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Pink Noise While Asleep Helps Memory: Random Sound While Sleeping Increases Brain Activity

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Random sound with more bass than white noise—known as pink noise—improved sleep brainwave patterns linked to memory retention in older adults.

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Alcohol Affects Our Heartbeat: Study Finds Consumption Linked to Arrhythmia

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

In a study during German Oktoberfest, arrhythmia showed up in the heart rhythms of 30 percent of drinkers, compared to 4 percent of the general population.

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Dear Diary Comforts the Elderly: Journaling Helps With End-of-Life Care

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Elderly volunteers that kept reflective journals on the dying process were better able to be companions for those in their final days.

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Tree Nuts Cut Colon Cancer Relapse: Reduces Recurrence in Patients

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Two or more ounces of tree nuts a week sharply reduced cancer recurrence and premature death risk in patients with Stage III colon cancer.

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Naps Boost Toddler Talk: Daytime Snoozes Help with Language Development

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Toddlers under age three that took the most daytime naps developed larger vocabularies over time, British researchers found.

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Tai Chi Eases the Blues: Helps Depression Sufferers

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Weekly lessons in tai chi along with thrice-weekly home practice sessions significantly lowered depression in Boston Chinese-Americans.

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Regular Sleep Times Promote Health: Train Your Brain to Fall Asleep

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Picking a wake-up time and sticking to it is a way to train the brain to fall asleep, which boosts the sleep time helpful in appetite control.

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Robot Roomies: New Tech May Relieve Elder Isolation

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Emerging technologies may provide mental enrichment, fun, companionship and health reminders to the many seniors that live alone.

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Tree Tally: Digitalizing Data Helps Rainforest Census

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

By digitalizing photographs and other museum records, scientists are closing in on the number of tree species left to be discovered in the Amazon rainforest.

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Animal Smarts: Chimps, Zebrafish and Birds Communicate Like We Do

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Scientists are discovering that chimps anticipate events, zebrafish form friendships, and birds guide humans hunting for beehives.

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Long-Term Cell Phone Use a Health Risk: Researchers Warn of Cancer Danger

Nov 30, 2017 02:21PM

Swedish scientists have found an increased risk of glioma, a type of brain cancer, in cell phone users, with risks rising with the years and with frequency of use.

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Senior Sisterhood: New Options for Independent Co-Housing

Nov 30, 2017 02:20PM

Cohousing developments for older women are being created in the United Kingdom and United States to replace retirement homes that encourage dependency.

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Erase E-Waste: Regift or Recycle Smart Phones

Nov 30, 2017 02:20PM

Instead of trashing or trading in old smartphones and other electronics, you can donate them to worthy causes that either give them away or recycle them.

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Tiny Baubles: Microplastic Mess Threatens World Oceans

Nov 30, 2017 02:20PM

As many as 51 trillion particles of discarded plastic lie on the ocean floor, threatening marine life globally.

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Peace on Earth: Conflict Resolutions that Work to Bridge Divides

Nov 30, 2017 02:20PM ● By Linda Sechrist

In these days of strident voices, people with opposing views are exploring new ways to talk civilly and come to a mutually satisfying “Yes”.

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