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Improving academic performance with physical fitness

From the Elsevier Health Sciences media release: Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is beneficial for both physical and mental health throughout life. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that it may also play… 

Haters spend more time … hating?

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From the University of Pennsylvania media release: We already know haters are predisposed to be that way. Now we see they also spend a lot of time at fewer activities than their non-hater counterparts. But… 

Ice Storm Project: Exploring maternal stress and autism

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From the Douglas Mental Health University Institute media release: A new study finds a link between prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) and the development of symptoms of asthma and autism in children. A team of scientists… 

Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite

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From the Yale University media release: Twenty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone… 

Speaking 2 languages benefits the aging brain

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From the Wiley media release: New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology… 

Longer telomeres linked to risk of brain cancer

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From the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) media release: New genomic research led by UC San Francisco (UCSF) scientists reveals that two common gene variants that lead to longer telomeres, the caps on chromosome…