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If you’ve ever shared a bed or slept near another person, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard someone talk in their sleep. Or, perhaps you’ve found out you’re the one sleep talking throughout the night. Nearly 66% of the population has talked in their sleep in some form, according to a 2010 study. Some…
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia and seven other medical institutions report that an experimental drug called vosoritide, which interferes with certain proteins that block bone growth, allowed the average annual growth rate to increase in a study of 35 children and teenagers with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.…
IMAGE: Greater levels of pathological tau protein, primarily in the brain’s medial temporal lobe (orange and yellow at bottom in cross section of the brain), were associated with weaker synchrony of… view more Credit: UC Berkeley image by Matthew Walker and Joseph Winer People who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their…
A new study suggests that people who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to their 60s have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life. The study appears online in the Journal of Neuroscience.Psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley discovered a link between insufficient sleep and…
People who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to their 60s have more protein tangles in their brain, putting them at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley. The new finding highlights the importance…
• Fueled by unhealthy eating habits after moving away from home, Magnus Nordlander’s weight reached a peak of roughly 420 pounds. • After changing his diet and committing to daily step goals, he took back control of his health and started to see dramatic results. • Nordlander—who is 6’7″—now weighs 255 pounds, for a total…
Debuggable Deep Learning Singh: My name is Avesh [Singh], this is Mantas [Matelis]. We’re both software engineers at Cardiogram, as Mike said and we were working on a deep neural network to predict cardiovascular diseases using wearable devices like the Apple Watch. Along the way, we’ve learned a lot about how to build and debug…
Ramon Laureano is heating up with plenty of power and speed.Jason O. Watson/Getty ImagesFantasy baseball managers can no longer brush off shortcomings by pointing to the calendar and remarking on how early it is in the season. With 2019’s midway mark rapidly approaching, few teams can afford to maintain the status quo.Depending on the league’s…
It is a well-known fact that a mother’s health affects her child’s well-being. However, do you know that a father’s health condition can also have significant effects on his kids? Yes, you read it right. According to a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine, father’s lifestyle could be passed onto their kids by…
If you could buy a product that made you think better, feel better, and be healthier, would you invest? Sleep does all that for free, but more than a third of adults aren’t getting the recommended seven hours of sleep each night. We’ve outlined five common sleep problems and asked the experts how to overcome them…