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·June 25, 2020

Couples that sleep together sleep better

Couples who sleep next to one another have increased REM sleep and less disrupted sleep than couples who slept individually. Read More

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·June 24, 2020

Pulse pressure: A game changer in the fight against dementia

Elevated pulse pressure in blood traveling to the brain causes inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in the blood-brain barrier that leads to brain damage. Read More

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·May 13, 2020

Coronavirus infection in children – it may not start with a cough

Gastrointestinal symptoms, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to COVID-19, could indicate coronavirus infection in children. Read More

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·April 29, 2020

COVID-19 study shows that men have over double the death rate of women

Males who contract COVID-19 have 2.5 times the death rate of women. Being males is a significant risk factor for worse disease severity, regardless of age. Researchers found a similar trend in data from the 2003 SARS outbreak. The study speculates the reason why males are more prone to negative outcomes of coronavirus is due to levels of ACE2, which is significantly higher in males than females. Read More

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·April 10, 2020

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

If you're playing video games to help kill time during social distancing, you might be improving your visual attention abilities. Researchers found experienced gamers have faster information processing abilities and can allocate more cognitive power to individual visual stimuli. Playing video games can cause long-term changes in the brain and lead to improvements in temporal visual selective attention. Read More

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·March 18, 2020

Mirror, mirror, on the wall: People rate own bodies as more attractive when viewed from third-person perspective

Virtual reality study reveals we perceive ourselves as more attractive when we view ourselves from a third-person perspective. Read More

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·March 4, 2020

Mother nose best: Child body odor provides olfactory clues to developmental stages

Olfaction plays a role in signaling key dynamic changes in the mother-child relationship. Read More

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·February 26, 2020

Connectedness to nature makes children happier

Connectedness to nature makes children happier due to their tendency to perform sustainable and pro-ecological behaviors. Read More

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·February 21, 2020

Ethnobotanical medicine is effective against the bacterium causing Lyme disease

Ethnobotanical plant extracts, including Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, show strong activity against B.burgdorferi, outperforming current antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease. Read More

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·February 8, 2020

Seeing blue after the little blue pill: Visual disturbances in Viagra users

Study highlights the risk of persistent visual side effects in men who take the highest recommended dose of viagra. Some of the visual disturbances include color vision impairments, blurred vision, and problems with light sensitivity. Read More

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·February 2, 2020

High-tempo music may make exercise easier and more beneficial

High-tempo music may increase the benefits of exercise and reduce perceived effort, particularly if listened to during endurance training. Read More

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·January 24, 2020

What goes up may actually be down

Virtual reality study reveals people plan movements and anticipate the force of gravity by "seeing it" through visual cues rather than "feeling it." Read More

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