Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a Buddhist monk. He meditates every day. He has done so since his early teens.
Scientists wondered if it had an impact on his brain. So they took MRI scans.
What they found astounded them.
Rinpoche did not have the brain of someone his age. His brain looked almost 10 years younger.
The study was published in the journal Neurocase.… Read More
Advice about face masks is all over the map…
You may have heard that they do nothing to protect you. They only stop you from spreading coronavirus if you’re infected.
You may have also heard that you shouldn’t wear face masks because there is a shortage of them and medical professionals need them more than you do.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted this in February: “Seriously people—STOP BUYING MASKS!… Read More
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The coronavirus pandemic has us all thinking more about our lungs.
What many of us don’t know is that it’s easy to damage your respiratory system without knowing it. Potential lung dangers lurk where you’d least expect it.
Here are six ways you may be unknowingly hurting your lungs.
When the coronavirus outbreak began, we were told that a fever and cough were the two main signs that you were infected.
But as the pandemic continued, doctors began reporting other symptoms that seemed surprising. Some patients had toe lesions. Others lost their sense of smell. Seniors often had mental issues.
Now, as the U.S. tops 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, doctors are discovering even more symptoms that had not been previously associated with the illness. … Read More
A major new study on brain aging has good news and bad news…
The bad news is that your brain starts to decline much earlier than previously believed, in your late 40s.
The good news is that you can prevent and even reverse this decline by eating fewer carbohydrates.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.… Read More