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The midlife habits that could make or break your brain health long-term - The Washington Post

The midlife habits that could make or break your brain health long-term - The Washington Post

Researchers increasingly believe your 40s, 50s and 60s represent a critical window for protecting cognitive health later in life.

Physicists Discover How Slime Mold 'Makes Decisions' Without a Brain - ScienceAlert

Physicists Discover How Slime Mold 'Makes Decisions' Without a Brain - ScienceAlert

Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings.

4 'Bad' Vegetables You Should Eat for Weight Loss, According to Dietitians - EatingWell

4 'Bad' Vegetables You Should Eat for Weight Loss, According to Dietitians - EatingWell

Some vegetables like corn and potatoes have earned a reputation that they’re bad for weight loss. Dietitians explain why that might not be true.

Anguished parents. Doctors in tears. Utah’s long measles outbreak takes a toll - East Idaho News

Anguished parents. Doctors in tears. Utah’s long measles outbreak takes a toll - East Idaho News

SALT LAKE CITY (KFF Health News) — Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed to the virus in the womb. The infected mother had given birth just hours earlier. The hospital had alerted Dow…

Person dies, another hospitalized for leptospirosis, Berkeley health officials say - Berkeleyside

Person dies, another hospitalized for leptospirosis, Berkeley health officials say - Berkeleyside

The two people, who officials said were breeding rats in an RV, represent Berkeley's first known human cases of leptospirosis in a decade.

Rare disease linked to rabbits has Colorado health officials on alert - Yahoo

Rare disease linked to rabbits has Colorado health officials on alert - Yahoo

Colorado health officials announced on June 9 that they had detected a rare disease linked to rabbits and ticks in the state.

Sleep Experts Are Revealing The "Sweet Spot" Amount Of Sleep For Healthy Aging - BuzzFeed

Sleep Experts Are Revealing The "Sweet Spot" Amount Of Sleep For Healthy Aging - BuzzFeed

Too little or too much sleep might be hurting you more than you think.

Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment - Good News Network

Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment - Good News Network

Biotech engineers in Zurich used micro-sized robots and stem cells to restore normal movement in a mouse whose spinal cord was cut.

The largest genetic study of anxiety symptom severity to date has found the condition is not only heritable but shows significant genetic overlap with heart disease, gut disorders, and migraine, in findings researchers describe as an important step forward in un - Space Daily

The largest genetic study of anxiety symptom severity to date has found the condition is not only heritable but shows significant genetic overlap with heart disease, gut disorders, and migraine, in findings researchers describe as an important step forward in un - Space Daily

The question of whether anxiety is primarily a condition of the mind or of the body has never resolved cleanly, and a major new genetics study published yesterday does not resolve it either. What it does is sharpen the picture of how anxiety’s biological root…