How moving improves your brain. Take a few more steps daily and you are on to your way to improving your cognitive functioning. A recent report from the University of Georgia (USA)... Read More
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Are Naps Good for Health? It Depends.
The restriction of sleep to six hours or less nightly led to a cognitive hit equivalent to two nights of total sleep deprivation. Moreover, the participants appeared largely unaware of their increasing cognitive deficits over a two week period.... Read More
Drop Your Prostate Cancer Risk
Drop your prostate cancer risk. I am a cancer doctor, and I want to share some ways that you can lower the chances we will ever meet. First, a quick look... Read More
Good Sleep Can Help Sore Joints
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society recommends that adults ages 18 to 60 sleep seven or more hours per night regularly of optimal sleep health.... Read More
Live Longer With Strength Training
Now comes a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that reminds us that a minimum of strength training can cut our risk of early death by one-fifth.... Read More
Are Drugs in Your Water?
Here are some of the pharmaceuticals found at potentially harmful levels: Propranolol (a beta-blocker for heart problems such as high blood pressure), ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic), sulfamethoxazole (another antibiotic), and the antihistamine loratadine (an antihistamine used as an allergy medicine).... Read More