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lifehacker.com.au February 25, 2020
The Lazy Man's Guide To Losing Fat And Building Muscle

Like most guys of a certain vintage, I have mixed feelings about my body. Staying lean and not surrendering to the siren’s call of the dreaded 'Dadbod' is a key concern.
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theatlantic.com February 24, 2020
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus

Updated at 7:43 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2020. In May 1997, a 3-year-old boy developed what at first seemed like the common cold. When his symptoms—sore throat, fever, and cough—persisted for six days, he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong.
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bbc.com February 26, 2020
What is coronavirus and what are the symptoms?

The coronavirus had infected 78,598 people in China as of 27 February, with 2,746 of them dying. It seems to start with a fever, followed by a dry cough.
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parenting.nytimes.com February 26, 2020
Coronavirus Is Spreading. Should You Cancel Your Family Vacation?

Experts weigh in on the latest warning from the C.D.C., which says that clusters of infection are likely in American cities. This story was last updated on Feb. 27, 2020. The global spread of coronavirus is a rapidly evolving story.
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newsweek.com February 27, 2020
How to Prepare for the Coronavirus: What to Buy Now in Case a Pandemic Is Declared, According to a Virologist

As the deadly new coronavirus continues to spread around the world, a scientist has released a list of items to collect in case COVID-19 is declared a pandemic—but stressed that people should not panic buy or hoard.
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nytimes.com February 27, 2020
Most Coronavirus Cases Are Mild. That’s Good and Bad News.

More than 80 percent of confirmed coronavirus cases are not severe, according to a large Chinese study. But mild symptoms could also make the epidemic harder to contain.
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nytimes.com February 25, 2020
How to Prepare for the Coronavirus

Wash your hands. Keep a supply of medicines. Get a flu shot. Experts offer practical tips on how to get ready for an outbreak. Federal health officials have warned that the coronavirus is likely to appear in communities in the United States.
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nytimes.com February 27, 2020
They Were Infected With the Coronavirus. They Never Showed Signs.

Even asymptomatic people who are infected may be able to spread the virus. But people without symptoms are rarely tested. In Anyang, China, five members of a family came down with the coronavirus after hosting a guest from Wuhan in early January.
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vox.com February 27, 2020
11 questions about the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, answered

The coronavirus outbreak, centered in China, keeps evolving at a dizzying speed.
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highline.huffingtonpost.com September 19, 2018
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

For decades, the medical community has ignored mountains of evidence to wage a cruel and futile war on fat people, poisoning public perception and ruining millions of lives. It’s time for a new paradigm.
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outsideonline.com January 10, 2019
Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?

These are dark days for supplements. Although they are a $30-plus billion market in the United States alone, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, beta-carotene, glucosamine, chondroitin, and fish oil have now flopped in study after study.
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npr.org January 2, 2016
Keep Things Simple For A Healthy, Long Life

I'm often asked for medical advice by friends, family members, even new acquaintances: What about this diet? What should I do about this symptom? What about this medication? People are usually disappointed when I don't share their enthusiasm about the latest health fads.
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theguardian.com January 2, 2017
The Case Against Sugar review – an unsweetened attack on diet myths

For the last 15 years, US journalist Gary Taubes has been the self-nominated public enemy No 1 of the global “healthy eating” establishment.
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allure.com June 17, 2016
This Is What Actually Happens to Your Body When You Don't Get Enough Sleep

3. Your skin may not look as fresh (not to mention those bags under your eyes).
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nautil.us January 10, 2016
Why You Should Fix Your Inconsistent Sleep Schedule

Our own bodies’ clocks are far better for telling us when to wake up.
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theguardian.com February 9, 2019
The Best Thing You Can Do for Your Health: Sleep Well

‘A consistent seven to nine-hour sleep each night is the most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health.’
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latimes.com January 18, 2020
There’s more than one way to age. How are you doing it?

By Staff Writer Jan. 17, 2020 10:01 AM Most of us think we know what aging looks and feels like. It announces itself with wrinkled skin and gray, thinning hair. It blurs vision, makes joints creaky and, if not rigorously countered, causes things to sag.
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qz.com October 12, 2018
A diet guru explains why you should eat dinner at 2pm

There have been two main changes in dietary habits from the 1970s (before the obesity epidemic) until today. First, there was the change is what we were recommended to eat. Prior to 1970, there was no official government sanctioned dietary advice. You ate what your mother told you to eat.
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nautil.us July 10, 2014
Can You Die From a Broken Heart?

What happens to our bodies when the bonds of love are breached. Ruth and Harold “Doc” Knapke met in elementary school. They exchanged letters during the war, when Doc was stationed in Germany. After he returned their romance began in earnest.
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qz.com June 18, 2015
I once tried to cheat sleep, and for a year I succeeded

In the summer of 2009, I was finishing the first—and toughest—year of my doctorate. To help me get through it, while I brewed chemicals in test tubes during the day, I was also planning a crazy experiment to cheat sleep.
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straitstimes.com November 25, 2019
Diabetes: The rice you eat is worse than sugary drinks

The health authorities have identified one of their top concerns as they wage war on diabetes: white rice. It is even more potent than sweet soda drinks in causing the disease.
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melmagazine.com August 28, 2019
What’s the Point of a Primary Care Doctor?

“I still don’t really understand what’s going on with the health system, and I’ve been here nearly five years,” says Alistair, a sports journalist who lives and works in New York City.
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theatlantic.com June 27, 2019
The Power of One Push-Up

Updated at 6:54 p.m. ET on June 28, 2019. The numbers used to assess health are, for the most part, not helpful.
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nytimes.com March 27, 2018
The Highs and Lows of Testosterone

Getting a high testosterone reading offers bragging rights for some men of a certain age — and may explain in part the lure of testosterone supplements.
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theatlantic.com March 22, 2019
Your Pillows Might Be Killing Your Neck

My body’s preferred way to remind me that I’m aging is through pain. In recent years, my level of consequence-free drinking has plummeted from “omg liMitLe$s!!” to one and a half standard glasses of Chardonnay.
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qz.com June 10, 2018
Why eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist

For something that we spend a third of our lives doing (if we’re lucky), sleep is something that we know relatively little about.
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newscientist.com January 23, 2019
We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it

AFTER decades of disappointment, we may have a new lead on fighting Alzheimer’s disease.
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theguardian.com November 4, 2018
A cure for cancer: how to kill a killer

Last month, the Nobel prize in medicine was awarded for two breakthrough scientific discoveries heralded as having “revolutionised cancer treatment”, and “fundamentally changed the way we view how cancer can be managed”.
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fastcompany.com November 29, 2018
Neuroscience says listening to this song reduces anxiety by up to 65%

Everyone knows they need to manage their stress. When things get difficult at work, school, or in your personal life, you can use as many tips, tricks, and techniques as you can get to calm your nerves.
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blogs.scientificamerican.com February 12, 2020
The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality

Today I’m giving a talk at my school, Stevens Institute of Technology, titled “The Cancer Industry: Hype Versus Reality.” The talk focuses on the enormous gap between the grim reality of cancer medicine in the U.S. and the upbeat claims made by the cancer industry and its media enablers.
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bbc.com January 20, 2020
Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'

The Cardiff University team discovered a method of killing prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, have not been tested in patients, but the researchers say they have "enormous potential".
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theguardian.com October 6, 2017
Why Can’t We Cure the Common Cold?

After thousands of years of failure, some scientists believe a breakthrough might finally be in sight.
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huffpost.com January 28, 2018
The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think

Across the Western world today, if you are depressed or anxious and you go to your doctor because you just can’t take it any more, you will likely be told a story. It happened to me when I was a teenager in the 1990s. You feel this way, my doctor said, because your brain isn’t working right.
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theatlantic.com December 29, 2019
Your Bedroom Is Too Hot

It’s a classic situation among couples: One person says the bedroom is too cold. The other says it’s too hot. There is a bitter battle for control of the thermostat. Both people say things they regret.
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vice.com February 11, 2020
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia

It was something Tom Pollak had heard whispers about—an odd factoid, referred to now and again, usually with bewilderment: No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Over the past 60-some years, scientists around the world have been writing about this mystery.
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theatlantic.com April 17, 2019
The Truth About Dentistry

It’s much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think. In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether.
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npr.org December 30, 2016
The Wrong Eating Habits Can Hurt Your Brain, Not Just Your Waistline

Being overweight can raise your blood pressure, cholesterol and risk for developing diabetes. It could be bad for your brain, too. He didn't start out studying what people ate. Instead, he was interested in learning more about the hippocampus, a part of the brain that's heavily involved in memory.
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theguardian.com April 29, 2018
This revolution in our understanding of depression will be life-transforming

Depression runs in families, we know. But it is only very recently, and after considerable controversy and frustration, that we are beginning to know how and why.
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nautil.us January 28, 2016
The Man Who Would Tame Cancer

Patrick Soon-Shiong is opening a new front in the war on the deadly disease. For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the families that we can still save, let’s make America the country that cures cancer once and for all.
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theguardian.com November 13, 2019
The female problem: how male bias in medical trials ruined women's health

From the earliest days of medicine, women have been considered inferior versions of men. In On the Generation of Animals, the Greek philosopher Aristotle characterised a female as a mutilated male, and this belief has persisted in western medical culture.
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health.howstuffworks.com September 4, 2018
Why Socks Help You Sleep Better

If you're one of those people who has trouble falling asleep, listen up. You might fall asleep 15 minutes earlier and wake up far less during the night if you put on a pair of socks at bedtime. To understand why, you first need to grasp the relationship between core body temperature and sleep.
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vox.com July 15, 2019
Nearly all Americans fail to eat enough of this actual superfood

When we fret about the deterioration of the American diet, we tend to focus on the excessive amounts of sugar, salt, and calories we’re now eating. What we don’t talk about: an important ingredient that’s gone missing as we’ve been filling our plates with more chicken and cheese.
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vice.com October 17, 2018
This Is What Would Happen to Your Body if You Only Ate Fruits and Vegetables

For years, five servings of fruits and vegetables seemed to be the benchmark of a healthy diet. No one was eating enough of them. Then, last year, a study by Imperial College London found that doubling the amount to ten was way healthier and could prevent up to 7.
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theguardian.com November 30, 2018
Is a cure for Aids within reach?

More than 50 years after it jumped the species barrier and became one of the most devastating viruses to affect mankind, HIV remains a stubborn adversary.
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newyorker.com January 16, 2017
The Heroism of Incremental Care

By 2010, Bill Haynes had spent almost four decades under attack from the inside of his skull. He was fifty-seven years old, and he suffered from severe migraines that felt as if a drill were working behind his eyes, across his forehead, and down the back of his head and neck.
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nytimes.com October 25, 2014
The Dangers of Eating Late at Night

ACID REFLUX is an epidemic affecting as many as 40 percent of Americans. In addition to heartburn and indigestion, reflux symptoms may include postnasal drip, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, chronic throat clearing, coughing and asthma.
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theconversation.com August 24, 2017
The Concept of Schizophrenia Is Coming to an End–Here’s Why

Schizophrenia is not the discrete ailment many think it to be, it’s only one end of a large spectrum.
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consumerreports.org February 28, 2019
How to Take Care of Your Eyes as You Age

It’s natural to worry about losing your vision. After all, three of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S.—cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration—all become more common as we age.
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bbc.com August 14, 2019
Why stress is dangerous - and how to avoid its effects

Are we really more stressed than ever before? In an essay based on her recent book Stress-Proof, Mithu Storoni explains how modern life may have amplified our anxiety, and the best ways to reduce its impact on our bodies and mindsIn November 2017, two eye surgeons from a hospital in Beirut reported
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theguardian.com January 27, 2019
‘Hangxiety’: why alcohol gives you a hangover and anxiety

If you are looking forward to your first stiff drink after a dry January, be warned: it may feel bittersweet.
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hbr.org November 10, 2014
How to Spend the Last 10 Minutes of Your Day

How much sleep did you get last night? If the answer is “not enough” you’re hardly alone. According to Gallup’s estimates, almost half the people you’ll run into today are suffering from some level of sleep deprivation.
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aeon.co June 6, 2019
The case against sugar

‘Virtually zero.
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nytimes.com March 28, 2019
At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why.

VideoJo Cameron, 71, has a rare genetic mutation that keeps her from feeling pain or anxiety, according to a new scientific report. Researchers hope the finding can help develop more effective treatments for pain.CreditCredit...
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theguardian.com October 8, 2018
Sleep: how much do we really need?

The optimum amount of sleep is supposed to be eight hours a night. Why is shuteye so important – and what happens if we don’t get enough? “The only known function of sleep is to cure sleepiness,” the Harvard sleep scientist Dr J Allan Hobson once joked.
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nautil.us April 16, 2015
Yes, You Can Catch Insanity

One day in March 2010, Isak McCune started clearing his throat with a forceful, violent sound. The New Hampshire toddler was 3, with a Beatles mop of blonde hair and a cuddly, loving personality. His parents had no idea where the guttural tic came from. They figured it was springtime allergies.
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theguardian.com October 12, 2016
Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart

What greater indictment of a system could there be than an epidemic of mental illness? Yet plagues of anxiety, stress, depression, social phobia, eating disorders, self-harm and loneliness now strike people down all over the world.
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theatlantic.com July 23, 2019
I Found the Key to the Kingdom of Sleep

In order to fall asleep at night, I must run a gantlet of bedtime rituals. I must be marinating in overnight-skin-care products from head to toe. One (but only one) of my legs must be hooked around the side of my covers, poised to alert me to the presence of monsters.
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nytimes.com November 7, 2018
What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?

The Chain of Office of the Dutch city of Leiden is a broad and colorful ceremonial necklace that, draped around the shoulders of Mayor Henri Lenferink, lends a magisterial air to official proceedings in this ancient university town.
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propublica.org May 12, 2017
The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth — ProPublica

As a neonatal intensive care nurse, Lauren Bloomstein had been taking care of other people’s babies for years. Finally, at 33, she was expecting one of her own.
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bbc.com January 11, 2019
The Lifesaving Food 90% Aren’t Eating Enough Of

You may have heard it before, but has it really sunk in?
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npr.org October 8, 2018
A Brain Scientist Who Studies Alzheimer's Explains How She Stays Mentally Fit

As a specialist in Alzheimer's prevention, Jessica Langbaum knows that exercising her mental muscles can help keep her brain sharp. But Langbaum, who holds a doctorate in psychiatric epidemiology, has no formal mental fitness program. She doesn't do crossword puzzles or play computer brain games.
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chicagotribune.com October 3, 2017
Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says

Getting through the workday on little sleep is a point of pride for some.
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npr.org June 10, 2019
Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain?

Jeannine, who is 37 and lives in Burbank, Calif., has endured widespread pain since she was 8. She has been examined by dozens of doctors, but none of their X-rays, MRIs or other tests have turned up any evidence of physical injury or damage.
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bbc.com November 9, 2018
'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates

There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a "baby bust" - meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
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aeon.co March 20, 2014
A Mad World

A diagnosis of mental illness is more common than ever – did psychiatrists create the problem, or just recognise it?
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inc.com November 22, 2019
If You Don't Get Enough Sleep, You Are Literally Poisoning Your Brain, New Research Shows

The more we learn about sleep, the more important we know it is to brain function. We even know that not enough uninterrupted sleep can increase your risk for Alzheimer's.
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theguardian.com January 5, 2017
Is sugar the world’s most popular drug?

It eases pain, seems to be addictive and shows every sign of causing long-term health problems. Is it time to quit sugar for good? Imagine a drug that can intoxicate us, can infuse us with energy and can be taken by mouth.
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propublica.org July 17, 2018
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates — ProPublica

This story was co-published with NPR. To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren’t very compelling. A handful of companies pitching “lifestyle” data and salespeople touting jargony phrases like “social determinants of health.
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nytimes.com March 4, 2019
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded. For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with H.I.V.
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npr.org October 9, 2019
Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression, Boost Mood

There's fresh evidence that eating a healthy diet, one that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables and limits highly processed foods, can help reduce symptoms of depression.
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nymag.com May 2, 2014
The Day I Started Lying to Ruth

The author and his wife on vacation one month before her passing. The photo was taken by their son.Photo: Courtesy of Peter Bach The streetlights in Buenos Aires are considerably dimmer than they are in New York, one of the many things I learned during my family’s six-month stay in Argentina.
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vox.com July 27, 2018
A comprehensive guide to the new science of treating lower back pain

Cathryn Jakobson Ramin’s back pain started when she was 16, on the day she flew off her horse and landed on her right hip. For the next four decades, Ramin says her back pain was like a small rodent nibbling at the base of her spine.
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gq.com October 25, 2019
4 Reasons Why You’re Always Hungry

The scene: 10:45 a.m. sitting at a poorly lit desk in pants you wish were a little bit bigger. After clicking “send” on your sixth email of the day, your stomach grumbles. Cue snack one: an apple. Then about an hour and 10 minutes after a big lunch, the pang hits you again.
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qz.com September 3, 2015
It’s probably a myth that we’re not getting enough sleep

We’ve been told that the modern, connected life is taking a toll on our sleep. Compared to previous generations, studies report, we’ve been sleeping less and less every year.
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nytimes.com January 12, 2018
In the Flu Battle, Hydration and Elevation May Be Your Best Weapons

According to the misery map of influenza activity in the United States, there’s a good chance that you or someone you know has experienced, or will experience, the agony of this year’s strain, H3N2.
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theatlantic.com November 13, 2018
Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?

Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession. These should be boom times for sex.
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theguardian.com September 14, 2018
Finally, a cure for insomnia?

We are living through an epidemic of sleeplessness, but the medical establishment has largely ignored the problem. Can a radical new therapy help you get some sleep? We live in a golden age of sleeplessness.
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thecut.com February 15, 2016
Why Your Brain Actually Works Better in Winter

It was terrifyingly cold in New York this weekend, and this cold snap occurred right as we’re entering the postholiday doldrums.
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bbc.com January 13, 2016
Can changing your mealtimes make you healthier?

Many people want to eat more healthily but find it difficult to change their diet. So what happened when Michael Mosley altered not what he ate, but when he ate? We've known for some time that altering the time at which you eat can affect your weight and metabolism. At least if you are a mouse.
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nytimes.com June 23, 2017
Take Naps at Work. Apologize to No One.

Sign up here to get the Smarter Living newsletter, a weekly roundup of the best advice from The Times on living a better, smarter, more fulfilling life. In the past two weeks I’ve taken three naps at work, a total of an hour or so of shut-eye while on the clock.
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theguardian.com April 30, 2019
Busting the myth that depression doesn't affect people in poor countries

For decades, many psychiatrists believed depression was a uniquely western phenomenon. But in the last few years, a new movement has turned this thinking on its head. By When Vikram Patel first began to study mental health, he believed depression only existed in rich nations.
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cnn.com March 27, 2019
Mediterranean diet: How to start (and stay on) one of the world's healthiest diets

A diet that's good for healthy weight loss? Check. One that reduces the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke and some cancers? Check. A diet that strengthens bones, improves brain health and wards off dementia and depression? Check.
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bbc.com September 13, 2019
Why the World Is Becoming More Allergic to Food

Around the world, children are far more likely than ever before to develop food allergies.
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theguardian.com September 24, 2017
‘Sleep Should Be Prescribed’: What Those Late Nights Out Could Be Costing You

A leading neuroscientist on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack, and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it.
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newyorker.com March 4, 2013
Up All Night

Nathaniel Kleitman, known as the “father of modern sleep research,” was born in 1895 in Bessarabia—now Moldova—and spent much of his youth on the run. First, pogroms drove him to Palestine; then the First World War chased him to the United States.
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aeon.co June 20, 2013
The Obesity Era

As the American people got fatter, so did marmosets, vervet monkeys and mice. The problem may be bigger than any of us.
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qz.com June 10, 2015
Our poor sleeping habits are filling our brains with neurotoxins

We’ve known for some time that sleep is important for the restoration and strengthening specific functions in the brain linked to memory, regulating emotions, decision-making, and even creativity.
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vice.com May 18, 2019
This Is What Fish Oil Supplements Actually Do

For centuries, humans have used fish oils, orally or topically, to treat a wide array of ailments, from aches and pains to rickets and gout. The popularity of this supplement has shifted over the years, as have its primary uses.
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menshealth.com December 3, 2018
I'm a Brain Doctor, and This Is What I Do to Prevent Alzheimer's

Despite the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars over the past several decades on the part of pharmaceutical companies, we still don’t have any meaningful treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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fivethirtyeight.com July 12, 2017
Don’t Tell The Kids, But Bedtime Is A Social Construct

The questions that kids ask about science aren’t always easy to answer. Sometimes, their little brains can lead to big places that adults forget to explore.
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newrepublic.com February 26, 2019
Age of Anxiety

Authors have many images to describe distorted mental states, but that of a glass enclosure, which warps vision and sound, is among the most common.
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bakadesuyo.com April 15, 2018
This Is How To Sleep Better: 5 Secrets From Neuroscience

Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here. I’ll bet you’re not getting enough sleep. Honestly, I’m kind of cheating — it’s a pretty safe bet.
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aeon.co June 6, 2019
Fat but fit?

Since the World Health Organization declared a global obesity epidemic in 1997, weight has played a dominant role in the conversation about health and wellness.
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nytimes.com August 25, 2018
Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem

The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the wee hours is actually an advantage?
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psychologytoday.com January 14, 2016
Shouldn't You Just Go to Bed Already?

We've all faced the dilemma at some point: Should I keep studying (or working) and delay bedtime, or log out and hit the hay? In college, I regularly stayed up until midnight or 1 a.m. studying and writing lab reports, even though my alarm went off at 5 a.m. each morning for rowing practice.
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nytimes.com January 16, 2020
A (Former) Night Owl’s Guide to Becoming a Morning Person

I love staying up late, but I hate struggling through the mornings. Here’s how I adapted, and how you can, too. The world isn’t made for night owls.
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nytimes.com September 18, 2015
A Toxic Work World

FOR many Americans, life has become all competition all the time. Workers across the socioeconomic spectrum, from hotel housekeepers to surgeons, have stories about toiling 12- to 16-hour days (often without overtime pay) and experiencing anxiety attacks and exhaustion.
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forbes.com May 6, 2016
How And Why Did Women Evolve Periods?

What is the evolutionary benefit or purpose of having periods? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.
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nytimes.com March 10, 2017
Yes, Your Sleep Schedule Is Making You Sick

Jet lag makes everyone miserable. But it makes some people mentally ill. There’s a psychiatric hospital not far from Heathrow Airport that is known for treating bipolar and schizophrenic travelers, some of whom are occasionally found wandering aimlessly through the terminals.
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newyorker.com November 12, 2018
Why Doctors Hate Their Computers

On a sunny afternoon in May, 2015, I joined a dozen other surgeons at a downtown Boston office building to begin sixteen hours of mandatory computer training. We sat in three rows, each of us parked behind a desktop computer.
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newyorker.com May 20, 2019
The Troubled History of Psychiatry

Modern medicine can be seen as a quest to understand pathogenesis, the biological cause of an illness.
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macstories.net March 3, 2015
Life After Cancer: How the iPhone Helped Me Achieve a Healthier Lifestyle

I’ve been struggling to get back in shape after chemo. Since being diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma (Stage IV) in late 2011, my life changed.
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grubstreet.com March 19, 2018
The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right

It’s beyond strange that so many humans are clueless about how they should feed themselves. Every wild species on the planet knows how to do it; presumably ours did, too, before our oversized brains found new ways to complicate things.
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theatlantic.com March 19, 2019
Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris

In 1886, Clark Bell, the editor of the journal of the Medico-Legal Society of New York, relayed to a physician named Pliny Earle a query bound to be of interest to his journal’s readers: Exactly what mental illnesses can be said to exist? In his 50-year career as a psychiatrist, Earle had develope
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economist.com April 29, 2017
How to have a better death

IN 1662 a London haberdasher with an eye for numbers published the first quantitative account of death. John Graunt tallied causes such as “the King’s Evil”, a tubercular disease believed to be cured by the monarch’s touch. Others seem uncanny, even poetic.
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npr.org October 16, 2017
Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In An Underslept State'

The National Sleep Foundation recommends an average of eight hours of sleep per night for adults, but sleep scientist Matthew Walker says that too many people are falling short of the mark. Walker is the director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
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seattletimes.com December 6, 2018
Rare brain-eating amoebas killed Seattle woman who rinsed her sinuses with tap water. Doctor warns this could happen again

When a 69-year-old Seattle woman underwent brain surgery earlier this year at Swedish Medical Center, her doctors were stumped. Last January, the woman was admitted to the hospital’s emergency department after suffering a seizure.
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