Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think. A new study published
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The opioid crisis: What we should learn from the AIDS epidemic
There are important lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of the AIDS response that could inform our response to the opioid epidemic,
Streptomyces sp. myrophorea: a new hope
Researchers analysing soil from Ireland long thought to have medicinal properties have discovered that it contains a previously unknown strain of bacteria which is effective
Study yields new insight on how memory works
Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists’ understanding of how memory works. Drs.
New data show barbershop blood pressure checks remain highly effective
LOS ANGELES — Dec. 17, 2018 — New 12-month data from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai backs up an earlier study proving that a
Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss
MADISON, Wis. — More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and weight-related
Fighting obesity — could it be as plain as dirt?
It costs the global economy an estimated US$2 trillion annually and has been dubbed a modern day health epidemic, but new research from the University
Why Oregon’s state nut may be the key to disease prevention
Dec 10, 2018 – Aurora, Ore. – Hazelnuts are poised to be the “it” nut for 2019, and new research suggests that adding hazelnuts to
Are you stressed? Your eyes may provide a window into your mental workload
With nearly breakneck speed, the demands of work productivity in today’s society seem to have increased tenfold. Enter multitasking as a way to cope with
The link between obesity, the brain, and genetics
Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental