dependent on the blood vessels that serve it.… Read More