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Can Fish Oil Help Reading?
Discussion Fats and fatty acids are essential for good human health. Saturated fats have hydrogen pairs linked to each carbon on the carbon backbone. They are solid or semi-solid at room temperature. Common examples are butter, lard, or hardened vegetable shortening. They are linked to higher cholesterol and triglycerides and only a small amount of them are recommended to be consumed in the diet. Unsaturated fats have one or more hydrogen atoms missing from the carbon backbone. They are liquid at room temperature. Monounsaturated fatty acids have one hydrogen pair that is missing from the carbon backbone. They are liq...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Association between frequency of sleep medication use and brain morphology (P3.058)
Conclusions:This is the first study to examine the association between frequency of sleep medication use and brain morphology in a healthy group of older adults. Metabolic effects or a possible neurotoxicity could play a role to the observed associations.Study Supported by:NIH R01AG038465-02NIH R01AG026158-07Research programs of excellence IKY/SIEMENS for Angeliki Tsapanou, Nikolao ScarmeaDisclosure: Dr. Tsapanou has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Haider has nothing to disclose. Dr. Stern has received personal compensation for activities with Takeda, Axovant, and Eli Lilly and Company as an adviso...
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tsapanou, A., Gu, Y., Haider, L., Sakhardande, J., Scarmeas, N., Stern, Y. Tags: Sleep Disruption and Medical Co-Morbidities Source Type: research

Oversleeping: The Effects and Health Risks of Sleeping Too Much
This article originally appeared on the Amerisleep blog. Rosie Osmun is the Creative Content Manager at Amerisleep, a progressive memory foam mattress brand focused on eco-friendly sleep solutions. Rosie writes more posts on the Amerisleep blog about the science of sleep, eco-friendly living, leading a healthy lifestyle and more. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news