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Sleep is Essential in Memory Formation

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Finding yourself struggling to remember small things? Well, how much sleep are you getting? A study published in Sleep has found that sleep promotes growth between neurones; prior to this, it was understood that there was some connection between sleep and memory, but now the mechanism is understood. Researchers trained … Read More

Walking Improves Creative Thinking

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Need to generate ideas? Take a stroll. A study (pdf warning) published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition has found that walking can double your creativity. Researchers had 176 subjects complete a series of experiments involving walking on a treadmill, walking outdoors, sitting inside, sitting outdoors, … Read More

Lean Beef Can Lower Blood Pressure

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Need to be eating heart healthy? That’s rough, pal. We have some good news, though: your hearth healthy diet can include lean beef. According to a study published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, lean beef can help lower your blood pressure. Researchers had thirty-six men, ages thirty to sixty-five, … Read More

Go Easy on Yourself, For Your Health

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Stressed? Of course you are. That said, you can be a better friend to yourself by being a better friend to yourself. A study published in Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity, found that self-compassion may be helpful in lowering one’s stress. Researchers had forty-one participants rate their levels of self-compassion by … Read More

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