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It is very important adopting a brain-healthy lifestyle. Maybe you’re trying to implement the lifestyle changes you know you should, but are struggling. If you’re like most people, you’ve tried to change, but you find it really, really hard (as in “impossible”).…
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  If you’ve been getting sick for no apparent reason, you may be suffering from chronic stress. Most people are so used to being stressed that they don’t even do anything to address it, which should not be the case. Failing to maintain healthy stress levels can interfere with the different functions of the…
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  Encouraging children to spend more time playing outdoors may help them reduce the risk of developing various eye conditions such as nearsightedness or myopia, optometry experts told the Daily Mail online. Professors Karla Zadnik and Don Mutti of Ohio State University’s College of Optometry argued that easy…
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You can improve your recent memory through a short session of light exercise. An article in Psychology Today reported that people performed better in short-term memory tests after spending 10 minutes on an exercise bike at a steady but unhurried pace. The findings…
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Most “flu” is not the flu. For example, here is a quite suggestive quote from Peter Doshi’s report, Are US flu death figures more PR than science? (BMJ 2005; 331:1412): “According to CDC statistics, ‘influenza and pneumonia’ took 62,034 lives in 2001 —…
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  According to thousands of years of tradition, Buddhists meditate to understand themselves and their connections to all beings. By doing so, they hope to be released from suffering and ultimately gain enlightenment. In recent decades, researchers have been gaining insight into the benefits of practicing this…
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  Have you ever felt so stressed that you can’t sleep? Here’s good news. A study showed that natural chemicals commonly found in sugarcane and other natural products may help reduce stress and improve sleep, as reported by the Science Daily. Sleeping, just like eating, drinking, and breathing, is a basic…
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Have you ever stopped to think what people did long before refrigeration? Have you ever really stopped and thought what life would be like without it? Well, one way was with the help of root cellars. The great news is that they are still around today. If you are someone interested in…
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The brain doesn’t just forget memories by accident or through injury. Sometimes, it loses it on purpose, especially when the person doesn’t want to remember the particular information. A RUB news article identified the specific regions and activity of the brain that are…
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Ancient Wisdom and Modern Holistic Remedies for Improving Your Health It is no coincidence that both Traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, arguably the two oldest systems of medicine on the planet, consider digestion to be one of the key factors influencing our…
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