7 steps to keep your brain healthy from childhood to old age
A healthy lifestyle benefits your brain as much as the rest of your body – and may lessen the risk
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Research
Yawning – why is it so contagious and why should it matter?
Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts at the University of
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Breastfeeding may help prevent children’s asthma later in life
The children who were breastfed during infancy were found to have less intense asthma later in the age. In a
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Long working hours develop the risk of irregular heart rhythm
People who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, according
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Vaccines protect fetuses from Zika infection, mouse study shows
Zika virus causes a mild, flu-like illness in most people, but to pregnant women the dangers are potentially much worse.
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Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse, says a study
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Restless legs syndrome during pregnancy linked to poor sleep
A new study of pregnant women shows that restless legs syndrome (RLS) is common and is strongly associated with poor
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How the brain recognises what the eye sees
If you think self-driving cars can’t get here soon enough, you’re not alone. But programming computers to recognize objects is
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Family support moderates college students’ feelings of loneliness, suicide
When college students feel isolated and disconnected, support from family members can keep them from harming themselves during difficult times,
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Stem cells edited to fight arthritis
Using new gene-editing technology, researchers have rewired mouse stem cells to fight inflammation caused by arthritis and other chronic conditions.
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