Not all sleep is equal when it comes to cleaning the brain.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uorm-nas022519.php

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaav5447

Regular bedtime – it’s not just for kids. Seems very important for health among older adults.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/dumc-inj091918.php

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32402-5

Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits according to data from 20 countries including Japan where “forest bathing” (with clothes on) is a popular practice.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/uoea-io-070618.php

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118303323

https://www.nippon.com/en/people/e00140/miyazaki-yoshifumi-explores-the-healing-power-of-the-forest.html

Saint Louis University research finds that eating a Mediterranean diet can improve athletes' endurance exercise performance after just four days.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/slu-ssm030619.php

https://www.slu.edu/news/2019/march/mediterranean-diet-boosts-endurance-exercise.php

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07315724.2019.1568322

Medical marijuana effects or cannibus may bring relief to older people who have symptoms like pain, sleep disorders or anxiety due to chronic conditions.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/aaon-cmm022619.php

https://www.aan.com/policy-and-guidelines/policy/position-statements/medical-marijuana/

https://www.brainandlife.org/

Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights? Not so, according to the University of Colorado Boulder.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/uoca-sio022719.php

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30098-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219300983%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/cp-des022019.php

A new NIH study finds teenagers who reach for objects such

as food or makeup while driving - increase their risk of crashing nearly seven

times.

Resources

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/reaching-objects-while-driving-may-raise-teen-crash-risk-nearly-sevenfold

https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(18)32450-4/fulltext

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812019

The American Heart Association has now added childhood obesity to the list of conditions that put children and teens at increased risk of premature heart disease.

Resources

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/aha-bon022119.php

https://newsroom.heart.org/news/better-options-needed-for-children-at-higher-risk-of-premature-heart-disease

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000618

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/how-to-help-prevent-heart-disease-at-any-age

A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association estimates that over 6,000 pedestrian deaths occurred in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades.

Resources

https://www.ghsa.org/resources/news-releases/pedestrians19

https://www.ghsa.org/resources/Pedestrians19

According to a new CDC report half of Americans cannot identify the major symptoms of a heart attack.

Resources

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6805a2.htm#contribAff

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/about-heart-attacks