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Heart Disease, Health

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a collection of articles about Heart Disease, Health

• Article Why Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart - The New York Times
• Article Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
• Article The High-Stakes Race to Create the World's First Artificial Heart
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Sitting and Health

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a collection of articles and research about the health effects of too much sitting

• Podcast To Fix That Pain In Your Back, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit : NPR
• Article Exercise is good medicine for boosting memory and thinking skills, new guidelines say - LA Times
• Article Why Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart - The New York Times
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Soccer Health Issues (for parents, coaches, kids)

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What is heat stroke? Concussion? Some simple videos for kids, parents, and coaches...

• Article Rate of young athletes needing ACL surgery has risen 400% in 10 years | Daily Mail Online
• Video What happens when you get heat stroke?
• Article The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry
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Sports and Health Issues

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health issues related to sports

• Video The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden
• Article Don’t fear failure: Why quitting gymnastics taught me the true meaning of success
• Article Study proves that electric bike users are far from "cheating"
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Get outside! Benefits of Nature for Health and Self-Improvement

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a collection of research on the Benefits of Nature for Health and Self-Improvement

• Article Why forests and rivers are the most potent health tonic around – Rebecca Lawton | Aeon Essays
• Article Why Is It Healthy to Be Outside in Nature? - CityLab
• Article The Push for Outdoor and Nature-Based Preschools - The Atlantic
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Malaria

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A collection of articles about malaria

• Article First vaccine to fully immunize against malaria builds on pandemic-driven RNA tech - The Academic Times
• Article Malaria breakthrough as scientists find ‘highly effective’ way to kill parasite - The Guardian
• Article Here's the Plan to End Malaria With Crispr-Edited Mosquitoes | WIRED
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Concussions - Sports and Health Issues

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health issues related to Concussions - Sports and Health Issues

• Article 110 N.F.L. Brains | New York Times
• Article I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroyed His Mind. - The New York Times
• Article N.F.L. Acknowledges Long-Term Concussion Effects - NYTimes
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Team sports, parenting and education

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What do kids learn from team sports? This is a collection of articles about Team sports, parenting and education

• Article Teach Your Kid to Be a Good Sport | LifeHacker
• Video The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden
• Article When You Give A Girl A Pair Of Cleats
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Hearing loss, sign language, and technology: Hearing Aids, Headphones and "Hearables"

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Hearing Aids, Headphones and "Hearables"

• Article Computing for deaf people - The race to teach sign language to computers
• Article Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound - The Verge
• Article The future is ear: Why “hearables” are finally tech’s next big thing || Fast Company
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Medical school in the USA - university education to become a doctor

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Medical school in the USA - university education to become a doctor

• Article Why America Has So Few Doctors - The Atlantic
• Article 'Fauci Effect' Drives Medical School Interest As U.S. Faces Physician Shortage

Battling Alzheimer’s

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A collection of resources about battling Alzheimer’s offers comprehensive insights into understanding, preventing, and managing this comp...

• Video What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova - TED
• Video Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas
• Article Clinical trial finds blood-plasma infusions for Alzheimer’s safe, promising | Stanford Medicine
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Insurance industry, risk and uncertainty

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A collection of articles and videos about the Insurance industry, risk and uncertainty

• Article How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident | MIT Technology Review
• Article Generative AI is Coming for Insurance (May 2023 Fintech Newsletter) | a16z Andreessen Horowitz
• Podcast Did Hurricane Ian Bust Florida’s Housing Boom? - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify
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Marijuana - health issues related to cannabis, THC, CBD

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Marijuana - health issues related to cannabis, THC, CBD

• Podcast The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
• Podcast Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks - Huberman Lab
• Video The Cannabis Question I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS
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Types and strains of Marijuana, Hemp, cannabis, THC, CBD

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Types and strains of Marijuana, Hemp, cannabis, THC, CBD

• Article Cannabis-derived products delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC have flooded the US market – medicinal benefits and risks
• Podcast The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Longevity, Aging, Health, Disease and Science

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A collection of resources about longevity, aging, health, and disease that explores the scientific principles underlying the aging proces...

• Article Saudi Arabia plans to spend $1 billion a year discovering treatments to slow aging | MIT Technology Review
• Video Aging and healthspan. The greatest revolution in the history of medicine | Andrew Steele
• Article Inside the brains of aging dogs | Knowable Magazine
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Balding, Hair loss - Aging, Health, Disease and Science

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Balding, Hair loss - Aging, Health, Disease and Science

• Podcast The Science of Healthy Hair, Hair Loss and How to Regrow Hair - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify

Applying to medical school - advice for students considering pre-med, career in healthcare

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Applying to medical school - advice for students considering pre-med, career in healthcare

• Article How to Stand Out When Applying to Medical School
• Article Pre-Med Myths (part 1)
• Article Does undergraduate school matter for med school? - Quora
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Biology - how to teach science

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Biology - how to teach science

• Article A new age of discovery for biology | The Economist
• Article I should have loved biology
• Article Incredible time-lapse shows a single cell transforming into a salamander

Battling Parkinson’s

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A collection of resources about Battling Parkinson’s provides comprehensive insights into the challenges and strategies associated with m...

• Article Does Parkinson's Begin in the Gut?
• Video What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

Nursing - medical career in healthcare

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Nursing- medical career in healthcare

• Article Japan is embracing nursing-care robots - The Economist
• Podcast Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care - assisted living medical healthcare for old, aging

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Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care - assisted living medical healthcare for old, ageing

• Video Long-Term Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Blood types - biology, science, genetics

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Blood types - biology, science, genetics

• Video Why do blood types matter? - TEDed - Natalie S. Hodge

Proteins, chromosomes, cells - biology and genetics

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Proteins, chromosomes, cells - biology and genetics

• Article Scientists Are Printing Living “Xenobots” out of Biological Cells
• Article Incredible time-lapse shows a single cell transforming into a salamander
• Podcast Can We Program Our Cells? - Michael Elowitz, a professor of biology and bioengineering at Caltech - The Joy of Why
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Cellular intelligence - biology and genetics

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Cellular intelligence - biology and genetics

• Podcast Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication - Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify
• Podcast Can We Program Our Cells? - Michael Elowitz, a professor of biology and bioengineering at Caltech - The Joy of Why
• Video Can cells think? | Michael Levin
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Health and Child mortality - trends, statistics, issues

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Health and Child mortality - trends, statistics, issues

• Article Optimism - Not Boring by Packy McCormick
• Article Mortality in the past – around half died as children - Our World in Data

Health and the Immune system

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Health and the Immune system

• Article How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining - BBC News
• Article The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System
• Video How to biohack your cells to fight cancer - TEDed