The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In fact, recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter these diseases is the reassigning of tasks to different regions. Continue reading “Brain combats dementia by shifting resources”
Egyptian, Greek, Phoenician and Hebrew Origins of Cherokee?
Here we partially present the corresponding publication by Donald N. Yates:
ABSTRACT
A sample of 52 individuals who purchased mitochondrial DNA testing to determine their female lineage was assembled after the fact from the customer files of DNA Consultants. All claim matrilineal descent from a Native American woman, usually named as Cherokee. The main criterion for inclusion in the study is that test subjects must have obtained results not placing them in the standard Native American haplogroups A, B, C or D. Hence the use of the word “anomalous” in the title of a paper prepared by chief investigator Donald N. Yates, “Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in the Cherokee.”
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Music lessons improve children’s cognitive skills and academic performance
Structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities — including language-based reasoning, short-term memory, planning and inhibition — which lead to improved academic performance. Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, the research is the first large-scale, longitudinal study to be adapted into the regular school curriculum. Visual arts lessons were also found to significantly improve children’s visual and spatial memory. Continue reading “Music lessons improve children’s cognitive skills and academic performance”
Known risk factors largely explain links between loneliness and first time heart disease/stroke
Conventional risk factors largely explain the links observed between loneliness/social isolation and first time heart disease/stroke, finds the largest study of its kind published online in the journal Heart. Continue reading “Known risk factors largely explain links between loneliness and first time heart disease/stroke”
Space is proved hostile to DNA
Spending a year in space not only changes your outlook, it transforms your gene expression. Continue reading “Space is proved hostile to DNA”
Obesity Is Shifting Cancer to Young Adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups, and intensified cellular mechanisms promoting the diseases. Continue reading “Obesity Is Shifting Cancer to Young Adults”
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