December 6, 2023
It’s been proven that what people eat can help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease — but what about when they eat? Participating in intermittent (time-restricted) fasting could lead to a reduced risk of cognitive deterioration, a recent study published in the journal Cell Metabolism suggests. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine
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It’s easy to fall into the “complaint trap” these days — but shifting to a mindset of gratitude can do wonders for body and mind. That’s according to Dr. Anne-Katherin Eiselt from Teladoc Health, a behavioral scientist and neuroscientist based in Washington, D.C. Gratitude has been scientifically linked to reduced stress, lowered heart rate and
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GARTNER predicts at least half of all data management jobs will be automated by 2025, and most of them will be completed using AI-powered automation, such as generative language models. This raises alarm bells for organizations because large language models (LLM) rely on outdated data to generate answers. Despite the remarkable ability of LLMs to
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Here’s the case for imposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages: 1) Obesity is a major public health problem, through its effects on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, certain cancers, and mental health; 2) Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is an outsized contributor to obesity; 3) Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages will raise the cost that consumers pay, and thus
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Ancient microbes frozen for thousands of years in Siberia’s permafrost are thawing, researchers have warned – and could pose a ‘disastrous’ threat to the human race. Virologist Jean-Michel Claverie has warned that as global warming defrosts ice which has remained frozen since tens of thousands of years before the dawn of civilization, ancient viruses could
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After a five-year absence, the reality show that started it all, Big Brother, is back on our screens this weekend. The 20th series – and the first in five years – will see a ‘diverse’ set of strangers from ‘all walks of life’ cooped up in the new house in West London for six weeks. ITV is
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IN recent years, the Philippines has been grappling with a growing crisis that threatens the very essence of its people’s well-being — food inflation. The skyrocketing prices of essential food items have dealt a severe blow to the country’s economy and have left millions of Filipinos struggling to put food on their tables. This article
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It’s a standard story at this point: work-from-home seems to be establishing itself as commonplace in many companies–at least in the “hybrid” form where many or most workers come into the office 3-4 days each week, but work from home the remaining time. For many workers, part of the benefit is avoiding a commute to
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Bank of Russia’s benchmark interest rate The Russian central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates by the most it had since the early weeks of the war in Ukraine, a dramatic move that underlines the scale of concern about Russia’s economic stability. By announcing an emergency meeting with one day’s notice, the central bank had
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The average American spends nearly 2½ hours per day on social media, and that number more than doubles for teens, studies have shown. For many people, the reliance on social media can feel much like an addiction — and many experts believe that’s exactly what it is. “Social media addiction is not yet recognized in
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