Lutein helps with the preservation of “crystallized intelligence" and is acquire through the diet, primarily through eating leafy green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, or egg yolks.
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A study of older adults links consumption of...
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The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and collaborators at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School have completed a promising preclinical study of...
Stem cell graft.
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A medical team at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum's burn unit and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Modena (Italy) were the first ever to successfully treat a child suffering from extensive skin...
AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific paper shows.
The study...
One in three cases of dementia could be prevented by addressing nine lifestyle factors, according to a report from the first Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention and Care.
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Managing lifestyle factors such as hearing loss, smoking,...
Spanking is defined as using physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, to correct or control the youth's behavior.
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Getting spanked as a child can lead to a...
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones, may help cancer to spread.
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Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed to reduce...
Smart kids can look forward to a long life, study suggests.
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Higher intelligence (IQ) in childhood is associated with a lower lifetime risk of major causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, smoking related cancers,...
Aging concept, young and old comparison (stock image).
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Heavy drinking and smoking are linked to visible signs of physical aging, and looking older than one's years, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology &...
Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
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Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in...
A UC San Diego study links online social interactions to longevity.
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Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated...
