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Tag Archives: health
Anti-Ageing Lifestyle Keeps You Young for Longer
Find out how and why your lifestyle choices can prevent premature ageing and increase your mental and physical well-being. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences, Studies
Tagged age management, anti-aging medicine, health, lifestyle, successful aging, well-being, wellness
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Is Any Kind of Physical Activity Good for Your Health?
Studies shows that mental health problems are less frequent among people whose everyday work tends to be rather non-physical, as long as they work out in their leisure time. Those whose workdays are full of physical load are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Research, Social sciences
Tagged depression, Estonia, exercise, health, mental health, physical activity, sport, women
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Estonian Wine Against Alzheimer’s
After the “French Paradox” was formulated, red wine made of grapes has been considered to be a kind of remedy. Priit Pedastsaar writes about how Estonian wine could be even healthier and become the next functional food. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged alcohol, Alzheimer, Estonia, fermentation, French paradox, health, wine, wine production
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How Healthy Is a Man? A Woman Can Detect It in 8 Seconds
Indrikis Krams, a visiting professor at the University of Tartu took pictures of 74 young Latvian men, evaluated their physique and came to a conclusion that women see men with stronger immune system as more attractive. Continue reading
Posted in Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged animal ecology, attactiveness, handicap principle, health, immune system, Latvian, man, woman
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TEDxTartu: How to Save Yourself and The Planet
Halliki Mullari shares the ideas and impressions from TEDxTartu in November 2011. Speeches varied from very concrete ideas on what you can do for your own health every day, to more complicated issues, like how to save the planet. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Events, Tartu
Tagged education, environment, Estonia, health, ideas, innovation, inspiration, TEDx, TEDxTartu
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The Afghanistan Mission Strains Body Like a Marathon
Serving a 6-month mission in Afghanistan showed similar effects on Estonian soldiers’ health as running a marathon. Continue reading
Estonians Don’t Get Enough Vitamin D
Even at the end of the summer season, one third of Estonians have too little vitamin D in their bodies. According to the doctoral thesis which Mart Kull defended at the University of Tartu’s Faculty of Medicine, this is most severe during the winter, when 73% of the Estonian population has less vitamin D than required and 8% suffers from complete vitamin deficiency. Continue reading