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Having a regular, age-appropriate bedtime and getting sufficient sleep from early childhood may be important for healthy body weight in adolescence, according to researchers at Penn State. Continue reading “Regular bedtimes and sufficient sleep for children may lead to healthier teens”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Sakurai R, Fujiwara Y, Fukaya T, Saito K, Yasunaga M, Suzuki H, Nonaka K, Kim H, Kim MJ, Tanaka C, Nishikawa T, Uchida H, Shinkai S, Watanabe S. Continue reading “The influences of exercise fulfillment on mental and physical functions of targeted older adults and the effect of a physical exercise intervention”
Here we present a review of the corresponding paper by Louis Bherer , Kirk I. Erickson, and Teresa Liu-Ambrose. Continue reading “Physical Exercise and Brain Functions in Older Adults”
A new study by researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin has shown for the first time in Ireland that a deficiency in vitamin D was associated with a substantial increased risk of depression (+75%) over a four-year follow up period. The findings form part of the largest representative study of its kind and have just been published in The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (JAMDA). Continue reading “Study links vitamin D-deficient older adults with greater risk of developing depression”
Immunotherapy has proved effective in treating a number of cancers, but brain tumors have remained stubbornly resistant. Now, a new study suggests that a slow-growing brain tumor arising in patients affected by neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) may be vulnerable to immunotherapy, which gives the immune system a boost in fighting cancer. Continue reading “Some brain tumors may respond to immunotherapy”
A new study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease finds that mothers’ stress levels at the moment they conceive their children are linked to the way children respond to life challenges at age 11. SFU health sciences professor Pablo Nepomnaschy led an interdisciplinary research team on this first cohort study. Continue reading “Maternal stress at conception linked to children’s stress response at age 11”
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