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Health news • Mar 31

How Slow Waves During Sleep Take Over to Clear Metabolic Trash

How does the brain clean itself during sleep? A new ultrafast MRI method tracks cerebrospinal fluid flow without contrast agents, revealing how vasomotor...

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Health news • Mar 31

Move more, sit less: How to prioritize heart health with a sedentary job

Studies show that a sedentary lifestyle, characterized by long periods of sitting or lying down, can increase a person's chances of heart disease — even...

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Health news • Mar 31

Travel alert issued for potentially fatal ‘breakbone fever’: What you need to know

The Centers for Disease Control has issued a travel alert about a “higher-than-usual” number of cases of a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease.

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Health news • Mar 31

A 46-Year-Old Woman With Insomnia and Daytime Tiredness

A schoolteacher with a family history of Parkinson's disease has confounding insomnia resulting in daytime fatigue. She normally sleeps well.

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Health news • Mar 31

New American Heart Association Guidelines Break Down What to Eat—and What to Skip

The American Heart Association (AHA) on Tuesday released new dietary guidelines to support heart health, emphasizing plant proteins over meat and limiting...

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Health news • Mar 31

Large-scale exome analyses reveal new rare variant contributions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a heritable disorder where rare variants with low-to-moderate penetrance are thought to dominate genetic risk.

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Health news • Mar 31

American Heart Association urges people to favor plant-based proteins, replace full fat dairy

March 31 (Reuters) - The American Heart Association's new nutrition guidance, released on Tuesday, emphasized a dietary pattern rich in vegetables,...

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Health news • Mar 31

What really happens to your weight after stopping Ozempic? Cleveland Clinic study offers answers

CLEVELAND, Ohio — More people are taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro to lose weight and control Type 2 diabetes.

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Health news • Mar 31

I Tried Creatine for a Year—My Results Shocked Me

Creatine for women over 50 can build muscle, boost strength and support energy. One editor shares her real results after taking creatine for a year.

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Health news • Mar 31

These tiny changes might lengthen your life

Three manageable tweaks to behavior could have an outsize influence on how long and well we live, a study involving tens of thousands of people shows.

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Health news • Mar 31

What to Know About Cicada, the New COVID Variant

While the latest variant, called Cicada, carries more mutations, it's still part of the Omicron family that emerged in 2021.

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Health news • Mar 31

'Cicada' COVID is spreading. Here are the symptoms.

ATLANTA — A new COVID variant has spread through at least half the nation, causing warnings from public health officials. The BA.3.2 variant,...

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Health news • Mar 31

'Cicada' COVID is spreading. Here are the symptoms.

The new "cicada" variant doesn't cause any new or unusual symptoms compared to other COVID variants, according to health experts at Stony Brook Medicine.

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Health news • Mar 31

'Cicada' COVID is spreading. Here are the symptoms.

ATLANTA — A new COVID variant has spread through at least half the nation, causing warnings from public health officials. The BA.3.2 variant,...

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Health news • Mar 31

Cannabis and tobacco use linked to smaller brain volume

Cannabis and tobacco—whether used on their own or together—can affect the brain's structure. A recent study involving systematic review and meta-analysis of...

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Health news • Mar 31

Why movement and engagement are key to cognitive fitness

Mental, physical and lifestyle strategies can optimize brain function and protect your cognitive health.

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Health news • Mar 31

RFK Jr. pledged to fight Lyme disease. Does that include supporting a vaccine?

When the topic of Lyme disease comes up, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. often tells a story about standing in a bathtub in Westchester County, New York, in the 1980s...

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Health news • Mar 31

Heart Association Clashes With RFK Jr. Over Red Meat, Dairy and Beef Tallow

The American Heart Association recommends getting protein from plants—rather than meat—and avoiding full-fat dairy.

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Health news • Mar 31

Science Just Gave Coffee Drinkers Good News About Their Brains

When I come across a massive new study suggesting something I'm already doing every single day might be good for me, I pay attention. Today's habit: coffee.

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Health news • Mar 31

Sitting is the new smoking: How tech workers can stay alive and fit

For many tech workers, a “normal” day means spending 8 to 12 hours in front of a laptop, with little to no movement and only short breaks to eat or scroll...

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