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 The inner struggle fans can’t see. Ryan Reynolds opened up about how the funny, charming persona he puts on in interviews is usually covering his mental health struggle. Celebs Who Have Shared Their Mental Health Battles “I’ve had anxiety my whole life really,” the 45-year-old told CBS’ Sunday Morning in a Sunday, February 27 interview. “And you know, I feel like I have two parts of my personality, that one takes over when that happens.” The Deadpool actor is known for being witty and charismatic, but that’s not how he feels backstage. He recalled feeling overwhelmingly nervous before an appearance on Late Night With David Letterman, which he appeared on several times before the host signed off in 2015. “I remember I’d be standing backstage before the curtain would open, and I would think to myself, ‘I’m gonna die. I’m literally gonna die here. The curtain’s gonna open and I’m just gonna be, I’m just gonna be a symphony of vomit,’ just, like, something horrible’s gonna happen!” Reynol

 CINCINNATI (WKRC) - New research is showing that having a pet could boost your brain power. A recent study found that it can delay memory loss and other kinds of cognitive decline. It seemed to be especially helpful for exercising your verbal memory, like memorizing a list of words. One example is all the nicknames people come up with for their pets. And it wasn't just true for people with cats and dogs. Some participants also owned rabbits, hamsters, birds, fish, and reptiles. Study authors say you have to have a pet for five years or more to see improvement, but those who did in the study had a cognitive decline rate of 1.2 points less over six years than those who didn't. Continue reading

 A diet rich in beans, nuts, and whole grains could add 10 years to your life, according to a new modeling study. Gabby Landsverk Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 AM A new research tool predicts how changing your diet could add or subtract years from your life. Based on current evidence, the study found plant foods like beans, grains and nuts were healthiest.  Foods like processed meat, refined grains, and added sugar were linked to a shorter life.  Eating a more plant-based or Mediterranean-style diet could add up to ten years to your lifespan, a modeling study published February 8 in the journal PLOS Medicine suggests. Using data from a 2019 study, researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway created an online tool called Food4HealthyLife to calculate life expectancy based on eating habits.  Their goal was to use existing evidence on the health effects of various food groups, and apply it to show how diet change might affect longevity, according to Dr. Lars T. Fadnes, lead author of the st

 The Center for Disease Control released a study yesterday that the 2021 Anime NYC convention was not a superspreader event, despite the attendance of one of the first known people in the U.S. to have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. But this wasn’t just luck—the event had several measures in place to minimize infection, which means it can be used as a model for other fan conventions in the future. The reason Anime NYC was suspected to be a superspreader (even assumed to be, one might say) is because Omicron is significantly more infectious than previous iterations of covid-19, and more than 53,000 anime fans came to the con, held in New York City at the Javits Center. The CDC says the event’s “good air filtration, widespread vaccination, and indoor masking” helped minimize spread of the virus. Additionally, Anime NYC required attendees to have at least one vaccination dose, while the convention center used HEPA filters in its ventilation. Continue reading

 Mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety aren't easy to treat. Medications help many but have a high failure rate and may bring nasty side effects. Talk therapy is time-consuming and expensive. And neither approach is suited to preventing the disorders from developing in the first place. But many people overlook another option that, when it works, can be one of the most effective, least disruptive and cheapest ways of managing mental health disorders: Exercise. It's hardly news that exercise is good for your physical health, and has long been extolled as beneficial for mental health, as well. But researchers are now making progress in understanding how exercise works its mental magic. Exercise, they are learning, has profound effects on the brain's structure itself, and it also provides other, more subtle benefits such as focus, a sense of accomplishment and sometimes social stimulation - all of which are therapeutic in their own right. And while more is gene

We all know exercise is good for us, but that still leaves plenty of questions. How much exercise? Who benefits the most? And when in our lives? New research led by University of Pittsburgh psychologists pools data from dozens of studies to answer these questions, showing that older adults may be able to prevent declines in a certain kind of memory by sticking to regular exercise. Continue reading

 Breakfast is the most important, and some can argue, one of the most delicious meals of the day! We all love to enjoy a grand spread for breakfast, it is why breakfast buffets are so popular among foodies! Pancakes, waffles, French toast, sandwiches, just thinking about these breakfast recipes has us drooling. But eating these decadent meals every day can be unhealthy. Not anymore, we have found a healthier alternative to the beloved American breakfast delicacy pancake, oats pancake! The key methods are exactly the same, the only difference is that the all-purpose flour is being replaced with oats flour. If you don't have oats flour at home, you don't need to worry. Just simply grind rolled oats into a fine powder and you'll have oats flour ready! This oats pancake is easy to make and it is very similar to the recipe of the classic pancake. Continue reading