Author name: Payal Gupta

Study Finds Chronic Stress Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

A study done by researchers at Curtin University in Australia found that a stressful job could put you at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Short-term episodes of stress are normal. However, chronic stress can be damaging to the brain and cause cognitive decline. Researchers found that stress at work could damage the Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, an …

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Study Finds That Taking Coffee Six Hours Before Bed Can Affect Your Sleep

A study done by the University of Edinburgh by researchers from the Sleep Medicine Department found that taking coffee 6 hours before bed affected your sleep cycle. According to Reneta Riha, the lead study author, reducing coffee intake six hours before your bedtime could reduce the impact on a person’s sleep-wake cycle. Riha states that …

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Study Finds That ‘Indoor People’ Transformed to ‘Outdoor People’ During the Pandemic

A survey conducted by One Poll on behalf of Verv found that people who prefer to stay indoors have added about 22 minutes a week to their outdoor activities since the pandemic. According to the survey of 2000 Americans over the age of 21, 3 out of 5 Americans have transformed from indoor to outdoor …

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Study Finds That Americans Have Had a Higher Sex Drive Since the Pandemic

In a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of MysteryVibe, researchers concluded that 3 in 10 Americans believe their sex drive has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the survey of 2000 Americans, 32% of the respondents admitted to hiding a secret kink from their partners. Some of these kinks were trying a new sex …

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Study Finds That Tai Chi Could Lower Depression in Stroke Patients

In a survey conducted by the University of Arizona, researchers discovered that tai chi could improve the mental health of people who have suffered from strokes. The researchers discussed the findings at Euro HeartCare. ACNAP Congress 2021 at an online congress for the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). According to studies, 1 in 3 stroke …

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Scientists Invent Barnacle-Inspired Surgical Glue to Stop Bleeding

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Mayo Clinic have developed a surgical glue that stops bleeding in 15 seconds. About 1.9 million people die from blood loss every year, and researchers hope to lower this number with the help of this glue. Barnacle-inspired surgical glue The researchers observed that barnacles emit a …

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