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

Published: Jan. 13, 2018, 5 a.m.

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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.

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This week's health news:

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

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

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

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

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