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Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing
What is forest bathing? In 1982, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries coined the term shinrin-yoku. It refers to making contact with and taking in the atmosphere of a forest. Shinrin-yoku is also called forest bathing in the sense that a person is immersed in the forest, with attendant cleansing effects related to…
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Hearing Loss, Dementia, and Quality of Life

Hearing Loss, Dementia, and Quality of Life
Hearing loss tops the list of risk factors for dementia The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission report on dementia affirmed validity of the 2020 Lancet Commission report regarding 12 potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia and added new 2 new ones. In addition, the 2024 Commission report estimated the percentage of dementia cases attributable…
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Exercise, Diet, and Cancer Treatment

Exercise, Diet, and Cancer Treatment
Prostate cancer treatment and fatigue Prostate cancer patients often take androgen-deprivation drugs to slow the rate of cancer progression. However, such drugs have side-effects including increased levels of fatigue and lower quality of life. Exercise can reduce fatigue but which exercise regimes reduce fatigue the most was previously unknown. Researchers in Australia conducted a year-long…
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Pros and Cons of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Drugs

Pros and Cons of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Drugs
A new era for weight loss? Researchers in Denmark conducted a study testing the effects of four weight-loss strategies for persons with obesity, without diabetes, and with an average age of 42 years. The four strategies included 1) the GLP-1 drug liraglutide (Saxenda) plus usual activity, 2) liraglutide plus exercise, 3) placebo plus exercise, and…
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