Games, Crafts Protect Aging Brain

Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says.
Benefits were greatest in computer users and in those without a gene variation linked with Alzheimer’s disease. But even among…
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Popping a balloon is louder than a SHOTGUN

Researchers discovered that popping balloons can be as loud as 168 decibelsWhile firing a bullet from a 12-gauge shotgun is known to be slightly quieter Even bursting balloons with a pin was louder than recommended safety levelsAnd exceeding the 140 decibel mark just …
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Laurel & Hardy’s antics caused 88 serious eye injuries

An ophthalmologist from Amsterdam studied the comedy duo’s back catalogueHe analysed every optical trauma from comedy duo’s 92 films for his research The pair potentially incurred 88 serious injuries for the sake of their art, he saysHardy was the primary victim and …
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Scientists move step closer to developing major new drug in fight against antimicrobial resistance

Scientists have for the first time determined the molecular structure of a new antibiotic which could hold the key to tackling drug resistant bacteria.

The team at the University…
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Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights

Credit: University of New Mexico
Biomedical researchers have engineered the first examples of biomimetic structures composed from a mysterious class of proteins that lack any sort of…
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Fewer grains and more fruits and vegetables may keep your bones strong

Stroll through your local grocery store, and you’ll immediately notice America’s love affair with grain. Entire aisles are devoted to breakfast cereals, bread, rolls, crackers and cookies. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount of grain…
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Mom’s weight gain likely caused by parental lifestyle, age—not pregnancy

Pregnancy has long been blamed for causing permanent weight gain and obesity in childbearing women, but the real culprit seems to be lifestyle and age.

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Poor mental health in the West Midlands region costs more than GBP3000 per person, study finds

We’re averse to hypocrites because their disavowal of bad behavior sends a false signal, misleading us into thinking they’re virtuous when they’re not, according to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the …

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Children’s BMI can predict future weight

Children suffer increasingly from obesity both in Sweden and globally. A European research team – including a researcher from Halmstad University – has mapped younger children’s health in eight countries. The results show that children’s BMI development and we…
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New research points to potential treatment for memory loss activating a protein dysregulated in dementia

Dementia with Lewy bodies is a progressive disease that causes hallucinations, decline in mental abilities, rigid muscles, slow movement and tremors. With symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, a …

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Inbuilt body clocks link breast stiffness to cancer risks

Credit: University of Manchester
University of Manchester biologists have discovered that breast tissues have 24-hour body clocks, and that several hundred genes are regulated in a daily cycle.
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Research study testing new treatment for Sanfilippo disease progressing well

A study into a new treatment for Sanfilippo disease, a rare and fatal condition which causes progressive dementia in children, is progressing well with results set to be published later this year.
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Simple intervention proves effective in reducing suicide among active-duty soldiers

Suicidal behavior among active-duty service members can be reduced for up to six months with a relatively simple intervention that gives them concrete steps to follow during an emotional crisis, according to a new study from the University of Utah’s National…
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Betsy DeVos Invests in a Therapy Under Scrutiny

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Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved

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Official advice warns against skipping breakfast

Skipping breakfast raises the risk of obesity, heart disease and diabetes, a major review has concluded.Heart experts in the US issued new advice stressing the importance of a morning meal.And they warned up to a third of adults skip breakfast and then snack and graze throughout the day – a…
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Bilingual people could be protected from Alzheimer’s

When it comes to lessening the effects of Alzheimer’s, people who have spoken two languages since childhood delay the progress of the disease by 5 years, a study suggests.A study of 85 Alzheimer’s patients found that being bilingual helped protect against the ravages of the disease.If found the…
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Expert reveals how to help your lungs take up more oxygen

I used to smoke 30 a day (though I haven’t touched a cigarette for 14 years). This led to COPD and it’s getting worse.I’m on several inhalers and pills to remove phlegm, and eight cylinders of oxygen a fortnight.I get in a panic when I stress myself in any task. Is there any progress being made…
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Pacemakers operation can avoid open heart surgery

A new technique means patients with heart failure can avoid open surgery. Retired scientist Stephen Metcalf, 77, from Winchester, Hampshire, is the first patient in the UK to have this operation, as he tells JO WILLEY.THE PATIENTThree years ago, I started waking regularly through the night, but …
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Minister David Mowat calls on people to look after elderly

Junior health minister David Mowat, pictured, told MPs the social care crisis was ‘so great families can no longer rely on the state’Families should give as much support to elderly parents as they do to children, a health minister said last night.David Mowat told MPs the…
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