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Plenty of sleep, healthy meals and exercise are part of your routine. What’s missing?

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[ad_1] For more than 60 years, the 89-year-old psychiatrist and clinical researcher has studied the importance of play — in young and adult humans, as well as animals of all kinds. Play is important for all of us on an instinctual level, his findings have suggested. In short, he believes we’re our best selves when […]

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Underwater snow reveals new clues about Europa as ocean world missions draw closer | CNN

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[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice – a place where snow floats upward. The underwater snow forms in the global ocean and travels

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More kids to get access to mental and physical health treatment under new Biden plan

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[ad_1] The announcement specifically impacts the tens of millions of children who get their health care through Medicaid, but all school age children will benefit from the change because the new guidance makes it clear that schools can use Medicaid dollars to hire additional school counselors, nurses and social workers who could treat all students.

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Almost half of cancer deaths globally are attributable to preventable risk factors, new study suggests

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[ad_1] “To our knowledge, this study represents the largest effort to date to determine the global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, and it contributes to a growing body of evidence aimed at estimating the risk-attributable burden for specific cancers nationally, internationally, and globally,” Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics

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Long Covid risk extends two years after infection. Here’s how to assess your risk

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[ad_1] Adult risk of developing seizure disorders, brain fog, dementia and other mental health conditions remain high two years after recovering from Covid-19, the study found. “These are important findings, but they shouldn’t lead to panic,” said coauthor Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in the UK. “We’re not talking

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Analysis: Why we shouldn’t tiptoe around who is at highest risk for monkeypox infection

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[ad_1] The Biden administration this month declared the outbreak of monkeypox, a virus spreading disproportionately among men who have sex with men and their sexual networks, a public health emergency. Not wanting to reproduce the kind of anti-gay stigma seen during the early AIDS crisis, some argue that articulating which group is at highest risk

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Scientists are asking the public to name 20 exoplanetary systems observed by the Webb telescope. Here’s how to submit your idea

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[ad_1] Among the wonders it’s discovering and observing are exoplanetary systems, which each consist of a planet outside of our solar system and its host star, and many of them are in need of a name. The IAU wants this to be a collaborative affair, so participants must create a team composed of teachers, students,

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Scientists discover a 5-mile wide undersea crater created as the dinosaurs disappeared | CNN

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[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  An asteroid from space slammed into the Earth’s surface 66 million years ago, leaving a massive crater underneath the sea and wreaking havoc with the planet. No, it’s not that asteroid, the

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Why you need to stop adding salt and what you can do to make your food taste good instead

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[ad_1] Adding salt to your meal at the table is associated with a lower life span and a higher risk for early death, according to a new study. The study looked at more than 500,000 people in the UK Biobank who responded to a questionnaire between 2006 and 2010 about their salt habits and the

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