Author: Tom Patriot

Two hours a week is key dose of nature for health and wellbeing

Tom Patriot

Research study led by the University of Exeter, published in Scientific Reports and moneyed by NIHR, discovered that people who spend at least 120 minutes in nature a week are substantially most likely to report good health and greater mental wellbeing than those who don’t visit nature at all during an average week. Nevertheless, no such advantages were found for individuals who visited natural settings such as town parks, woodlands, nation parks and beaches for less than 120 minutes a week. The research study used information from almost 20,000 individuals…

Read More

Oil Tanker Attacks Lift Energy Stocks as Market Ends Two-Day Slide

Tom Patriot

Energy stocks jumped after two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman near the busiest shipping lane for tankers in the world. The attacks, along with data showing that OPEC production in May fell to its lowest level in five years, sent the price of oil up 2.2 percent. Shares in oil and gas producer Hess Corp. rose 2.82 percent, the biggest gain on the Entrepreneur Index™ today. Overall stock prices ended a two-day skid and the indexes posted decent gains. The Dow and S&P 500 indexes were up 0.39 percent and…

Read More

Researchers learned how to better combat muscle loss during space flights

Tom Patriot

A new research study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has even more recorded how muscles are affected by decreased gravity conditions throughout space flight missions and uncovered how exercise and hormone treatments can be tailored to reduce muscle loss for private space tourists. The findings are readily available in PLOS One. NASA has recently revealed that it will enable private citizens to check out the International Space Station. The growing number of area tourists highlights the requirement to understand the impact of decreased gravity on the…

Read More

How to Protect Your Skin From the Sun Like a Dermatologist This Summer

Tom Patriot

Consider this your official, dermatologist-approved consent to hang around outdoors this summertime. “It’s OK to have fun in the sun, as long as you are sun smart,” says Joshua Zeichner, director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at Mount Sinai Healthcare Facility in New York City. We write a lot (a lot) about the risks of UV rays. A lot of individuals are still uneducated about the health threats that can come from tanning or going outside without correct sun protection. After checking out so much about skin cancer…

Read More