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Music has been an integral part of mankind and is often associated with civilization. It can be dated to a long time back as a community-oriented living had music amidst other forms of entertainment and connectivity. Times have changed, though, and so have the genres and type of music. The utilities of music are definitely added feathers in the cap over the original purpose that it serves. There are some interesting claims about the role of music in enhancing the memory power of individuals as well. 

Cannabis users have always claimed that there are positive benefits to this plant. Since the massive legalization and decriminalization movements around the world, including the Netherlands, USA, Uruguay, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Canada started regulating the plant, we now have a resurgence of active research into its benefits. 

The most interesting chemical of the cannabis plant to date is CBD. Along the plethora of other benefits for the general public, it also has specific upsides for seniors.

If you’ve ever spent some time around elderly and senior folk or count yourself among this group, you’ve likely noticed that they/you/we very much enjoy sweets. It’s not just a coincidence, either. It’s something that comes with age. There are a couple of factors that lead to an increased fondness of sweets with age and it’s time to get to know them.

In the original description of Parkinson’s disease by none other than Dr. James Parkinson himself, he described a characteristic feature of the disease: constipation, which may precede the diagnosis by many years. In fact, bowel movement frequency may be predictive. Men with less than one bowel movement a day were four times more like likely to develop Parkinson’s an average of 12 years later.

The Beat Goes On

Immanuel Kant, the famed 18th century philosopher, described the chemistry of his day as a science, but not really science, as it wasn’t grounded in mathematics—at least not until a century later. The same could be said for biology, the study of life.