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·April 20, 2022·4 min read

Epigenetic Age Predicts Cognitive Function

Your epigenetic "age" can predict your risk of developing cognitive impairments and dementia later in life, a new study reports. Epigenetic age takes into account specific personal epigenetic changes that occur in relation to your biological age.

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·April 20, 2022·6 min read

The Challenges of Studying Marijuana’s Effects on the Heart and Brain

Researchers identify problem areas they face in studying the effects of cannabis on the brain and heart function.

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·April 20, 2022·4 min read

Measuring Nature’s Effects on Physical and Mental Health

Spending time enjoying the great outdoors improves both physical and mental health. Researchers say more interventions need to be taken to get people to spend time enjoying nature.

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Single-Cell DNA Sequencing Offers a New Angle on the Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease

An abundance of newly acquired mutations in the mutations that occur at an accelerated speed is a telling pattern of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

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·April 20, 2022·6 min read

Windows to the Soul: Pupils Reveal ‘Aphantasia’ – The Absence of Visual Imagination

People who experience visual imagination have pupillary responses that optimize the amount of light hitting the retina and change in response to imagined items. This pupillary response does not occur in those with aphantasia.

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·April 20, 2022·4 min read

When Severe Infection Causes Long-Term Mood Disorders

The activation of a neural circuit comprising of the central nucleus of the amygdala and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the first hours following sepsis infection induced anxiety behaviors in mice two weeks after the infection cleared. The behaviors mimicked the PTSD symptoms patients experience following sepsis infection.

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Stop the Clocks: Brisk Walking May Slow Biological Aging Process

A new study found a causal link between brisk walking and telomere length. Researchers found that 10 minutes of brisk walking per day was associated with longer life expectancy, and brisk walkers have up to 20 years' greater life expectancy than those who walk slowly.

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Explore or Exploit: How Our Brains Make Choices

Study explores brain activity in primates and humans when presented with a choice between one option that maximizes information and another which prioritizes reward during decision making.

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·April 19, 2022·5 min read

Interferon Drives Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease Model

Type 1 interferon is a major diver of cognitive impairment and memory loss in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Blocking IFN reversed both cognitive impairments and memory deficits in the animal models.

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·April 19, 2022·5 min read

Mental Illness Associated With Increased Death From Cardiovascular Disease

People with severe mental health conditions have a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and other cardiovascular events than those without mental health disorders. Researchers say the association between mental illness and cardiovascular-related death has become stronger over recent decades.

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·April 19, 2022·4 min read

Research Team Affirms Useful Blood Biomarker for Group of Brain Disorders in New Study

Study confirms neurofilament light is a useful blood-based biomarker for frontotemporal dementia, PSP, and primary progressive aphasia.

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·April 19, 2022·6 min read

Two Out of Three Infants Participating in WIC Don’t Get Recommended Amount of Vitamin D

Only 1 in 3 infants enrolled in the government's WIC program are receiving the daily recommended dose of vitamin d, a new study reports. Vitamin d deficiency plays a role in a number of disorders including rickets, multiple sclerosis, and type 2 diabetes.