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·February 19, 2025·8 min read

Life Expectancy Gains Have Stalled: Poor Diet and Obesity to Blame

A new study finds that life expectancy improvements across Europe have slowed significantly since 2011. Key factors include rising obesity, poor diets, and physical inactivity, along with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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·January 2, 2025·4 min read

Poor Sleep Linked to Difficulty Controlling Unwanted Thoughts

Sleep deprivation impairs brain regions responsible for suppressing unwanted thoughts, contributing to mental health challenges. Functional neuroimaging revealed reduced activation in the prefrontal cortex and increased hippocampal activity in sleep-deprived individuals, suggesting memory control deficits.

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·October 11, 2024·6 min read

Child Trauma Recovery Tied to Thoughts, Not Event Severity

A new study reveals that how children mentally process traumatic events is the most significant factor in predicting their mental health outcomes, including PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Cognitive factors—like how children remember the event and view themselves afterward—play a more critical role than the event’s objective severity. Researchers found that children with more negative self-perceptions or distorted memories were at higher risk for long-term psychological impacts.

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·March 12, 2024·8 min read

Smell Loss Heightens Safety Risks

A new study highlights the significant safety concerns and hazards faced by individuals with olfactory dysfunction, including a higher incidence of gas safety scares. The survey of 432 participants, conducted from February to September 2022, found that a large majority are concerned about their safety, particularly regarding gas leaks, smoke detection, and spoiled food, with over a third experiencing related hazardous events in the past five years.

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·October 30, 2023·3 min read

Global Languages Echo: The Universal “This” and “That” Distinction

A new study reveals a universal linguistic truth: languages across the globe have words for 'this' and 'that.' Examining 29 different languages and 1,000+ speakers, researchers found that all languages use demonstratives like 'this' or 'that' based on an object's reachability.

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·October 26, 2023·4 min read

Stunted Growth in Infants Reshapes Brain Function and Cognitive Outcomes

Research reveals that infants with stunted growth show cognitive ability disruptions as early as six months. The study demonstrates that visual working memory in these infants is compromised, leading to higher distractibility and poor cognitive outcomes by age one.

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·September 8, 2023·7 min read

Age and Sexuality: Surprising Shifts in Partners as We Grow Older

A collaborative study reveals how sexual behavior changes with age. Surveying over 5,000 participants during the 2022 mpox outbreak, the study showed that gay and bisexual men over 70 continue to have multiple partners, while heterosexual women’s activity tends to decrease after age 50.

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·April 19, 2023·4 min read

Why Some Children May Be Slower to Learn Words

Children with larger vocabularies look directly and quickly towards an object when learning new words, while those with smaller vocabularies look back and forth between objects and have a slower response time.

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·January 27, 2023·4 min read

Poor Literacy Linked to Worse Mental Health Worldwide

Poor literacy skills or being illiterate is associated with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression, researchers say. Additionally, poor literacy is also linked to increased feelings of loneliness.

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·January 14, 2023·5 min read

Hormone Replacement Therapy Could Ward off Alzheimer’s Among At-Risk Women

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use was associated with better cognition, memory, and larger brain volume in women who carry the Alzheimer's associated APOE4 genetic variant.

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·August 24, 2022·3 min read

How the Sounds We Hear Help Us Predict How Things Feel

Sensory systems in the brain are closely interconnected, with regions that respond to touch also involved when we listen to specific sounds connected to touching certain objects.

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·May 30, 2022·4 min read

How Cranberries Could Improve Memory and Ward off Dementia

Older adults who consumed cranberries frequently as part of their diet saw improvements in episodic memory, neural function, and brain perfusion. Cranberry consumption was also linked to a significant decrease in LDL cholesterol. Findings reveal adding cranberries to the diet helps to improve memory and could protect against dementia.

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University of East Anglia

Life Expectancy Gains Have Stalled: Poor Diet and Obesity to Blame

Poor Sleep Linked to Difficulty Controlling Unwanted Thoughts

Child Trauma Recovery Tied to Thoughts, Not Event Severity

Smell Loss Heightens Safety Risks

Global Languages Echo: The Universal “This” and “That” Distinction

Stunted Growth in Infants Reshapes Brain Function and Cognitive Outcomes

Age and Sexuality: Surprising Shifts in Partners as We Grow Older

Why Some Children May Be Slower to Learn Words

Poor Literacy Linked to Worse Mental Health Worldwide

Hormone Replacement Therapy Could Ward off Alzheimer’s Among At-Risk Women

How the Sounds We Hear Help Us Predict How Things Feel

How Cranberries Could Improve Memory and Ward off Dementia

Pain Perception in Babies Develops in Stages After Birth

How Sleep Deprivation Amplifies Pain in Migraine

Addictive Screen Use, Not Time, Tied to Teen Suicide Risk

Multiple Brain Profiles May Underlie the Same Depressive Symptoms

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