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Surprising Health Benefits of Aerial Yoga

Jun 02, 2021 01:53PM ● By Eden Shaw

Aerial yoga uses a hammock or swath of soft fabric that is suspended from the ceiling. It has many benefits, most are based on inversions of the body, the cocooning feel of the hammock, and achieving deeper stretches since the hammock stretches with the body. Each of these three aerial techniques offer benefits for all ages.

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Nix Sweeteners to Avoid Spreading Antibiotic Resistance

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

Four widely used artificial sweeteners—saccharine, sucralose, aspartame and acesulfame potassium—promote the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental and clinical settings.

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Improve Sleep with a Weighted Blanket

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

Research has found that sleeping with a weighted blanket can lead to better sleep and reduced fatigue, depression and anxiety, and increased levels of daytime activity.

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Cultivate Satisfaction to be Healthier and Happier

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

Older people with high levels of life satisfaction—a favorable attitude toward life—have healthier habits, less depression and pain, better sleep and a longer life, reports researchers.

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Eat Five Veggies and Fruits Daily to Live Longer

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

New research has found that two and three daily servings of fruit and vegetables, respectively, were linked to the most longevity.

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Consider Depression Treatment to Fight Ulcers

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

Research has found that peptic ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome, along with other gut disorders, are linked to depression.

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Offshore Wind Power Gaining Momentum

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

With technological advances, falling costs, increased interest, the ability to relieve carbon dependency and the tremendous economic potential, offshore wind energy holds great promise.

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World’s Largest Dam Removal Project Underway

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

An agreement between farmers, tribes and dam owners will result in the deconstruction of four aging, inefficient dams along the Klamath River in the Pacific Northwest to restore salmon runs.

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Lithium Mining for Electric Vehicles Creating Tension

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

The proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada has passed a review by the Bureau of Land Management, but unhappy residents and conservation groups are filing lawsuits.

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Sunscreens Harm Hawaiian Reefs

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

A proposed bill banning sunscreens containing the chemicals avobenzone or octocrylene, harmful to humans, marine animals and coral, has progressed through the Hawaiian House and Senate.

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Summer Season Projected to Last Longer

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

A new study predicts that if emissions of greenhouse gases go unchecked, summers in the Northern Hemisphere could last nearly six months by 2100.

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Wild Birds Trained to Pick Up Litter

May 28, 2021 09:30AM

A Dutch company, Crowded Cities, has a device called the CrowBar that trains birds to collect discarded cigarette butts in exchange for food.

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