Study: Frequent Baths Are Very Good for Your Heart A new, large observational study (over 20 years) out of Japan found that compared with people who took baths less than twice a week, those who took baths three to four times had a 25 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease and a 13 percent lower risk of stroke. Daily bathers had a 35 percent…
A 2019 meta-review of studies shows exercise has a plethora of immune-boosting benefits. Exercise has an anti-inflammatory influence mediated through multiple pathways. There is a clear inverse relationship between regular exercise and illness risk. And exercise improves immune defense activity and regulation and metabolic health. ACCESS STUDY
A major 2019 analysis of 15 studies (229,391 participants) found that people ranking high in optimism were much less likely to have a heart attack or other cardiovascular event and had a lower mortality rate from any cause than did pessimistic participants. Across all data, there was a strong relationship between optimism and a lower risk of disease, with optimists having a 35 percent lower…
A new study from the University of Otago, New Zealand, on the Mediterranean, paleo and intermittent-fasting diets compared how well people were able to stick to them and each diet’s outcomes for weight loss and overall health. Less than a third of people stuck to paleo, 57 percent stuck to a Mediterranean diet, and 54 percent stuck to intermittent fasting over the year-long study. The…
A new study from Sweden’s Uppsala University found that the loss of just one night’s sleep in young, healthy individuals significantly increased the level of tau protein (up 17 percent) in the blood, which is strongly associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. ACCESS STUDY
Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) has not been used in clinical guidelines for interventions in depression because of the perceived lack of evidence. To remedy this, Edge Hill University, UK, undertook a systematic review of high-quality studies and found that DMT—in every study—was found to be an effective therapy for the treatment of adults with depression. ACCESS STUDY Read Quartz’s important, new article about the powerful…
