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Online brain games could help elderly improve cognitive abilities
Researchers from the University of California Irvine, have found that spending time playing online brain game exercises could be beneficial for septuagenarians and...
1 hour ago - News Medical
Having high blood pressure in your 30s damages your brain in old age
University College London researchers believe there is a 'sensitive period' in early middle-age - roughly between the ages of 36 and 53 - in which high blood pressure is...
2 hours ago - Daily Mail - 2 articles
A lack of self control during adolescence is not uniquely human
Impulsiveness in adolescence isn't just a phase, it's biology. And despite all the social factors that define our teen years, the human brain and the brains of other primates...
2 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Single mother, 28, feared she'd be left paralyzed by a brain tumor
Lyndsay Whitmore, 28, found herself paralyzed on the floor of her son's bedroom. Her legs and arms had been falling asleep, and scans revealed a brain on her 'motor strip.'
4 hours ago - Daily Mail
Alzheimer's drug reverses brain damage from adolescent alcohol exposure in rats
A drug used to slow cognitive decline in adults with Alzheimer's disease appears to reverse brain inflammation and neuron damage in rats exposed to alcohol during adolescence.
5 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Painting a bigger biosociological picture of chronic pain
An integrated approach that unifies psychosocial factors with neurobiology sheds light on chronic pain traits and their underlying brain networks, according to a new study.
5 hours ago - ScienceDaily
Skeletal shapes key to rapid recognition of objects
In the blink of an eye, the human visual system can process an object, determining whether it's a cup or a sock within milliseconds, and with seemingly little effort. It's...
6 hours ago - ScienceDaily
15 Fitness Podcasts to Get You Pumped for the Gym
These shows will help to give your brain a workout, too.
6 hours ago - Mens health
Are You In A Sexless Marriage? Ways To Tell And How To Fix It, According To An Expert
So, it's been a minute since you and your spouse shook the sheets. Every relationship runs into a sex rut from time to time, you tell yourself. But in the back of your brain...
7 hours ago - Scary Mommy
Brain takes a beating as arteries age
Researchers have presented a model that explains why memory deteriorates as the body ages. With age, the brain receives an increased load from the heart's beating as the body's...
9 hours ago - ScienceDaily
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Having high blood pressure in your 30s damages your brain in old age
University College London researchers believe there is a 'sensitive period' in early middle-age - roughly between the ages of 36 and 53 - in which high blood pressure is...
It Takes Years for Heart to Recover from Smoking
Experts have long thought that an ex-smoker's risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure or death from heart disease returns to normal within five years.
Task Force Updates Breast Cancer Recommendations
New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force may help clarify who can benefit most from a risk assessment test. Now, if a woman has a high risk, the task...
Vaping Linked to Impaired Vascular Function
Vaping was found to damage blood vessels even when the solution does not include nicotine, stated new study.
The UK and US have the HEALTHIEST packaged foods in the world, finds review
The UK ranked 2.83 out of five, followed by the US with 2.82 in an analysis of more than 400,000 products across the globe by researchers at the University of Oxford.
I'm a Trainer, and These Are the Ab Exercises Everyone Should Know For a...
No matter your fitness level, having a strong core should always be prioritized, in my opinion. To clarify, I'm not talking about getting a six-pack; there's a difference...
Scientists develop a blood test which can predict whether you will die in...
A team from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Germany developed a blood test after looking at more than 44,000 people who ranged from 18 to 109 years old.
Nicotine-free vaping can damage blood vessels
Despite claims that 'heat not burn' devices are safer, University of Pennsylvania researchers found that chemicals in even nicotine-free e-liquids are transformed into toxins...
Quitting smoking could cut the risk of cardiovascular disease by 40% within...
A new study from Vanderbilt University has found that it could take up to 25 years for a former heavy smoker's cardiovascular disease risk to be similar to that of a never smoker.
Having Kids Made Me Notice All The Things My Parents Did Wrong
When my sisters and I were in elementary school, we were often left alone at home. Both of our parents worked, and since we lived in the middle of nowhere, I'd spend my days...