Happy Old Age for Long-Lived Animals
In the year 2019, the average life expectancy of humans worldwide was 72.6 years. According to the data of UNO, in Scandinavia, people have lived as long as 70 years as early as in the year 1950 and now live up to 82 years thanks to the great state of health. However, in the wild…
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Chronobiology: Who Winds Up Your Body’s Clock?
In the year 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was granted to researchers Michael W. Young, Jeffrey C. Hall, and Michael Rosbash for the discovery of mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythms, i.e., our circadian clock. Circadian rhythms affect most of the processes in our body. The circadian rhythms determine many things, including the…
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Why We Can’t Sleep Well and How to Change That
You count sheep in bed, wake up in the middle of the night, and can’t fall asleep again. In the morning, you wake up too early and feel yourself tired and exhausted. All of these are symptoms of insomnia. According to data of the research, “Prevalence of chronic insomnia in adult patients and its correlation…
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The Science of Sleep: How to Sleep Well
The argument about the quantity and quality of sleep for adults is never-ending. Should you go to bed before dark? Does a mid-day nap has a positive or negative effect on your personal effectiveness? Why you can feel tired even after eight-hour sleep? Let’s dig into the question of what is quality sleep and how…
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