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Coronavirus Myths: The WHO Critiques A Few Of Both The Sensible And Wacky Ideas About COVID-19

Filed Under: Disease

Coronavirus Myths: The WHO Critiques A Few Of Both The Sensible And Wacky Ideas About COVID-19
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Coronavirus Myths Busted By The WHO. No, 5G & Wifi Do Not Cause COVID19:
The internet can be a great place, and it can also be a little iffy.

-Especially for health information.

At HT, we’ve tried very hard to stick with the stuff supported by studies and stay away from the hopeful, but perhaps over-optimistic “bro-science” as much as possible.

-Even though it’s fair to say that Science still hasn’t solved every problem.

So in the spirit of Myth-Busting, the WHO has come out with a set of infographics to help remind us about some of the myths concerning Coronavirus…

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Tech Nerd Predicts Coronavirus: Bill Gates’ Eerily Prescient Talk On How We Are Unprepared For Pandemics

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Tech Nerd Predicts Coronavirus: Bill Gates’ Eerily Prescient Talk On How We Are Unprepared For Pandemics


Bill Gates On Pandemics: He Pretty-Much Predicted Coronavirus
With the world in lockdown from the coronavirus,

It might be the right time for people to take a look back at not just a few distractions,

But a few very important talks.

Last time, we told you about the importance of Dr. Michael Osterholm’s thoughts on the Joe Rogan Experience.

But this talk might be even more important in-retrospect.

Because 2 years before Dr. O’s book on pandemics, a little-known public speaker named Bill Gates gave a great TED talk on how we might not be ready for one…

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Joe Rogan Interviews Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm For The Details On Coronavirus

Filed Under: Disease, Video

Joe Rogan Interviews Infectious Disease Expert Michael Osterholm For The Details On Coronavirus


Joe Rogan & Dr. Michael Osterholm The Honest Details About COVID19:
We don’t normally do public health concerns here, but for every rule there is an exception.

So instead of focusing purely on new research for incremental improvements,

We’d recommend instead this video with Joe Rogan and Dr. Michael Osterholm.

In it, they discuss the under-appreciated seriousness of Covid 19.

Some of those concerns include how long it’s is likely to last, what the landscape might look like, and how we might avoid diseases of this type in the future…

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Olive Oil & Living Longer: Deep-Dive Of Mediterranean Diet Finds A Secret Code For Longevity

Filed Under: Aging, Highlights

Olive Oil & Living Longer: Deep-Dive Of Mediterranean Diet Finds A Secret Code For Longevity
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Olive Oil & Living Longer An Unexpected Find, With A Twist:
A doctor friend once said, “When you finish medical school, they tell you that half of what you just learned is wrong. The problem is, we don’t know which half.”

So a lot of what we think we know is really just general observations and anecdotes.

Like the success of The Mediterranean Diet.

We know it’s one of the best plans out there, but for the “Why?”, we only have educated-guesses.

Until now. Because a UMinn team looked into some of the more interesting benefits and found they come from really odd places…

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Depression & Anti-Inflammatories: Can NSAIDs Like Advil Succeed Where Anti-Depressants Fall Short?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Depression & Anti-Inflammatories: Can NSAIDs Like Advil Succeed Where Anti-Depressants Fall Short?
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Depression Vs. Anti-Inflammatory Meds. Surprisingly Encouraging!
Frequently, SCIENCE will get the idea that it knows everything.

And for a long time, it decided that it understood psychology’s problems and how to medicate them all perfectly. But that’s not always true.

For example up until recently, Science had no idea exactly how Prozac worked, just that it did.

(it was actually encouraging neurogenesis among other things)

And a Chinese team just confirmed that Depression might not only be a chemical-imbalance, but something Big Pharma wasn’t even thinking about in 1972…

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HealthTrekker Makes It To FeedSpot’s Top 200 Health Blogs!

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HealthTrekker Makes It To FeedSpot’s Top 200 Health Blogs!
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HT Hits The Top 200 At FeedSpot. Not WebMD Yet, But Still Great!:
I just wanted to say a heartfelt Thanks to Anuj Agarwal and everyone over at FeedSpot!

HT was recently chosen to be among their list of Top 200 Health Blogs, here.

While we’re not yet in WebMD territory, it’s always nice to be noticed and recognized for good work based on actual research studies!

For those of you who haven’t heard of FeedSpot, they are sort-of an all-in-one solution for the space left by the departure of sites like Google Reader and BlogLines…

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Walnuts And Heart Health: Unexpected Benefits That Begin With The Magic Of Your Gut-Instinct

Filed Under: Nutrition

Walnuts And Heart Health: Unexpected Benefits That Begin With The Magic Of Your Gut-Instinct
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Walnuts & Your Heart. A Strange Benefit That Starts Elsewhere:
When people talk about Nutrition, a lot of times it just seems to deal with the basics.

But here at HT, we are all about trying to go for the extra few percent that might make a big difference over time.

And along with the researchers who study it, that means hunting for small benefits in overlooked places.

This is nowhere better-exemplified than the search for SuperFoods.

And though similar evidence has come before, a PSU team discovered even stranger proof that adding nuts to your diet might just be a small miracle…

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Beauty Sleep: Scientific Findings On Body-Structure Changes Might Support Olde-Timey Advice

Filed Under: Aging

Beauty Sleep: Scientific Findings On Body-Structure Changes Might Support Olde-Timey Advice
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Beauty Sleep. Classic Health-Indicator Gets Some Science Respect:
To err on the lighter side of things this time, we have another installment of HealthTrekker’s “Old Myths That Turn Out To Be True”-series.

A long time ago, there used to be a pseudo-science called Phrenology.

It said you could tell who someone was by the bumps on their skull.

And a new, actually-legit version of that idea for Faces is the tease that leads to the newest science-based discovery,

That Manchester researchers have found yet another indicator of health & good life choices and practices, in your face…

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