Experts of Tomorrow

Ep: 16: Alzheimer's, Sugar Sleep, Farts, Couch Potatoes

January 12, 2018 Bad Patient
Experts of Tomorrow
Ep: 16: Alzheimer's, Sugar Sleep, Farts, Couch Potatoes
Show Notes

Laura and Robin are still sick. Bad Patient's producer (and resident cat) make a cameo. Laura, it turns out, is an alien who experiences no food cravings.

This week's health news:

Alzheimers medications abandoned http://beta.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-alzheimers-drug-fail-20180109-story.html

Does getting more sleep kill sugar cravings? (Does anything?) https://www.livescience.com/61381-sleep-more-eat-better.html

A swallowable capsule checks digestive processes (read: farts, farts, farts) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/08/575944661/gut-check-gas-sniffing-capsule-charts-the-digestive-tract

Middle age is the prime time to turn around couch potato habits with high-intensity workouts http://www.labmanager.com/news/2018/01/middle-aged-couch-potatoes-may-reverse-heart-effects-of-a-sedentary-life-with-exercise-training#.WlY0Ta6nEdU