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Psychological influences not only influence the effectiveness of the flu vaccine, but directly impact the immune system itself. For example, studies show that loneliness appears to have a significant impact on physical health, being linked detrimentally to worse sleep...
Consistent exercise—light, moderate, or vigorous—makes the immune system more effective in fighting breast cancer. How exercise helps the immune system Aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the ‘good’ metabolites that...
Evidence is mounting that the microorganisms residing in your gut could help determine whether or not you develop hypertension.((Adnan S. Alterations in the gut microbiota can elicit hypertension in rats. Physiological Genomics>, 2016; physiolgenomics.00081.2016...
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Self-reported incidents of stroke increased 14.6% among people ages 18 to 44 and about 15.7% among people ages 45 to 64 from 2011-2013 to 2020-2022. Granted...
Singing can boost immunity, improve cognitive abilities, enhance mood, and improve lung capacity in individuals with chronic pulmonary disease. Why does singing improve our health? Boosts Immunity Nasal nitric oxide is antifungal, antiviral, and antibacterial. Healthy...
Your kidneys are important. While you sit reading this, they are receiving 24% of your cardiac output. That fact tells you they are extremely important. Not only do they make urine, but they also help to balance your body's chemistry, produce the active form of...
Loneliness raises levels of circulating stress hormones and levels of blood pressure. It can gradually undermine regulation of the circulatory system so that the heart muscle works harder and the blood vessels are subject to damage by blood flow turbulence. Hawkley...