Anyone who’s ever experienced a hot flash—that sweep of heat through your body accompanied by a flushed face and sweating—knows that this frequent menopause symptom can make you feel, well, crazy. And now a new study says that therapy, clinical hypnosis therapy that is, can reduce hot flashes and their associated symptoms. Hypnotic relaxation therapy reduced hot flashes by as much as 80%, according to research from Baylor University’s Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory. (Not up for hypnosis? Try these 14 Natural Remedies For Hot Flashes.) The Risk You Didn’t Think You Had To Worry About Yet [Time] If you thought high blood pressure was something you really only needed to worry about later in life, think again. According to new research in Lancet Neurology, high blood pressure may lead to brain injury and premature brain aging, even among people with only slightly elevated readings. By age 40, the brain of a person with hypertension, or clinically high blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg, looks 7.2 years older than the brain of a person with normal blood pressure. (Check out 13 natural ways to start lowering your blood pressure today.) Organic Spinach Recall Alert [CBS] Wegmans Food Markets is recalling 31,000 pounds of its organic spinach and spring mix that was sold in 5 oz. and 11 oz. containers due to potential E. coli contamination. Sixteen illnesses, believed to be linked to the products, have been reported in New York State, but the suspected produce was also sold in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts between October 14 and November 1. Math Can Literally Hurt Your Head [Wired] If you’re like most people, just the thought of your high school calculus class is horrible. Painful, even. And now a new study shows that that’s not hyperbole—some people who dislike math do so because the thought of working out things with numbers is experientially similar to physical pain. For people with “high levels of mathematics-anxiety,” math physically hurts.
