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Why your body’s internal clock might need a tune-up

How does this alter our understanding of obesity and diabetes? There have been some really amazing experiments in flies, worms and mice that have helped answer that question and more. One scientist doing amazing work in this area is Dr. Joseph Bass from Northwestern University, who conducted research on mice to see what happens when the molecular clock mechanism is changed. He told me the result of one of his experiments was “a propensity towards obesity and also toward diabetes.”

People with Alzheimer’s disease can still have sharp memories

Some older people who have signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains may actually have pretty good memories, a small new study suggests. The results suggest that some individuals with Alzheimer’s disease may be protected against some of its symptoms, like memory problems, said lead study author Changiz Geula, a professor of cognitive neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Scientists develop skin patch with on-the-spot sweat monitor app

“Sweat is a rich, chemical broth containing a number of important chemical compounds with physiological health information,” said John Rogers, a professor Northwestern University in the United States who led the development of what he called a “lab on the skin”

Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

“Sweat has biochemical components within it that tell us a lot about physiological health,” said John A. Rogers, who directs Northwestern University’s Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics and led the new research.

Today’s wearable technology helps people track their calories, activity and heart rate. A wearable biosensor would be “radically different,” Rogers said.

Sweat It Out! Skin Patch Aims to Test Sweat for Health

“Sweat has biochemical components within it that tell us a lot about physiological health,” said John A. Rogers, who directs Northwestern University’s Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics and led the new research.

Today’s wearable technology helps people track their calories, activity and heart rate. A wearable biosensor would be “radically different,” Rogers said.

Sweat It Out! Skin Patch Aims to Test Sweat for Health

“Sweat has biochemical components within it that tell us a lot about physiological health,” said John A. Rogers, who directs Northwestern University’s Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics and led the new research.

Today’s wearable technology helps people track their calories, activity and heart rate. A wearable biosensor would be “radically different,” Rogers said.

Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

“Sweat has biochemical components within it that tell us a lot about physiological health,” said John A. Rogers, who directs Northwestern University’s Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics and led the new research.

Today’s wearable technology helps people track their calories, activity and heart rate. A wearable biosensor would be “radically different,” Rogers said.

These 13 happy couples sleep in separate beds. Here’s why.

Snoring, overactive sleepers, different temperature preferences or opposite sleep/wake times can ruin a partner’s rest, Phyllis Zee, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, told The Huffington Post.

And while bed sharing does help build emotional comfort and closeness that benefits relationships, sleeping side-by-side is not the only way to achieve that, Zee said. (Couples who sleep apart can try a morning or nighttime routine for cuddling and sex, she added.)