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☆ Sleep deprivation affects nearly half of American adults, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The analysis also found over 30% of adults reported an hour of sleep debt -— when you sleep less than your body needs — while nearly 1 in 10 adults had a sleep debt of two hours or more. “This is a well done study examining a very large and representative sample,” said Dr. Bhanu Prakash Kolla, a sleep medicine specialist in the Center for Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Social jet lagIn addition, nearly half of the adults in the study reported social jet lag – a bad fit between the sleep timing preferred by a person’s inner biological clock and the one dictated by society. Over 46% of the survey participants reported at least 1 hour of social jet lag, while 19.3% experienced at least 2 hours. Untreated social jet lag can have serious consequences, including insomnia, early waking or excessive sleepiness, daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating, constipation or diarrhea and increased cortisol levels.

☆ Permanent Daylight Saving Time will hurt our health, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

We’ll move them forward (again) next spring when governments put daylight saving back in place. Not according to the United States Senate, which in March passed the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 – if it becomes law, Daylight Saving Time will be permanent. Our bodies need the early morning light to set our internal body clock, experts say. When President Richard Nixon signed a permanent Daylight Saving Time into law in January 1974, it was a popular move. “The United States has tried permanent daylight saving time twice before and ended it early.

☆ Clocks turn back this weekend, but the future of daylight saving time is far from settled
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

ET on Sunday, clocks in the U.S. will turn back one hour as daylight saving time ends, marking the beginning of winter's dark evenings. Sleep experts don't support year-round daylight saving timeIdeally, the sun should reach its highest point at noon, according to sleep experts. Then at night, daylight saving can lead people to go to bed later, which can delay the body’s production of melatonin. These cumulative health risks likely influenced Mexico’s Senate vote last week to eliminate daylight saving time there. The original argument for delaying daylight doesn't hold upThe U.S. first adopted daylight saving time in 1918 to save oil and electricity during World War I.

☆ Stroke survivors speak out about John Fetterman's debate struggles
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Benjamin Ryan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

For stroke survivors interviewed by NBC News, the test Fetterman faced was not just political, but deeply personal. Sheth differentiated between the intellectual and cognitive capacities of stroke survivors and their ability to process language and communicate. Some stroke survivors said that just as people with learning disabilities are given extra time on standardized tests, the debate rules should have allotted Fetterman longer periods to speak. Accordingly, some stroke survivors said that at the end of the hourlong debate, Fetterman seemed worn out. Others said they hoped that the attention focused on Fetterman’s recovery might inspire greater empathy and understanding of what stroke survivors go through.

☆ Here's why you should focus on frequency and speed to get the most benefit out of your 10,000 steps a day
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Number of steps: Aim for 9,800 - 10,000 a dayFor every 2,000 steps, risk of heart disease, cancer and premature death decreases by 10%, peaking at 10,000 steps each day, the research shows. Additionally, a little under 10,000 steps a day (9,800) can drop risk of dementia by 50%. And "adults who took 8,000 or more steps a day had a reduced risk of death over the following decade than those who only walked 4,000 steps a day," according to the National Institute of Health. At 112 steps per minute, individuals were able to lower their reduction risk of the condition by 38%. The individuals included in the study did not have cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia when the research first began.

☆ This startup is developing a medical food that treats migraines. Check out the 17-slide deck KetoSwiss used to raise $4 million in seed funding.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Swiss startup KetoSwiss has raised $4 million in seed funding from The William K. Warren Foundation. The startup is developing a product that aims to eradicate the root cause of metabolic migraines. Check out the 17-slide deck the startup used to raise the fresh funds. A startup developing a medical food to treat a sub-set of migraines has just raised $4 million in seed funding. KetoSwiss has taken a novel approach to treat metabolic migraines, which Gross has theorized as being the result of metabolic abnormalities in the body.

☆ How the mind of an 80-year-old president is biologically different from a 45-year-old president's
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

It was 1988, and he'd approached President Ronald Reagan in the Cabinet room at the White House. People scoffed at the glowing hourlong media conference that President Donald Trump's White House doctor gave about his health. Reagan publicly announced he had Alzheimer's disease five years after he left the White House. Francis Shen, who teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School's Center for Bioethics, would like to see information about political leaders' cognitive health made public. Cognitive health should be no different, he said, because it also might affect the way presidents and members of Congress make important decisions.

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☆ Британская радиоведущая умерла после прививки AstraZeneca
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Радиоведущая, работавшая в BBC Newcastle, умерла вскоре после получения прививки AstraZeneca. В BBC подтвердили, что коронер в Ньюкасле начал расследовать смерть Лизы Шоу после того, как среди возможных причин были указаны "осложнения после вакцинации AstraZeneca". В начале апреля появились сообщения об образовании тромбов в венах у некоторых пациентов, привитых вакцинами британско-шведской компании AstraZeneca, а позднее - американской Johnson & Johnson. Вакцинация первым препаратом приостанавливалась в ряде стран мира, позднее регулятор ЕС внес появление тромбов в число редких побочных явлений. Ранее, 26 мая, сообщалось, что медики Великобритании зафиксировали три случая развития инсульта после введения вакцины AstraZeneca, спровоцированные формированием тромбов в крупных артериях мозга.

Persons: Johnson, Лиза Шоу, Лиза Organizations: BBC, AstraZeneca, Johnson, ., Neurology Neurosurgery, Psychiatry Locations: BBC Newcastle, Ньюкасл, ЕС, Великобритания

☆ Британская радиоведущая умерла после прививки компании AstraZeneca
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Радиоведущая, работавшая в BBC Newcastle, умерла вскоре после получения прививки компании AstraZeneca. В BBC подтвердили, что коронер в Ньюкасле начал расследовать смерть Лизы Шоу после того, как среди возможных причин были указаны "осложнения после вакцинации AstraZeneca". В начале апреля появились сообщения об образовании тромбов в венах у некоторых пациентов, привитых вакцинами британско-шведской компании AstraZeneca, а позднее - американской Johnson & Johnson. Вакцинация первым препаратом приостанавливалась в ряде стран мира, позднее регулятор ЕС внес появление тромбов в число редких побочных явлений. Ранее, 26 мая, сообщалось, что медики из Великобритании зафиксировали три случая развития инсульта после введения вакцины AstraZeneca, спровоцированные формированием тромбов в крупных артериях мозга.

☆ У физически активных людей мозг больше
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-03 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

У физически активных людей мозг больше Разное 2 января 2021 г., 23:30Новое исследование, результаты которого опубликованы в журнале «Neurology», показывает, что люди, которые не занимались спортом, имеют меньший объем мозга, чем те, кто были более активны в молодости, отмечает CSID. Сканирование показало, что у людей с пониженной способностью двигаться (в зависимости от продолжительности бега до момента, когда частота их сердцебиения достигала определенного порога) большая вероятность иметь в старости мозг меньшего объема по сравнению с людьми, у которых в среднем возрасте была хорошая физическая форма. Аналогичные изменения были замечены и у тех участников, у кого на беговой дорожке показатели давления и пульса росли быстрее, чем у более тренированных людей. Согласно CSID, предыдущие исследования показали, что физическая активность помогает мозгу бороться с снижением когнитивных функций мозга. «Мы пока не знаем точно, в какой период жизни физическая активность являются наиболее важной для здоровья мозга.

Persons: Николь Спартано Organizations: Бостонский университет

☆ Emmanuel Macron Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2017-05-21 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Here is a look at the life of France’s President Emmanuel Macron. During his time as economy minister, he spearheaded the so-called “Macron Law,” which aimed to shake up the economy through labor reform. March 1, 2017 - While at an agricultural fair in Paris, Macron is hit by an egg, which cracks on his head. June 23, 2017 - Macron and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appear in a video together discussing climate change. In their phone call, Biden and Macron agree to meet in person at the end of next month in Europe.

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