Michael Easter wrote an article for Men’s Health titled The ’20-5-3′ Rule Prescribes How Much Time to Spend Outside.
Continue reading “Americans today spend 92 percent of their time indoors, and their physical and mental health are suffering”What makes drug prices so high?
Alison Kodjak reported a story for NPR titled Here’s What The Feds Can Do To Cut Drug Prices (2017). Continue reading “What makes drug prices so high?”
Foods That Battle Stress
Elizabeth Bernstein wrote a Wall Street Journal article titled Foods That Battle Stress During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Continue reading “Foods That Battle Stress”
Successful Infection = Exposure to Virus x Time
Erin Bromage, an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, wrote a blog post titled The Risks – Know Them – Avoid Them. Continue reading “Successful Infection = Exposure to Virus x Time”
Vitamin D study sheds light on immune system effects
“Vitamin D is produced by the body in response to sunlight and is often lauded for its health benefits. [University of Edinburgh] researchers found it also affects key cells of the immune system.”
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Ferris Jabr wrote an article titled Why Walking Helps Us Think in the September 3, 2014 edition of The New Yorker.
“Because we don’t have to devote much conscious effort to the act of walking, our attention is free to wander—to overlay the world before us with a parade of images from the mind’s theatre. This is precisely the kind of mental state that studies have linked to innovative ideas and strokes of insight.” Continue reading “Why Walking Helps Us Think”
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