Balance App for Stress and Insomnia

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Good app for helping with stress issues and insomnia. It has a very positive rating and they are offering a fully featured one-year trial (just remember to cancel if you stop using it.)

Features:

• Sleep meditations and nature sounds to help you rest deeply and wake up refreshed
• A growing library of meditation Plans, personalized to your goals
• Bite-sized Singles you can use while walking, eating, commuting, and more
• Comprehensive progress tracking on 10 concrete meditation skills
• New materials each month to improve your stress, mood, focus, and more

https://balanceapp.com/

Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system

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Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.

Scientists have long known that the brain plays a part in the immune system — but how it does so has been a mystery. Now, scientists have identified cells in the brainstem that sense immune cues from the periphery of the body and act as master regulators of the body’s inflammatory response

The results in Nature suggest that the maintains a delicate balance between the molecular signals that promote inflammation and those that dampen it — a finding that could lead to treatments for autoimmune diseases and other conditions caused by an excessive immune response

The discovery is akin to a black-swan event 🧐

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01259-2

A Peek Inside the Brains of ‘Super-Agers’

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New research explores why some octogenarians have exceptional memories.

When it comes to aging, we tend to assume that cognition gets worse as we get older. Our thoughts may slow down or become confused, or we may start to forget things, like the name of our high school English teacher or what we meant to buy at the grocery store.

But that’s not the case for everyone.

For a little over a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call “super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and up, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.

Most research on aging and memory focuses on the other side of the equation — people who develop dementia in their later years. But, “if we’re constantly talking about what’s going wrong in aging, it’s not capturing the full spectrum of what’s happening in the older adult population,” said Emily Rogalski, a professor of neurology at the University of Chicago, who published one of the first studies on super-agers in 2012.

Caesar Rodney team wins National ProStart Invitational Culinary competition

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Congrats to CNMRI CIO Jim Hunt’s grand daughter’s team at Caesar Rodney HS! They won the ‘National ProStart Invitational Culinary competition just held in Baltimore.

“The Caesar Rodney High School culinary team created three menu-ready recipes, including detailed cooking instructions, menu cost analysis, and then executed the dishes during the competition. Each dish was professionally plated and tasted as part of the competition. Their menu included Hand-Rolled Pork Dumplings, Pepper Crusted Steak Diane, and a Lemon Meringue Tart.”

https://chooserestaurants.org/news-releases/delaware-and-california-take-top-prizes-at-2024-national-prostart-invitational/

“Growing concerns” that #Ozempic will disrupt big tobacco, candy companies, and alcohol brands 🤗

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“Until recently, the dominance of ultra-processed food and alcohol companies has seemed unassailable.

With corporate food engineers cranking out more and more hyper-palatable products, the negative health impacts seemed to only be moving in one direction. The tide might be about to turn.”

https://curingaddiction.substack.com/p/growing-concerns-that-ozempic-will

‘Big health system’ CEO salaries ranked 😡

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What do they do to deserve these salaries? Blame Jack Welch of GE fame for ‘celebrity’ CEO salaries.

“Most of the top-earning executives at some of the nation’s largest for-profit healthcare organizations saw their overall compensation increase in 2023, according to proxy statements recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/big-health-system-payer-ceo-salaries-ranked.html

Prevalence of Menstrual Migraine High

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Half of Women Reporting Moderate-to-Severe Disability

“Menstrual migraine is prevalent, especially in the perimenopausal years,” Ailani told Elsevier’s PracticeUpdate. “These women face disability and should consider preventive treatment, but most were only taking acute, non-migraine-specific treatment. If you are seeing women who have migraine, ask if they have attacks associated with their menstrual cycle, and be aware that these can be more disabling and harder to treat.”

https://www.practiceupdate.com/content/aan-2024-prevalence-of-menstrual-migraine-high-with-half-of-women-reporting-moderate-to-severe-disability/164977

Got tinnitus? A device that tickles the tongue helps this musician find relief

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Imagine if every moment is filled with a high-pitched buzz or ring that you can’t turn off.

More than 25 million adults in the U.S., have a condition called tinnitus, according to the American Tinnitus Association. It can be stressful, even panic-inducing and difficult to manage. Dozens of factors can contribute to the onset of tinnitus, including hearing loss, exposure to loud noise or a viral illness.

There’s no cure, but there are a range of strategies to reduce the symptoms and make it less bothersome, including hearing aids, mindfulness therapy, and one newer option – a device approved by the FDA to treat tinnitus using electrical stimulation of the tongue.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/15/1244501055/tinnitus-hearing-loss-ringing-ear-noise