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Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Sleep Deprivation Dangers: Chronic Lack Of Sleep Can Hurt A Lot More Than Just Your Alertness
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Sleep Deprivation & Cognitive-Function. Alertness Is Only The Beginning:
One of the typical habits many people have is operating based on assumptions.

It’s not always a bad idea, because we each come from a context we’re born into, that teaches us a worldview.

And life is already too complex, so we often need a type of shorthand.

Especially for stored-knowledge that gets handed down over time.

But those ideas can often be wrong at the start, or become obsolete with time.

And some researchers from Michigan State are finding out anyone interested in both Health & Productivity is making a huge mistake in their assumptions about sleep…

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Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Deep Sleep Detox: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning Rinse Cycle May Prevent Alzheimer’s; If You Sleep Well
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Deep Sleep Vs. Dementia, Your Brain’s Detox Cycle May Help:
There are a lot of mysteries still out there in the world for Science to solve.

Whether it’s why nature, people, or even diseases exist in the odd ways they do.

During that investigation some ancient ideas are refuted, or even confirmed in some cases.

But for one part of us, Technology is only in its early stages of being able to confirm those ancient conceptual insights.

And a recent investigation by a BU led team may have just found out a function of sleep that is very important for one of our worst health nemeses…

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Symptom Checkers & Misdiagnosis: Cyberchondriacs Can Get Things Wrong More Than 50% Of The Time

Filed Under: Stupid Health Tricks

Symptom Checkers & Misdiagnosis: Cyberchondriacs Can Get Things Wrong More Than 50% Of The Time
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Symptom Checkers & Misdiagnosis. Even The Good Ones Miss:
This post is going to sound a bit contradictory on HT, but it’s still important.

While there are plenty of reasons to do research and educate ourselves,

There are at least a few reasons to be cautious on the internet when looking for health information.

Not the least of which are any of the $25,000/visit crazy wasp-based hacks over on GOOP.

More worrisome still than that: a few recent surveys & studies have found that self-diagnosing using the internet may not be such a great thing…

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Running & Longevity: A Little High-Quality Cardio May Lower Your Risk Of Premature Bucket-Kickage

Filed Under: Exercise

Running & Longevity: A Little High-Quality Cardio May Lower Your Risk Of Premature Bucket-Kickage
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Running & Longevity. Kick-Up The Cardio, Not The Bucket!:
When most people think about their health, it’s almost always about weight-loss.

And as we’ve shown many times before, Nutrition is king when it comes to that.

The question then becomes, “Why Exercise?” “Isn’t that just for vain gym-rats?”

As PE programs seem to dwindle away from schools and we get fatter as a nation, those might seem like increasingly-valid questions.

But as Science progresses, it finds new proof for old ideas; Ex: Food-as-Medicine.

And an Australian team just found out some concrete info on why you might want to consider getting back into exercise…

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Trans-Fats + Dementia: Tiny Amounts Of ‘Dietary-Plutonium’ May Increase Risk Of Brain Disease

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Trans-Fats + Dementia: Tiny Amounts Of ‘Dietary-Plutonium’ May Increase Risk Of Brain Disease
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Trans-Fats. A Little Bit Goes A Long Way Toward Dementia & Alzheimer’s:
We owe an awful lot to technology.

Everything we use to occupy our free-time, improve job-performance, and just become better-educated people can be tied to it in one way or another.

In the future, people who need help with their Health will get help from it too.

Whether it’s precision-surgery, high-resolution imagery, or even AI + Big Data finding & inventing things no human could,

But Technology isn’t always a good thing. And a team from Japan are finding that sometimes its unintended consequences can destroy your health…

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Personality Type & Lifespan: Your Score On The Big 5 Is Even More Important Than Your Credit Score

Filed Under: Aging

Personality Type & Lifespan: Your Score On The Big 5 Is Even More Important Than Your Credit Score
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Personality Type vs. Longevity. One Of The Big 5 Will Keep You Alive:
Chasing down the more esoteric aspects of health can be a tricky proposition.

For most people it comes down to the new fad diet in the checkout aisle.

But it can be so much more than that.

It might not be just the food that you eat and the genes that you have,

But a part of you that regulates almost everything else that isn’t genetic.

And the mystery-element researchers from the University of Helsinki found: Personality…

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Overactive Brain & Lifespan: Surprising Research Shows 1 Factor Can Make Your Life Shorter

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Overactive Brain & Lifespan: Surprising Research Shows 1 Factor Can Make Your Life Shorter
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The Overactive Brain’s Effect On Lifespan. One Factor May Decide:
So living longer is a mystery we’ve been trying to decode forever.

That’s why “The Fountain Of Youth” is such an enduring symbol/catchphrase.

And one of the best things Science can do is to solve that problem; especially if we can also stay healthy at the same time.

Unfortunately, news and innovation in the longevity department is really slow to arrive and few developments offer some kind of magic fix.

But in some recent work by a Harvard team, researchers might have found the first few steps in a new direction; they might even have some ancient precedent…

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Fish Oil & Mental Health: Can Supplements Lift The Dark Clouds Of Depression & Disorder?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Fish Oil & Mental Health: Can Supplements Lift The Dark Clouds Of Depression & Disorder?
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Omega 3 Fish Oil Vs. Depression, Do Supplements Make A Difference?:
Sometimes when modern medicine and prescription meds don’t solve things, we go looking elsewhere.

Mankind’s long tradition of medication with herbs can also make us turn to supplements, too.

But recently the FDA has cracked-down on many companies claiming results, so there is a lot of doubt out there.

But an Australian team just came up with some promising supplement-based results for one of society’s big problems: Depression…

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