For years, the modern endurance athlete has been taught to interpret struggle as virtue. Fatigue is a badge of honor. Injury is an inconvenience to work around. Illness is bad luck. If performance dips, the answer is almost always the same: train…
Category: 8. Health
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Hidden Brain Damage Found Years Before MS Diagnosis
Multiple sclerosis may quietly damage the brain for years before symptoms appear, and scientists can now see it coming. By the time people seek medical care for multiple sclerosis (MS), the disease has often been harming the brain for years….
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Smartwatch use enhances detection of heart arrhythmias, increasing quality of care
Smartwatches with both PPG and ECG functionality improve the detection of atrial fibrillation in comparison with standard care. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have analyzed the data from 437 patients and detected heart arrhythmia four times more…
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Scientists Discover Breast Milk Carries Key Gut Bacteria to Infants
Human breast milk contains its own microbial ecosystem, and new research suggests these microbes may help seed an infant’s gut. Most discussions of breast milk highlight nutrients, antibodies, and the parent infant bond, while the microbes in…
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Naturally Occurring Compound May Hold Key to Preventing Liver Disease
A new study suggests that a naturally occurring compound made by healthy gut bacteria may help protect children from developing fatty liver disease later in life. Children whose mothers eat diets high in fat and sugar during pregnancy and…
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High-dose inhaled nitric oxide could fight multidrug-resistant infections
Overuse of antibiotics has accelerated the development of bacterial resistance to conventional drugs, a global health crisis projected to result in more than 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The multidrug-resistant bacterium…
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Insufficient Sleep Is A Growing Crisis
Melatonin is one of the most widely used sleep supplements.
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A study published in 2018 in Healthcare found that in a study of nearly 20,000 individuals, it was reported that almost 27.3% individuals reported they had some type of sleep…
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A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending
At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We do this knowing that investing in our health today will pay off into the future—that prevention is better (and…
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Is it cedar fever or the flu? How Texans can tell the difference
Texas winters herald the bane of many allergy sufferers: cedar fever.
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Count, rate of ED visits for alcohol-specific diagnoses increasing
The count and rate of emergency department (ED) visits for alcohol-specific diagnoses increased from 2003–2004 to 2021–2022 among male and female individuals, according to a report issued by the National Center for Health Statistics.
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