GW Citroner

Author, Award-Winning Medical Journalist, Health Reporter for The Epoch Times

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New research finds certain dietary supplements and probiotics helps athletes better tolerate the burn of hot weather. https://t.co/I9pcoaYoxa

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Research shows that aligning your workouts with your body’s natural sleep-wake rhythm can boost strength, improve recovery, and sharpen focus. https://t.co/tIy5rnh2v4

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Scientists Find a Sleep Duration Sweet Spot for Healthy Aging

More sleep sounds like the safe answer. The data told a different story. 👇
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Researchers say the lotion blocked mosquito bites for up to three hours in controlled laboratory testing. https://t.co/wrlSGrNjJL

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A Cochrane review found that anti-amyloid drugs offer minimal cognitive benefit while raising risks of brain swelling and bleeding. https://t.co/LBM0eDzUZn

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Researchers found that both short and long sleep durations were linked to signs of accelerated aging across multiple organs. https://t.co/WNFvFaCd31

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Findings show adding metformin to exercise training was linked with modest but notable reductions in improvements typically seen in fitness and blood pressure. https://t.co/yccrICJ6zU

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Oxford researchers tested an imaging agent that detects the most common, and hardest to diagnose form of a condition affecting millions of women. https://t.co/0sr3TSEaFe

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Adults Who Don’t Age: The Secrets of ‘Superagers’

They are over 80, 90, and even 100, yet their minds are as sharp as those of people decades younger.

Superagers challenge everything we assume about aging...👇
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What Makes Superagers’ Brains So Special

Some people reach their 80s with memories sharper than many 50-year-olds. Scientists now think they know why: Their brains never stopped growing new cells.

Scientists studying a rare group of older people known as superagers—those aged 80 and over whose memory rivals someone 30 years younger—have found that their brains produce new neurons at twice the rate of typical older adults.
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When CPAP Doesn’t Work–A Potential Pill for People With Sleep Apnea

For millions of sleep apnea patients, the cure can feel as bad as the disease. The gold-standard therapy is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), which up to half of patients discontinue due to discomfort.

Now, a clinical trial suggests a nightly pill could offer an effective alternative.
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“Norovirus is not a stomach flu; it is a hygiene stress test,” said Dr. Steven Quay https://t.co/CnuBxGvn3p

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Infectious disease experts break down hantavirus risks, symptoms, and how rare person-to-person transmission actually is https://t.co/Z6uJugHmX4

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When people stop or reduce their glucose-lowering medications, there may be improvements in quality of life, fewer side effects, and a lower risk of hypoglycemia https://t.co/6c8go9tx5R

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People who ate more than nine servings of these foods daily were 67 percent more likely to experience a major heart event, such as a heart attack, stroke. https://t.co/GRzdAODYaT

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A chemical commonly found in plastics and household products may be behind nearly 2 million preterm births worldwide in a single year https://t.co/lbY9ZXUKyt

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Listening to local forest sounds generally made participants feel happier, more focused, and less stressed. https://t.co/eB9Y2XWSqG

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What Makes Superagers’ Brains So Special

Some people reach their 80s with memories sharper than many 50-year-olds. Scientists now think they know why: Their brains never stopped growing new cells.

Scientists studying a rare group of older people known as superagers—those aged 80 and over whose memory rivals someone 30 years younger—have found that their brains produce new neurons at twice the rate of typical older adults.
👇
https://t.co/s8odraEWwQ

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A medication millions of heart attack survivors take every day for the rest of their lives may not need to be taken forever, according to a major new study. https://t.co/jR5UzGkLkf

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New research from Sweden finds that replacing passive screen time with mentally stimulating activities like reading or working may reduce dementia risk. https://t.co/Se2sLm1dyS