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A study of 95,000 people wearing sleep sensors found that REM sleep protects against 83 diseases and deep sleep protects against 7 more. Outside specific sleep windows, those protections disappear.

Medical Research & Innovations

A study of 95,000 people wearing sleep sensors found that REM sleep protects against 83 diseases and deep sleep protects against 7 more. Outside specific sleep windows, those protections disappear.

Sep 25 · 4 min read · PLOS Medicine

Pancreatic cancer kills most patients because it is almost never found early. A new Nature Medicine study just validated a blood test that detects it at stage 1 or 2 in nearly 9 out of 10 cases.

Medical Research & Innovations

Pancreatic cancer kills most patients because it is almost never found early. A new Nature Medicine study just validated a blood test that detects it at stage 1 or 2 in nearly 9 out of 10 cases.

Sep 17 · 10 min read · Nature Medicine

Researchers discovered that some gut bacterial populations spread between people and across continents within decades. The finding suggests your gut microbiome is partly shaped by whoever you spend time with.

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Researchers discovered that some gut bacterial populations spread between people and across continents within decades. The finding suggests your gut microbiome is partly shaped by whoever you spend time with.

Sep 10 · 9 min read · Nature

A new study of 1,828 people found that men and women do not just age at different rates. They age in fundamentally different ways at the cellular level.

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A new study of 1,828 people found that men and women do not just age at different rates. They age in fundamentally different ways at the cellular level.

Sep 1 · 8 min read · Nature Communications

A new Nature study found that adults with ADHD who start blood pressure medication face significantly higher rates of heart failure, stroke, and death than those without ADHD on the same drugs.

Medical Research & Innovations

A new Nature study found that adults with ADHD who start blood pressure medication face significantly higher rates of heart failure, stroke, and death than those without ADHD on the same drugs.

Sep 22 · 9 min read · Nature

New research finds that brief financial stress from delayed paychecks significantly increases intimate partner violence. The finding suggests domestic violence has an economic dimension that affects far more households than previously understood.

New research finds that brief financial stress from delayed paychecks significantly increases intimate partner violence. The finding suggests domestic violence has an economic dimension that affects far more households than previously understood.

Sep 15 · 8 min read · Journal of Health Economics

A new Nature Medicine study of 60,000 people found that your body does not age as a whole. Different cell types age at completely different speeds, and the pattern predicts which diseases you will develop.

Medical Research & Innovations

A new Nature Medicine study of 60,000 people found that your body does not age as a whole. Different cell types age at completely different speeds, and the pattern predicts which diseases you will develop.

Sep 6 · 10 min read · Nature

A study of 4.2 million people found that exercise prevents dementia, but only the kind you choose to do. Physical activity at work was linked to 20% higher dementia risk.

Medical Research & Innovations

A study of 4.2 million people found that exercise prevents dementia, but only the kind you choose to do. Physical activity at work was linked to 20% higher dementia risk.

Sep 19 · 9 min read · The Lancet Public Health

Scientists have known nighttime light raises cardiovascular risk. A study of 11,071 people just showed for the first time what it is actually doing to the structure of the heart.

Medical Research & Innovations

Scientists have known nighttime light raises cardiovascular risk. A study of 11,071 people just showed for the first time what it is actually doing to the structure of the heart.

Sep 12 · 9 min read · European Heart Journal

A Nature study found that sleeping more than 8 hours ages your organs as fast as sleeping fewer than 6. Half a million people, 17 organs, 23 aging clocks all showed the same U-shaped curve.

Molecular Biology

A Nature study found that sleeping more than 8 hours ages your organs as fast as sleeping fewer than 6. Half a million people, 17 organs, 23 aging clocks all showed the same U-shaped curve.

Sep 3 · 10 min read · Nature

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