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Doctors say “that’s normal” to reduce patient anxiety. A study of 9,371 people found patients interpret those words as “you don’t need treatment” and stop seeking help.

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Doctors say “that’s normal” to reduce patient anxiety. A study of 9,371 people found patients interpret those words as “you don’t need treatment” and stop seeking help.

Aug 23 · 9 min read · Nature

A new study confirmed that frequent TV watching physically changes the brain, then found that sitting at work does something completely different to the same brain regions

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A new study confirmed that frequent TV watching physically changes the brain, then found that sitting at work does something completely different to the same brain regions

Jul 21 · 9 min read · Alzheimer's & Dementia

A Harvard study compared the Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and four others for brain protection and found one diet beat all of them by a significant margin

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A Harvard study compared the Mediterranean diet, plant-based diet, and four others for brain protection and found one diet beat all of them by a significant margin

Jun 23 · 6 min read · JAMA Neurology

Scientists found that your brain, heart, and lungs can each be aging at completely different speeds, and a single blood test can now tell you which one is aging fastest

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Scientists found that your brain, heart, and lungs can each be aging at completely different speeds, and a single blood test can now tell you which one is aging fastest

Jun 17 · 5 min read · Nature

A study of 2,410 adults found that regularly sleeping nine hours or more raises blood levels of the main protein used to detect early Alzheimer’s. The curve spikes sharply past ten hours

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A study of 2,410 adults found that regularly sleeping nine hours or more raises blood levels of the main protein used to detect early Alzheimer’s. The curve spikes sharply past ten hours

Aug 12 · 8 min read · Alzheimer's & Dementia

Scientists spent 30 years trying to find what carries Alzheimer’s from one brain cell to the next. A new study just identified it, and it turns out to be a protein the brain uses to carry memories

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Scientists spent 30 years trying to find what carries Alzheimer’s from one brain cell to the next. A new study just identified it, and it turns out to be a protein the brain uses to carry memories

Jul 2 · 8 min read · Cell

Scientists found that sleep and exercise can suppress a blood mutation carried by up to half of people over 80, but only if you have the right gene mutated

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Scientists found that sleep and exercise can suppress a blood mutation carried by up to half of people over 80, but only if you have the right gene mutated

Jun 21 · 6 min read · Nature

A clinical trial just found that schizophrenia and bipolar patients who switched to a ketogenic diet showed significant reductions in depression and psychosis after four months. The drug doses did not change.

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A clinical trial just found that schizophrenia and bipolar patients who switched to a ketogenic diet showed significant reductions in depression and psychosis after four months. The drug doses did not change.

Aug 8 · 8 min read · The journal of psychoses and related disorders

Researchers spent 17 years following older adults and found that the slowest steppers died significantly earlier, and the difference was measured in milliseconds

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Researchers spent 17 years following older adults and found that the slowest steppers died significantly earlier, and the difference was measured in milliseconds

Jun 29 · 7 min read · Gerontology

A new study found that the well-known link between impulsivity and violent behavior was 62% weaker in current Ozempic and Wegovy users compared to people who’d stopped taking them

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A new study found that the well-known link between impulsivity and violent behavior was 62% weaker in current Ozempic and Wegovy users compared to people who’d stopped taking them

Jun 19 · 4 min read · Criminology

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