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Reasons for Memory Loss

Lack of Sleep First, it’s harder to recall things when you haven’t slept. Second, sleep strengthens the bonds between brain cells that help you remember for the long term. Third, it’s harder to form memories in the first place when your mind is wandering because of a lack of sleep. Good “sleep hygiene” can help: Shoot for 8 hours a night, exercise daily, stick to a regular sleep schedule, and avoid alcohol and caffeine late in...

What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger

The killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, the country’s largest health insurer, has reignited people’s contempt for their health plans.

Target must face shareholder lawsuit over Pride backlash, US judge rules

Target pulled some LGBTQ-themed merchandise linked to Pride Month last year, citing increased confrontations between shoppers and employees and incidents of products being thrown on the floor.

Mayo Clinic Minute: What standing on one leg can tell you about how well you’re aging

Mayo Clinic News Network – Measuring how well you are aging can be as simple as balancing or standing on one leg. It may not be easy for everyone to maintain balance on one leg, but according to Mayo Clinic research, it can be a reliable measure of neuromuscular aging for both men and women. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Kenton Kaufman, the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor who is behind the study,...

Want to Live Longer? You Better Start Moving—All Day Long.

Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and arrived at a surprisingly low-tech answer.

Reversing Time From Within: Can Gut Bacteria Delay Aging?

Studies show that maintaining microbial balance in older adults can potentially improve immune response, reducing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases.

Joe Biden Snubs ‘Almighty God’ in 2024 Thanksgiving Proclamation, Thanks Wampanoags

BREITBART – President Joe Biden omitted any reference to Almighty God in his annual proclamation of Thanksgiving. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln urged Americans to observe the last Thursday of November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” Not long afterward, President Rutherford B. Hayes issued a similar proclamation, earnestly recommending that “the people of the United States do meet together on that day in their respective places...

The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests

POPULAR SCIENCE – For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed the DNA of 302 feral dogs living near the power plant, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found remarkable differences. While the study doesn’t prove that radiation is the cause of these differences, the data provides an important...

A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill was $445.

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Ryan Wettstein Nauman was inconsolable one evening last December. After being put down for bed, the 3-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, just kept crying and crying and crying, and nothing would calm her down. Her mother, Maggi Wettstein, remembered fearing it could be a yeast or urinary tract infection, something they had been dealing with during potty training. The urgent care centers around them were closed for the night, so around 10:30...

Fauci Still Gets Chauffeur, Security Detail

OpenTheBooks.com estimated that Fauci's pension will exceed $350,000, the largest ever of any federal government employee.

On Big Pharma, Food and Agriculture, These Are Kennedy’s Unexpected Bedfellows

If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, several of his key priorities may run counter to those of the rest of the Trump administration.

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns, to lead National Institutes of Health

During the pandemic, Bhattacharya was publicly critical of the way the leaders of the NIH and Dr. Anthony Fauci handled the U.S. response.

Medication Prescribed to 23 Million Americans May Cause Bone Loss

Taking levothyroxine may put patients at risk of bone loss, which may lead to conditions such as osteoporosis: a bone disease characterized by weak bones that break more easily.

There’s a reason so many Americans trust RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz

MSNBC – Neither Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, nor Dr. Mehmet Oz, his pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a stranger to scandal. But it’s their connection to “wellness” ideology, which includes the belief that health is holistic and that individuals are the most qualified experts on their own experience — that should command our attention. Kennedy and Oz...

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