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Inconsistent Bedtimes Linked to Poor Health, Bad Moods and Earlier Death

Inconsistent Bedtimes Linked to Poor Health, Bad Moods and Earlier Death

New research reveals benefits to consistent sleep schedules—independent of duration—even if the reasons remain mysterious
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Robert Roy Britt
The Surprising, Unhealthy Filth of Shopping Carts

The Surprising, Unhealthy Filth of Shopping Carts

They can harbor more fecal bacteria than diaper changing tables
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Sam Westreich, PhD
A Deadly FDA Decision May Foreshadow Worse to Come

A Deadly FDA Decision May Foreshadow Worse to Come

Warnings intended to protect people actually increased suicide deaths. We need an FDA that learns from its mistakes.
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John Kruse MD, PhD
Conflating the Opioid Crisis and the Pain Epidemic is Deadly

Conflating the Opioid Crisis and the Pain Epidemic is Deadly

Desperate chronic hurt sufferers like me are demonized as drug seekers, addicts, and junkies
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Randall H. Duckett
Use Mind-Wandering to Fuel Your Creativity and Productivity

Use Mind-Wandering to Fuel Your Creativity and Productivity

This semi-structured approach to unstructured brainstorming gets the ideas flowing
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Robert Roy Britt
Cancel Culture on Campus: A Mature Student Reports

Cancel Culture on Campus: A Mature Student Reports

I fear the new moral puritanism’s chilling effect on freedom of expression
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Niall Stewart
Negative News Begets Bad Mood Begets Negative News Begets…

Negative News Begets Bad Mood Begets Negative News Begets…

New research reveals a negative feedback loop that keeps us down
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Robert Roy Britt
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Enhancing Your Healthspan: Pills vs. Lifestyle Medicine

Enhancing Your Healthspan: Pills vs. Lifestyle Medicine

Quick fixes may be preferred, but lifestyle changes actually work
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Stephen Schimpff MD, MACP
Psychiatric Diagnosis is Broken

Psychiatric Diagnosis is Broken

Ruling in, rather than ruling out, is one small step to fixing it
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John Kruse MD, PhD
5 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Health & Happiness

5 Easy Ways to Ruin Your Health & Happiness

Simple strategies to feel lousy, be unwell, and limit your time here
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Robert Roy Britt
I’m 62. I Feel 42. Here’s How.

I’m 62. I Feel 42. Here’s How.

Simple science stuff that can help you feel physically younger, more energetic, and happier, too
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Robert Roy Britt
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