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How Sauna Use Supports Cardiovascular Health

Jan 30, 2026

“Among 2,315 middle-aged men followed for a median of 20.7 years, using a sauna four to seven times per week was associated with lower sudden cardiac death, cardiovascular mortality, and all-cause mortality than using one weekly session.”

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How Sleep Apnea Affects the Brain and How to Treat It

Nov 3, 2025

“A small randomized trial also found that regular didgeridoo practice improved daytime sleepiness and reduced the apnea-hypopnea index, illustrating how upper-airway muscle training may help some patients alongside established sleep-medicine care.”

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How to Protect Joint Health With Age

Jan 21, 2026

“A 2025 network meta-analysis of 217 randomized trials and 15,684 people with knee osteoarthritis found that aerobic exercise was likely the most beneficial exercise category for pain, function, gait, and quality of life.”

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Is there a limit to human longevity?

Jul 20, 2022

“There's a lot of exciting research right now into aging and maximum lifespan, but scientists have really just scratched the surface of the fascinating topic of how to live longer, healthier lives. Relevant Publications Rootzén, Holger, and Dmitrii Zholud.”

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Hyperthermic Conditioning for Hypertrophy, Endurance, and Neurogenesis

Apr 10, 2014

“Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses how conditioning the body to heat stress through sauna use, called "hyperthermic conditioning" may cause adaptations that increase athletic endurance (by increasing plasma volume and blood flow to heart and muscles) and potentially even muscle mass. She also discusses the profound effects of hyperthermic conditioning on the brain including cognitive function.”

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Women AND men’s health prior to conception affects offspring | Elissa Epel

Jun 25, 2019

“However, a growing body of evidence suggests that pre-pregnancy health of both parents shapes the health of their offspring through epigenetic mechanisms, which are influenced by nutrition, stress, and other environmental factors.”

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The Underlying Mechanisms of Depression

Mar 18, 2017

“While it’s likely that there may be more going on with depression than just inflammation by itself, it could be an incredibly useful lens through which to look at promising avenues to potentially treat or prevent it, since controlling systemic inflammation shows promise as being both important for longevity and health in general.”

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Inflammation is a key regulator of lipoprotein metabolism | Ronald Krauss

Apr 9, 2022

“While this system might have served an important function evolutionarily, today it contributes to the chronic inflammation associated with heart disease. In this clip, Dr. Ronald Krauss discusses the role of inflammation in lipoprotein metabolism.”

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Intestinal Permeability: the Bacterial link to Aging, Brain Barrier Dysfunction & Metabolic Disorder

May 30, 2022

“Circulating LPS can also bind to lipoproteins, facilitating their absorption in the liver during LDL recycling, effectively removing LPS from circulation and lowering systemic inflammation – a phenomenon demonstrated mechanistically with statins that increase lipoprotein recycling by increasing LDL receptors.”

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Q&A #17: Dr. Jed Fahey on Sulforaphane & Moringa—Dosing, Thyroid, & Cancer Prevention

Nov 16, 2020

“More importantly, however, these effects were sustained – even after several months – demonstrating that sulforaphane did not exhaust the body's capacity to protect itself from environmental threats and suggesting that regular consumption of sulforaphane in foods or dietary supplements provides a kind of nutritional "seatbelt" that protects against future toxic exposures.”

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