Brain shrinkage with age is not the whole story. A study of 459 older adults in India found short, local brain wiring may soften the loss. What it can’t say.
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Ezekiel Bread: The Health Loaf That Began as a Siege Ration
Ezekiel bread is sold as a health food, but its recipe began as a siege ration. A review of 87 trials also just found the whole grain sweet spot for your heart.
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Knee Arthritis Pain Relief: 139 Trials Ranked 12 Non-Drug Treatments
Knee arthritis pain relief without drugs: 139 trials ranked 12 treatments. A knee brace, warm water and exercise came out on top. Here is what the study found.
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Prayer Before Surgery: The First Patient Slept Through It
A prayer before surgery for the moment you are put under and can do nothing, and what the deep sleep of Genesis 2:21 says about being held while you sleep.
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Why Do We Get Goosebumps? The Reflex Isn’t Useless
Why do we get goosebumps if we lost our fur? The reflex is not the useless leftover it gets called – and a 2020 study found what that muscle is really for.
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Why Is Yawning Contagious? It Depends Who You’re With
Why is yawning contagious? Researchers watched real yawns for a whole year and found the trigger isn’t tiredness – it’s how close you are to the person.
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Smelling Chocolate Before a Workout Added 18 Reps
Smelling chocolate before a workout helped 23 men do 18 more reps without the effort feeling harder. Here is what the study found – and what it cannot prove.
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Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head? It’s the Shape
Why do songs get stuck in your head? Researchers compared 100 earworms with 100 ordinary tunes and found three shared traits – plus one popular fix that fails.
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Why Do I Laugh in Serious Situations? It Isn’t Coldness
Why do I laugh in serious situations? Nervous laughter is usually stress, not coldness. What Milgram and a grief study found, and how to calm it in the moment.
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What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying: It’s Not a Speech
What to say to someone who is dying? Hospice workers say it is rarely a speech. The four sentences that matter, and why hearing may last to the very end.