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sleep deprivation: it's bad for your brain
not enough sleep makes you grumpy, gain weight and forget things. need we say more?
jordan heuvelmans
sleep
feb 26, 2020
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in 2015, brain injuries had us discussing 'the end of football.' instead, we have more than ever
if the sport was at a crossroads in the spring of 2015, it is rather surprising to see the direction it has since gone
the national post
世界杯决赛2022
feb 21, 2020
less than a decade after the deaths of junior seau (pictured) and dave duerson, former nfl players who killed themselves amid the debilitating effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (cte), the league wants to add additional football to its calendar.

shhhhh! we know the secret to living past 100
it turns out that the key to more circles around the sun is a supercharged immune system that protects the body from infections.
jordan heuvelmans
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 21, 2020
grandma in superhero costume standing with arm flexed vector cartoon illustration. smiling friendly confident caucasian senior woman wearing cape and mask. lifestyle, active old age, health theme.

looking age in the eye: daniel j. levitin on how to live well
“we tend to think of life as comprising these developmental stages ... and that after some point — 65, 70, whatever — it’s just decline," the acclaimed author and neuroscientist says. "and that’s not borne out by the research."
the montreal gazette
aging
feb 14, 2020
“the book wasn’t intended as a problem-solving book, a ‘what do i do about my elderly aunt?’ book,” daniel j. levitin says of successful aging. “what i’m really concerned with is that we start talking about and preparing for (old age) sooner.”

boomers are having lots of sex and loving it
with the years of raising a family and career-building behind them, baby boomers are devoting more energy to intimacy and sex.
jordan heuvelmans
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 14, 2020
stock/ getty images

son angry after ottawa care home locks door on aged mother, refuses to let her back from hospital
"she did not check on my mom. she did not look at her. she did not check her pulse or her vital signs."
ottawa citizen
世界杯决赛2022
feb 10, 2020
yuriy hillyer poses for a photo in ottawa thursday feb 6, 2020. yuriy hillyer's mother, maia giller, was a resident of hillel lodge but the lodge refused to admit her back after she was released from an overnight hospital stay last september. she has since died and yuriy has lodged complaints about the lodge's actions.

an epilepsy diagnosis means fear and worry for parents
epilepsy is the most common neurological condition and affects 50 million people around the world — 350,000 are canadians
maja begovic
epilepsy
feb 07, 2020

clean teeth could keep alzheimer's at bay
staying on top of oral health could prevent neurodegenerative diseases
anna sharratt
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 07, 2020
stock/ getty images
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sleep deprivation: it's bad for your brain
not enough sleep makes you grumpy, gain weight and forget things. need we say more?
jordan heuvelmans
sleep
feb 26, 2020
stock/ getty images

in 2015, brain injuries had us discussing 'the end of football.' instead, we have more than ever
if the sport was at a crossroads in the spring of 2015, it is rather surprising to see the direction it has since gone
the national post
世界杯决赛2022
feb 21, 2020
less than a decade after the deaths of junior seau (pictured) and dave duerson, former nfl players who killed themselves amid the debilitating effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (cte), the league wants to add additional football to its calendar.

shhhhh! we know the secret to living past 100
it turns out that the key to more circles around the sun is a supercharged immune system that protects the body from infections.
jordan heuvelmans
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 21, 2020
grandma in superhero costume standing with arm flexed vector cartoon illustration. smiling friendly confident caucasian senior woman wearing cape and mask. lifestyle, active old age, health theme.

looking age in the eye: daniel j. levitin on how to live well
“we tend to think of life as comprising these developmental stages ... and that after some point — 65, 70, whatever — it’s just decline," the acclaimed author and neuroscientist says. "and that’s not borne out by the research."
the montreal gazette
aging
feb 14, 2020
“the book wasn’t intended as a problem-solving book, a ‘what do i do about my elderly aunt?’ book,” daniel j. levitin says of successful aging. “what i’m really concerned with is that we start talking about and preparing for (old age) sooner.”
powered by
canadian society for exercise physiology

boomers are having lots of sex and loving it
with the years of raising a family and career-building behind them, baby boomers are devoting more energy to intimacy and sex.
jordan heuvelmans
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 14, 2020
stock/ getty images

son angry after ottawa care home locks door on aged mother, refuses to let her back from hospital
"she did not check on my mom. she did not look at her. she did not check her pulse or her vital signs."
ottawa citizen
世界杯决赛2022
feb 10, 2020
yuriy hillyer poses for a photo in ottawa thursday feb 6, 2020. yuriy hillyer's mother, maia giller, was a resident of hillel lodge but the lodge refused to admit her back after she was released from an overnight hospital stay last september. she has since died and yuriy has lodged complaints about the lodge's actions.

an epilepsy diagnosis means fear and worry for parents
epilepsy is the most common neurological condition and affects 50 million people around the world — 350,000 are canadians
maja begovic
epilepsy
feb 07, 2020

clean teeth could keep alzheimer's at bay
staying on top of oral health could prevent neurodegenerative diseases
anna sharratt
2022年世界杯名单猜测
feb 07, 2020
stock/ getty images
powered by
obesity canada
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