Feb. 2018 – Research News

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Did You Know That Heartbreak Affects the Brain?

Scientists have found that experiencing a heartbreaking event, causes mechanisms in the brain that are similar to those when we experience physical pain. The brain goes through withdrawal—like the withdrawal from drugs.

For More Information See:
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201801/3-surprising-ways-heartbreak-impacts-your-brain/


Resting in Retirement Sounds Great but Isn’t Good for Your Brain Health.

Retirement accelerates the decline in verbal memory function. This study highlights the benefits of stimulating work activities that benefit older people’s memory.

For More Information See:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/22/retirement-causes-brain-function-rapidly-decline-warn-scientists/

 

What Do Opioids Do in the Brain that Cause Death?

The drug suppresses brain activity that controls breathing rate, the lung expansion, and carbon dioxide monitoring. In a fatal overdose, people die because they can’t breathe.  Opioids additionally depress the brain’s ability to monitor and respond to carbon dioxide when it builds up to dangerous levels in the blood. “It’s just the most diabolical way to die, because all the reflexes you have to rescue yourself have been suppressed by the opioid,”

For More Information See:
Dina Fine Maron is an award-winning journalist and an editor at Scientific American covering medicine and health. She is based in Washington, D.C.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-opioids-kill/

 

Should Your School Have A Before School Exercise Program?

The upshot is that a one-hour, before-school exercise program does seem likely to improve young people’s health and happiness, says Dr. Elsie Taveras, a professor at Harvard and head of general pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, who oversaw the study and whose children have participated in BOKS. But the benefits are most noticeable if children exercise “at least three times a week,” she says.

For More Information See:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/well/move/a-before-school-exercise-program-may-help-children-thrive.html/

 

Why Should Our Diet Have Fiber-Rich Foods?

A diet of fiber-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, reduces the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, and arthritis. The evidence for fiber’s benefits extends beyond any ailment: Eating more fiber seems to lower people’s mortality rate. We depend on many kinds of dietary fiber we get from plants. It’s possible that each type of fiber feeds a particular set of bacteria, which send their own important signals to our bodies. Find out more about the different types of fiber.

For More Information See:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html/

 

Do You Know the Health and Nutritional Value of Mushrooms?

They are low in calories and fat plus are cholesterol-free. Mushrooms contain a modest amount of fiber and over a dozen minerals and vitamins, including copper, potassium, magnesium, zinc and a number of B vitamins such as folate. Mushrooms are also high in antioxidants like selenium and glutathione, or GSH, substances believed to protect cells from damage and reduce chronic disease and inflammation.

For More Information See:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/well/eat/what-is-the-health-and-nutritional-value-of-mushrooms.html

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