Myro Figura, M.D.

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📢 Eat less protein to live longer? This and 10 other things that happened in medicine this week!

Aug 3, 2026

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7 min read

📢 Eat less protein to live longer? This and 10 other things that happened in medicine this week!

🎵 Learning Music Is One of the Most Powerful Workouts You Can Give Your Brain

Jul 27, 2026

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2 min read

🎵 Learning Music Is One of the Most Powerful Workouts You Can Give Your Brain

🧠 Science Says Your Brain is Not Fully "Done" Developing Until 32

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

🧠 Science Says Your Brain is Not Fully "Done" Developing Until 32

🏃 Exercise May Be as Effective as Antidepressants for Depression

Jul 13, 2026

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2 min read

🏃 Exercise May Be as Effective as Antidepressants for Depression

🍩 Why Belly Fat Increases After 30 (Even With the Same Diet)

Jul 6, 2026

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2 min read

🍩 Why Belly Fat Increases After 30 (Even With the Same Diet)

New wearable device I expected to hate

Jun 29, 2026

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2 min read

🏃 Your Body Peaks at 35. What Happens After Is Largely Up to You.

Jun 22, 2026

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2 min read

🏃 Your Body Peaks at 35. What Happens After Is Largely Up to You.

💊 Your Diet Decide Whether Your Antidepressant Works or Not

Jun 15, 2026

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2 min read

💊 Your Diet Decide Whether Your Antidepressant Works or Not

🧠 Chronic Stress Is Physically Shrinking Your Brain

Jun 8, 2026

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2 min read

🧠 Chronic Stress Is Physically Shrinking Your Brain

🌿 Just 20 Minutes in Nature Can Lower Your Stress Hormones

Jun 1, 2026

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2 min read

🌿 Just 20 Minutes in Nature Can Lower Your Stress Hormones

🧠 This Everyday Food Habit May Be Raising Your Dementia Risk

May 25, 2026

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2 min read

🧠 This Everyday Food Habit May Be Raising Your Dementia Risk

💔 Loneliness May Be Hurting Your Heart Health

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

💔 Loneliness May Be Hurting Your Heart Health

🍷 A Nightcap Might Actually Be Ruining Your Sleep Quality

May 11, 2026

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2 min read

🍷 A Nightcap Might Actually Be Ruining Your Sleep Quality

🍵 3 Things Matcha Does That Coffee Can’t

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

🍵 3 Things Matcha Does That Coffee Can’t

💉 GLP-1 Users Were Less Likely to Develop Addiction to Every Substance Studied (1)

Apr 20, 2026

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3 min read

💉 GLP-1 Users Were Less Likely to Develop Addiction to Every Substance Studied (1)

☢️ Chernobyl - Something Is Growing In The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Apr 16, 2026

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3 min read

☢️ Chernobyl - Something Is Growing In The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

🧘‍♂️ Research Shows This Exercise can Cut Back Pain by 58%

Apr 13, 2026

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2 min read

🧘‍♂️ Research Shows This Exercise can Cut Back Pain by 58%

🔇 Why Silence is Critically Important for Your Brain

Apr 8, 2026

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4 min read

🔇 Why Silence is Critically Important for Your Brain

⚠️ Research Just In: Cannabis Doesn't Work for Most Mental Health Conditions

Apr 6, 2026

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3 min read

⚠️ Research Just In: Cannabis Doesn't Work for Most Mental Health Conditions

👶 She Gave Birth to Twins... From Two Different Fathers! - Not April Fools!

Apr 1, 2026

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3 min read

👶 She Gave Birth to Twins... From Two Different Fathers! - Not April Fools!

🎧 Your Headphones Could Give You 80-Year-Old Hearing

Mar 30, 2026

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3 min read

🎧 Your Headphones Could Give You 80-Year-Old Hearing

🌱 Chia Water: Helpful Habit or Overhyped Trend?

Mar 26, 2026

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2 min read

🌱 Chia Water: Helpful Habit or Overhyped Trend?

🍫 The Brain Benefits of Dark Chocolate (Real Science)

Mar 23, 2026

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2 min read

🍫 The Brain Benefits of Dark Chocolate (Real Science)

📱 Screen Time Raises Speech Delay Risk by 49%!

Mar 19, 2026

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3 min read

📱 Screen Time Raises Speech Delay Risk by 49%!

🍭 Sugar May Literally REWIRE Kids' Brains for Life

Mar 16, 2026

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3 min read

🍭 Sugar May Literally REWIRE Kids' Brains for Life